*Hi Cris,* *I have tried to use:* *$mbox = imap_open('{**pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX<http://pop.gmail.com:995/pop3%7DINBOX> **<**http://pop.gmail.com:995/pop3%7DINBOX**>',* *> '<my_login>@**gmail.com**', <my_pass>');* *As you suggest but it didn't work. * *The time out is not for the function:* *imap_num_recent($mbox);* *It is for the function:* *imap_open('{pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX', '<my_login>@**gmail.com**', <my_pass>'**);* *In order to confirm that, I have created a new account with just 5 e-mails and I have gotten the same problem.* *And... I also check that using the code without the function*: imap_num_recent($mbox); *as* *bellow:* *$mbox = imap_open('{pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX','fhgeneroso@xxxxxxxxx', 'O3S/4o1*');* *print_r(imap_alerts());* *print_r(imap_errors());* *I got the same message error:* *Warning**: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOXin c:\arquivos de programas\easyphp1-8\www\index.php on line 4 Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in c:\arquivos de programas\easyphp1-8\www\index.php on line 4 Notice: (null)(): POP3 connection broken in response (errflg=2) in Unknownon line 0* * * *So I have tried to use the function* *set_time_limit(0);* *to suppress the time out but it still didn't work:* *set_time_limit(0);* *$mbox = imap_open('{pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX','fhgeneroso@xxxxxxxxx', 'O3S/4o1*');* *print_r(imap_alerts());* *print_r(imap_errors());* *I got these errors:* *Warning**: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOXin c:\arquivos de programas\easyphp1-8\www\index.php on line 4 Array ( [0] => POP3 connection broken in response )* *Looks like I have reached the gmail server but for same configuration or network issue, I'm not able to receive the answer. * *Any suggestion?* * * *Tks.* On 9/24/07, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Array ( [0] => Host not found (#11001): pop3.gmail.com ) > > So pop3.gmail.com doesn't exist. > > > <? > > $mbox = imap_open('{pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX< > http://pop.gmail.com:995/pop3%7DINBOX>', > > '<my_login>@gmail.com', <my_pass>'); > > print_r(imap_alerts()); > > print_r(imap_errors()); > > $num_mens_not_read = imap_num_recent($mbox); > > imap_close($mbox); > > ?> > > > > I get these errors: > > > > Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream { > > pop.gmail.com:995/pop3}INBOX<http://pop.gmail.com:995/pop3%7DINBOX>in > > c:\arquivos de programas\easyphp1-8\www\index.php on line 4 > > Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in > c:\arquivos de > > programas\easyphp1-8\www\index.php on line 4 > > Notice: (null)(): POP3 connection broken in response (errflg=2) in > Unknown > > on line 0 > > > > > > This second code looks like ok for me, but for some reason I get this > time > > out. Do you have any idea what's going on? Did I miss some > configuration? > > Line 4 is > > $num_mens_not_read = imap_num_recent($mbox); > > so it's taking too long to work out how many are recent. > > How many unread messages are there in your account? How many messages in > total? > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ >