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.
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I am trying to run imap_open() in on my server but its giving me this error.
Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX in /home/bestinsaudi2/public_html/mailbox.php on line 55
Cannot connect to Gmail: Can not authenticate to IMAP server: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: https://support.google.com/mail/acco
I have enabled imap in gmail account i am using .I also enabled less secure apps. I copied code from david walsh . His credentials is giving this error.
Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX in /home/bestinsaudi2/public_html/mailbox.php on line 55
Cannot connect to Gmail: Can not authenticate to IMAP server: [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)
I am writing down the code i am using with my own credentials.
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'myemail#gmail.com';
$password = 'mypassword';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
here is one more thing i am not using wamp or xamp server i am using ipower. Somewhere i found to run command like $ composer require secit-pl/imap-bundle
And its confusing .How to and where to run this and is it necessary with my code? Also do i have to download any library for this ? or should some additional step?
If less secure apps are enabled, and the app password is not working or not desired, it might be that google has found the IP address that your imap is using to be suspicious and blocked it.
Log into that account from a browser and check for an email from that has the subject "Critical security alert". The date on the email should be around the same time that imap stopped working. If you find such an email, it should spell out that a sign-in attempt was blocked, and have a big button that says "Check activity". When you click the button, it will ask if the sign in that it blocked was actually from you. Indicate that it was, and you should be able to sign in with imap again from that IP.
If you or someone else has already indicated that it was or was not them, there is an option to change your answer.
When google decides to do this, it only sends a single email. So if it's been a few days, that email might be buried in the inbox. It does not get resent for each blocked sign in from that IP.
You are probably looking for gmail setup for something called "Less Secure Apps":
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
that's why it requires you to log in with a browser.
After you set this up correctly, and enable less secure apps, this should work nicely, just checked with my own account.
EDIT: is safe apps is alredy enabled, you may need to create App Password:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en
and change your credentials to:
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'email#gmail.com';
$password = 'app password here, not your gmail password';
EDIT2: App Password functionality require to have 2-Step verification enabled
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.
There are lots of people having similar issues but no one is answering their questions. I have IMAP enabled in PHP, Using all the correct information. I don't see where I'm going wrong.
Here's my code:
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:995/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}';
$username = 'emailaddress#gmail.com'; $password = 'password';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
print_r(imap_errors());
Not returning any errors other than:
Warning: imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream
{imap.gmail.com:995/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert} in
/home/a8066360/public_html/test/imap.php on line 6
Cannot connect to Gmail: Can't connect to gmail-imap.l.google.com, 995:
Connection timed out
I've noticed that if I change the single quotes to `
shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons...
Please help!!!
You need port 993, the SSL IMAP port.
Port 995 is the SSL POP3 port.
I think Gmail's IMAP can only be accessed on port 993.
$hostname = "{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}";
I had the same error and found a different solution. I have added debug info into host:
"{imap.gmail.com:993/debug/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX";
When I read php error log, I found
Unknown: [ALERT] Please log in via your web browser: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure) (errflg=1) in Unknown on line 0
Open link, and follow instructions. Search for
Your app might not support the latest security standards. Try changing
a few settings to allow less secure apps access to your account.
Click on link and enable less secure app access.
Then it works for me.
You have to enable the
Google Enable Less Secure App option from Gmail account get connected.
And a requirement for this, you have to first disable your 2-step-verification from here:
google account -> settings -> security
You can try the following code by giving a notls argument and connecting the server like follows, if SSL is not applied.
$hostname = '{imap.YOUR_DOMAIN.com:143/imap/notls}INBOX';
$username = 'YOUR_USERNAME';
$password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD';
$inbox = imap_open($hostname, $username, $password) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . imap_last_error());
If it will not throw any error, this means that you are succesfully connected to server then. I hope this helps.
I had the same issue and I fixed it by unlocking the Google captcha.
Go to the following URL while signed in to the Google account :
https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
And click on the button.
Of course, you already had activated the access for less secure apps in the Security tab of your Google account settings ;).
It should work now !
You can setup 2 step authentication and then assign an APP password to use in your requests (just replace your password with the one provided for the app, your normal password doesn't change.).
This will help your script run from any host without google blocking it (due to a change in login location).
I am using following server to connect to Gmail IMAP but it says "Can't open mailbox: no such mailbox"
{imap.gmail.com:993/ssl/novalidate-cert}
I have even tried the following but same error.
{imap.gmail.com:993/ssl}[Gmail]/All Mail
{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX
The email account does exist and IMAP is also enabled in my Gmail.
Try This
$hostname = "{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX";
$username = $imap_user;
$password = $imap_password;
$inbox = imap_open($hostname, $username, $password);//Open Mailbox
To Access any other mailbox like Archive you just Change INBOX to Archive or what ever folder name is and i think this folder names are case sensitive.
It Works for me.
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.