[dev] Questions about using IMP authentication

[Josh Endries]

Hello,

I need to write a module that interacts with our IMAP server. I 
currently have the module working, but users need to log in a second 
time, to my module, after logging into Horde (which uses IMP for 
authentication). I'm wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on 
how to integrate/use IMP's pre-existing authentication and/or IMAP 
connection information within my module. All I really need is to talk 
to the IMAP server as the user that is logged in (send commands and 
receive output). The server I'm testing/writing this for uses the CVS 
version of Horde+IMP, in case there are differences in how I can 
achieve this between stable and CVS.

I've looked through IMP's code and some docs on dev.horde.org and 
played with a bunch of test scripts, and I'm not sure if/how I can 
use IMP's connection info...or grab the auth info to create my own. 
I'm hoping someone more familiar with how it works can give me some tips.

Thanks,
Josh
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