Using php imap_search with FROM option and hotmail account

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22653334

  •  21-06-2023
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Question

I have successfully connected to my hotmail account, but when I try to do any sort of imap_search with the 'FROM' option, the webpage runs forever and then later chrome asks to kill the page. imap_search works with the 'ALL' option. Also the 'FROM' option worked with my gmail and yahoo account. Does anyone have any suggestions?

$inbox = imap_open("{pop3.live.com:995/pop3/ssl/novalidate-cert}", "example@hotmail.com", "password")or die(imap_last_error())or die("can't connect: ".imap_last_error());
$emails = imap_search($inbox, 'FROM "example@example.com"');
imap_close($inbox);
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Solution

Try it by hand:

$ openssl s_client -connect pop3.live.com:995 -crlf
...
+OK COL0-POP187 POP3 server ready

"POP3 server ready". So it's a POP3 server, not an IMAP server. No surprise, since the hostname says "pop3" and the port number is 995.

As far as I can tell, Hotmail does not provide IMAP access.

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