Posted by mp- on 12/28/07 22:49

On Dec 28, 11:54 am, "Richard" <root@localhost> wrote:
> "mp-" <miche...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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.
>
> > 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.


Richard

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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