[imp] Problems with imap/ssl

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Nigel Cass <N.Cass@Hull.ac.uk>:

> I am having a problem with getting imp to connect to a test imap server
> that is running with ssl.

Does your php have *both* imap and imap-ssl support built in?
 
> The relevant lines from servers.php are as below.
> 
> 'name' => 'SSL - Test Cyrus IMAP Server',
> 'server' => 'xxxxx.hull.ac.uk',
> 'protocol' => 'imap/ssl',
> 'port' => 993,
> 
> I am using a self signed certificate on the imap server and so I know
> that I will need to use imap/ssl/novalidate-cert (although I have tried
> that as well).

Yes, please add that, as it won't work without it.

> The problem I am having is that imp does not seem to be even attempting
> to connect to the server it is just coming back with the normal error on
> the login screen.

Could be due to missing ssl/imap-ssl support in php.

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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