• The imap_server parameter in IMP 4.1+'s {{servers.php}} file

##red|//As mentioned in ther {{servers.php}} file, the Horde Project does not officialy support this parameter. Use at your own risk.//##

##red|This documentation is also valid for [http://www.horde.org/mimp/ MIMP 1.0].##

+++ Why use this parameter?

The IMAP_Client:: library does not currently support logins for your IMAP authentication type (i.e. kerberos, NTLM).

You both know what you are doing and you want to save a single login to the server at the beginning of a session. (i.e. you are implementing IMP in a large environment, know what these IMAP configuration items are, and want to save a bit of bandwith/CPU cycles for each session by eliminating a server access needed to obtain the IMAP server information). Quite honestly, if the auto-detect method of IMP - the default - correctly detects the IMAP server information, you really shouldn't be messing with this configuration option.

+++ Why is IMAP_Client needed at all? Or, why don't you guys just use the c-client library to get this information?

Simple. The php imap_*() functions don't provide a way for us to get this information. //Trust us//, we would gladly use those functions if they existed.

+++ What is the format of the 'namespace' parameter?

Please see the documentation for the {{namespace}} function in {{imp/lib/IMAP/Client.php}}. Or you can try going to our [http://dev.horde.org/api/imp/IMP/IMP_IMAPClient.html#methodnamespace API Documentation]. (No guarantees this link will remain correct).

+++ What does an example 'imap_server' entry in {{servers.php}} look like for IMP?

Thanks for asking. It looks like the following (this is an example of a dovecot-1.0 IMAP server):

'children' => true,

'namespace' => array(

    '' => array(

        'name' => '',

        'delimiter' => '.',

        'type' => 'personal',

        'hidden' => false

    ),

    '#foo.' => array(

        'name' => '#foo.',

        'delimiter' => '.',

        'type' => 'shared',

        'hidden' => false

    )

),

'search_charset' => true

Obviously, //don't copy this code directly into servers.php and expect it to work!// This is merely an example. Your IMAP server configuration is almost certainly different. Note: MIMP does not require the 'search_charset' value.