Posted by Richard on 12/28/07 17:54

"mp-" <michealp@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I want to be able to allow people to check their email from my PHP
> online application.
>
> 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).
>
> At first I thought I could use "getmxrr" but quickly realized that
> is
> only good for determining the SMTP server.
>
> If anyone has ever "add account" in Gmail Preferences, it's
> essentially the exact same functionality where Gmail auto-detects
> the
> IMAP/POP3 server.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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.

Richard.

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