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Posted by mp- on 12/28/07 23:21
On Dec 28, 5:04 pm, "Richard" <root@localhost> wrote:
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> > "mp-" <miche...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >> On Dec 28, 11:54 am, "Richard" <root@localhost> wrote:
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> >>>news:b4eb9c5a-427c-4b93-90a0-b0a97d335a06@x29g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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> >>> >I want to be able to allow people to check their email from my
> >>> >PHP
> >>> > online application.
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> >>> > Given only the users 1) email address, 2) username (if
> >>> > applicable)
> >>> > and
> >>> > 3) password - how can I auto detect a remote IMAP/POP3 server so
> >>> > that
> >>> > I can connect and fetch mail for the user. (Ultimately, I don't
> >>> > want
> >>> > users to have to know what the IMAP/POP3 server name / port is
> >>> > ....
> >>> > I
> >>> > would like to auto-detect all of that).
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> >>> > At first I thought I could use "getmxrr" but quickly realized
> >>> > that
> >>> > is
> >>> > only good for determining the SMTP server.
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> >>> > If anyone has ever "add account" in Gmail Preferences, it's
> >>> > essentially the exact same functionality where Gmail
> >>> > auto-detects
> >>> > the
> >>> > IMAP/POP3 server.
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> >>> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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> >>> Just try to connect to the server.
> >>> POP3 and IMAP use different port numbers, so if either one does
> >>> not
> >>> work you try the other.
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> >>> Richard.
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> >> Richard
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> >> Thanks for the reply. I guess my question is, how do I figure out
> >> the
> >> server imap/pop3 with only knowing the persons email address?
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> > The mailserver should be in DNS, not?
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> > R.
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> Oh... oops. I understand now. :S
> I think most would try to guess. As far as I know there is not a
> standard for that.
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> Richard
Yeah, I'm stumped as well.
I know Google has figured out how to auto detect the imap/pop3 since
when you go into the GMail -> Preference -> "Add Account" (so that
Gmail can pull mail from another non-Gmail server) it auto detects the
imap/pop3 server using only a person email address information.
Hmm ... anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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