Difficulties with IMAP

[nrobidoux]

Due to some happenings with me missing an important email over the weekend I decided to write an email client with a few bells and whistles so that wouldn't happen in the future but right away I already have run into trouble.

For once I'm trying to use existing libraries (curl, imap, etc.) instead of this monolithic function I wrote a while back to handle http requests. I actually wanted to use IMAP instead of doing a bunch of HTTP requests and parsing the output to meet my needs.... cause if hotmail or any of the other email providers I use change the page the code needs retweaking and I hate that.

I'm having difficulty at the most basic of steps... connecting. I believe my code is ok...... is it?

<?php
$server = "imap.example.com:993";
$user = "n********[e-mail]";
$pass = "********";
if(false === ($conn = imap_open("\{$server/imap/ssl}INBOX", $user, $pass)))
echo "AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH";
echo "<br><pre>$server\n$user\n$pass\n";
print_r(imap_alerts());
echo "\n";
print_r(imap_errors());
?>

The result I get is:

Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {imap.example.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX in d:\website\mymail\index.php on line 19
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH
imap.example.com:993
n*********[e-mail]
********
Array
(
 [0] => Can't open mailbox {imap.example.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX: invalid remote specification
)

This was executed off my laptop.... off my hosting account the webpage that has this code "loads forever." Unfortunately I don't see how it's any different then what I saw on webpages as "working" code.

Where have I strayed? Behind the *'s is of course my real name and password. And these are the settings in the back of GMail.... I'm fairly sure.

Thanks

[edited by: eelixduppy at 12:09 pm (utc) on Sep. 15, 2009]
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[jatar_k]

if it is loading forever then I would shorten the script and figure out what is hanging

if the imap_open function is hanging then maybe look if the port is open

if it is hotmail then they recently shut down access via outlook express so maybe this is related

[nrobidoux]

The settings I have are for gmail and the code snippet above is the entire script at this point. I guess I'll have to reinvent the wheel :/

Adding a imap_close() right after still doesn't stop it from loading forever.

Using the following code outputs "SUCCESS":

if(false === ($sock = fsockopen('tcp://'.$server,995,$errno,$errstr)))
echo "<br>$errno - $errstr";
else {
echo "SUCCESS";
fclose($sock);
}

I changed $server so it did not have the port anymore. It's nowe in a separate variable.