Posted by matt on 05/19/07 00:32

On May 18, 6:02 pm, Eric <eric.mathie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using imap_open ("{pop.server.com:110/pop3/
> notls}INBOX","user","password") in a page that gets emails with pop3
> protocol.
> Imap_open works perfectly on my PC + easyphp1.8, but not on a server +
> Debian + php5/Apache2 + php5-imap. Error message is "Couldn't open
> stream". Looking further (print_r(imap_errors())), the real error
> message is "Security problem: insecure server advertised AUTH=PLAIN".
> But I do not understand this message ...
> Eric

I would personally look at your mail server configuration. I do not
have much experience with imap, however I used it once. My suspicion
is that if it does not work out of the box its most likely the mail
server settings.

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