How do I assign an SSL to a CNAME such as mail.mydomain.com

LTOTH

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Ugh, I cannot change the subject line. I meant to say...
"How do I assign an SSL to an "A Record" such as mail.mydomain.com"

I already have a dedicated IP address and an active SSL for: server.mydomain.com

Now I want to assign another SSL to: mail.mydomain.com

I have created the SSL for mail.mydomain.com but I cannot figure out how to assign/apply it to the CNAME "mail.mydomain.com". I have tried to do it both from the WHM and the cPanel.

FYI, I am doing this because I have users that are sending and receiving mail using both
"server.mydomain.com" and "mail.mydomain.com". Recently the users that were using "mail.mydomain.com" started getting a warning message that said there was a URL mismatch. Rather than deal with the numerous calls from users asking what they should do, I decided to simply purchase a second SSL certificate.
 
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