Can't install successfully(?) issued cert in cPanel

This R3 is expired (and has been retired for a long time now):

https://letsencrypt.org/certs/lets-encrypt-r3-cross-signed.pem

This R3 is current:

https://letsencrypt.org/certs/lets-encrypt-r3.pem

If you want to use the "long chain", use that last R3 PEM file I provided along with this one:

https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrg-root-x1-cross-signed.pem

Only using the R3 intermediate certificate without using the ISRG Root X1 intermediate certificate is known as using the "short chain".

Personally, I use the "short chain" with my GoDaddy cPanel shared hosting because it avoids some headaches in cPanel that using the "long chain" can cause, particularly with the mail subdomain.

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