[imp] c-client issues/questions

[Henry Blackman]

Incidently you don't need to install c-client to use it when compiling
against PHP.  There is an FAQ on how to do this on the site just against the
source.

Henry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcelo Maraboli" <marcelo.maraboli@dcsc.utfsm.cl>
To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [imp] c-client issues/questions


> try using the
>
> imap-2001.FINAL.tar.gz
> in the "old/" subdir in ftp site...
>
> regards,
>
> "Kevin M. Myer" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I upgraded our PHP install yesterday and also upgraded our c-client
library to
> > 2001a.  I was hoping to fix the problem with CRAM-MD5 authentication,
for which
> > the suggested fix ranges from "downgrade to 2000c" to "it works fine for
me
> > under 2001a".  Unfortunately, with 2000c, I believe I had the problem
and after
> > upgrading to 2001a yesterday and recompiling PHP, I'm still seeing:
> >
> > PHP Warning:  Retrying CRAM-MD5 authentication after authentication
failure
> > (errflg=1) in Unknown on line 0
> >
> > (Incidentally, where is "Unknown on line 0" referring to?  An internal
PHP
> > function?  Some IMP code?)
> >
> > I'm also seeing warnings like so:
> >
> > PHP Warning:  Quota root does not exist (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0
> >
> > But the quota function does work, so I'm also wondering where "Unknown
on line
> > 0" is referring to.
> >
> > Finally, after upgrading to c-client 2001a, I broke functionality with a
UW-IMAP
> > server (our own internal server is running Cyrus IMAP but we also host
webmail
> > for several other sites).  What apparently happened is that c-client is
trying
> > to negotiate a SSL/TLS connection, based on the server advertising
STARTTLS.
> > However, the server doesn't have any certificates installed so this
fails and
> > c-client apparently doesn't want to drop back to a normal connection.
Nothing
> > has changed on the server so it has to be an issue with going from an
older to a
> > newer version of c-client.  I don't know any way of configuring either
c-client,
> > or the imap daemon, apart from at compile time, which sort of flies in
the face
> > of software useability, in my opinion - I guess thats why we use Cyrus
instead
> > of UW-IMAP here (among other reasons).
> >
> > I know these are apparently all c-client issues but since IMP is written
in PHP
> > and PHP requires c-client to get the IMAP stuff to work, I'm thinking
its
> > relevant and I'm hoping the collective wisdom of this group can shed
some light
> > on either similar experiences or perhaps solutions to these issues.
> >
> > Are there any alternative c-client libraries out there that work with
PHP?  Is
> > there an easy way to recompile just the IMAP shared library for PHP,
after
> > modifying the c-client library, without having to recopile all of PHP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
> >
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> > Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
> > (717)-560-6140
> >
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>
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