note 82466 added to function.imap-open

I was trying imap_open() function but I was continuously getting this error: Array ( [0] => [CLOSED] IMAP connection broken (server response) ) I was finally able to solve this problem (which is a very common problem as I saw it on the net but could not find any solution to it) so I'm posting my solution here which I hope will be useful to others. I used stunnel program (http://www.stunnel.org/) and made changes in the stunnel.conf file as follows: I added these lines: [imapsClient] accept = localhost:143 connect = imapserver:993 client = yes sslVersion = TLSv1 This will map insecure imap connection from localhost:143 to imapserver:993 (IMAP with SSL). After this I tried this code and it worked fine: <?php $user=""; $pass=""; $imap = @imap_open("{localhost:143}INBOX", $user, $pass); ?> and I was able to do away with the errors. A more detailed post about it can be found here: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,190628.0.html ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 129.118.127.134 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-open.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/82466 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82466 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/82466 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php