PhoenixDown
Programmer
How do I connect to a POP server with an account username/password and display messages?
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POP email
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sleipnir214
Programmer
If you are looking for installable scripts to read your email via a web page, there's SquirrelMail ( . It says it does IMAP and SMTP, but it might do POP3, too), Popper ( kmMail ( NewMail (
If you are looking to home-grow your own, check PHP's IMAP/SMTP/NNTP family of functions.
If you are looking to home-grow your own, check PHP's IMAP/SMTP/NNTP family of functions.
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PhoenixDown
Programmer
Thanks.
I want to write my own, but my server only allows POP3 accounts.
I want to write my own, but my server only allows POP3 accounts.
danielhozac
Programmer
To write your own, you should look up a tutorial on POP3.
The basic commands are
USER username - tells the server who is loggin in
PASS password - sends the password
LIST - lists all the new messages
STAT - gives you the current status
RETR mailno - retrieves a mail
QUIT - quits the POP3 session
Then all you would have to do would be to open a socket to the server and issue these commands. //Daniel
The basic commands are
USER username - tells the server who is loggin in
PASS password - sends the password
LIST - lists all the new messages
STAT - gives you the current status
RETR mailno - retrieves a mail
QUIT - quits the POP3 session
Then all you would have to do would be to open a socket to the server and issue these commands. //Daniel
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PhoenixDown
Programmer
Do you know where I can find information on this? I tried php.net and I couldn't find anything.
sleipnir214
Programmer
PHP's imap family of functions will (at least according to the online manual) handle this.
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PhoenixDown
Programmer
My host doesn't support the c-client library and they refuse to install it. What else can I do?
danielhozac
Programmer
You could write your own functions/classes that connects to the server and issues the commands.
This would connect to the server and retrieve a list of messages.
<?php
function isok($string)
{
if (preg_match("/^+OK/", $string))
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
$stream = fsockopen("mail.domain.tld", 110, $error, $errorno);
if (!$stream)
{
echo "Couldn't connect: $error ($errorno).";
}
else
{
$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Error: $buffer";
fwrite($stream, "USER username"
;
$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Error: $buffer";
fwrite($stream, "PASS password"
$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Unable to login.";
else
{
fwrite($stream, "LIST"
$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
preg_match("/^+OK ([0-9]+) messages/i", $buffer, $matches);
echo "You have " . $matches[1] . " new messages.";
}
fwrite($stream, "QUIT"
fclose($stream);
} //Daniel
This would connect to the server and retrieve a list of messages.
<?php
function isok($string)
{
if (preg_match("/^+OK/", $string))
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
$stream = fsockopen("mail.domain.tld", 110, $error, $errorno);
if (!$stream)
{
echo "Couldn't connect: $error ($errorno).";
}
else
{
$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Error: $buffer";
fwrite($stream, "USER username"
;$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Error: $buffer";
fwrite($stream, "PASS password"
;$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
if (!isok($buffer))
echo "Unable to login.";
else
{
fwrite($stream, "LIST"
;$buffer = fread($stream, 1024);
preg_match("/^+OK ([0-9]+) messages/i", $buffer, $matches);
echo "You have " . $matches[1] . " new messages.";
}
fwrite($stream, "QUIT"
;fclose($stream);
} //Daniel
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