Re: imap_open
| From: | Michael Sims | Date: | Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:59:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: imap_open | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:00:13 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>i'm looking for information on how to open mailboxes stored in user
>directories using imap_open. i've lookd into the c-client documentation
>as well as php.net and haven't had any luck. my experience so far is that imap_open will
>just open a mailbox stored in /var/spool/mail.
The function imap_open() is for opening an connection to an IMAP
server. It doesn't operate directly on a file system and it is
ignorant of the actual mailbox implementation as this is all
abstracted by the IMAP protocol. Where the mail is stored is a
function of your IMAP server, not PHP.