I'm trying to use imap with php to retrieve mails from gmail using the following code:
<?php
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'myaccount#gmail.com';
$password = 'mypassword';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password)
or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
?>
However, imap_last_error throws me the following error:
"Unable to create TCP socket: Address family not supported by protocol"
I have imap enabled on my gmail account. imap 2007e with ssl (and OpenSSL) and kerberos seems to be enabled on the webserver. I don't have control on the domains ports, but support told me "Outgoing IMAP connections can be made, this is not blocked.".
I see I'm not the only one having trouble connecting to gmail using IMAP. However, I didn't find anyone who encountered this error.
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<?php
require "vendor/autoload.php";
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'mail#gmail.com';
$password = 'password';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username ,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
He constantly writes that access is denied. The feeling of being closed by Google security. Where to allow access for no message:
Can't connect to gmail-imap.l.google.com, 993: Connection refused
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Something on your network -- possibly a firewall -- is blocking your connection to the Google mail server. Contact your system administrator or hosting provider for details.
From the information you provided, it looks like a problem related with a missing certificate on your end. Here are a couple of questions with workarounds/solutions [1][2].
You may also consider to start using the Gmail API which allows you to do several actions in a simple way. You can enable the IMAP setting [3] and set the quickstart so you can start making requests from there [4].
[1] Connect to Gmail with PHP & IMAP
[2] Certificate error using IMAP in PHP
[3] https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/v1/reference/users/settings/updateImap
[4] https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/php
I had the same problem and what solved it for me was 2 things:
I used my own password instead of the app password which you can
generate here
Instead of {imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX i used
{localhost:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX
i have problem in IMAP
i am writing below code to fetch inbox emails
$hostname = '{mail.test.in:110}INBOX';
$username='name';
$password='password';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname, $username, $password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
i am getting error
"message": "imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {mail.innovify.in:110}INBOX"
please let me know solution
According to the imap_open() documentation you need to provide a service flag if you are not using IMAP.
You are using port 110 which is for POP3, so you need to let imap_open() know about that by changing your connection string from
$hostname = '{mail.test.in:110}INBOX';
to
$hostname = '{mail.test.in:110/pop3}INBOX';
I am trying to connect to gmail using IMAP. When I try to load the script, the page just loads and and doesn't return anything. No error, no emails... it just tries loading.
I have IMAP enabled for PHP, and it's also enabled in my Gmail inbox.
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX';
$username = 'email#gmail.com';
$password = 'password';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
imap_close($inbox);
Any ideas why the script won't stop loading?
Firewall was blocking the port 993. Got it working. Thanks!
I'm trying to connect to my gmail account via IMAP on a 000webhost domain but I doesn't seem to be working even though they say that they support IMAP
Here's my PHP code:
$server="{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX";
$inbox = imap_open($server,$username,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
for "$username" and "$password" I'm using my Gmail email and my Gmail password (e.g. myaccount#gmail.com and mypassword)
This just gives me an error saying that it can't open the stream and that it is an invalid remote specification.
Any ideas of what this might be?
Thanks in advance.
Gmail uses just the account name as login, not the full email address.
Problem
I want to connect to my mail box on my domain name. Unfortunately I couldn't succeed so far.
/* mail information */
$hostname = '{mail.domain.com:110/pop3}INBOX';
$user = 'mail#domain.com';
$pass = 'mypassword';
/* try to connect */
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Mail: ' . imap_last_error());
Error Output
Cannot connect to Mail: Certificate failure for mail.domain.com: Self-signed certificate or untrusted authority: C=US, S=Someprovince, L=Sometown, O=none, OU=none, CN=localhost, E=webaster#localhost
I also tried following;
1. approach
$hostname = '{mail.domain.com:110}INBOX';
After quite long time of waiting;
Cannot connect to Mail: [CLOSED] IMAP connection broken (server response)
2. approach
$hostname = '{mail.domain.com:110/pop3/novalidate-cert}INBOX';
Almost immediate response;
Cannot connect to Mail: Login aborted
At this point, I tried what I could find on PHP.net, Google and SOF without any success.
What could be the problem and what could be the solution? I don't think imap connection is hard to connect.
You can use /novalidate-cert in hostname parameter to bypass certificate validations in case you use self-signed certificates. See http://php.net/manual/de/function.imap-open.php for further information.
Well I've never used IMAP and POP in PHP, but it's evident to me that you're trying to connect via IMAP on a POP3 port. IMAP listens on port 143.