http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-headers.php
That is the function required to download the headers for the messages. All it does is download each message in the order that it is listed, and stores it in an array with the keys coorisponding to the number to the left of the message in both UIDL and LIST. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb.com > I would be looking further into the capabilities of pop3 under PHP. > I would be _very_ surprised if it did not support UIDL. > > Rob :-) > _________________________________________________ > Signature: Live like you'll die tomorrow! > Reply: I tried your signature out once. It took years off my life! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dustin C. Hatch > > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:13 AM > > To: xmail@xmailserver.org > > Subject: [xmail] Re: Message ID Numbers? > > > > > > As I said, PHP does the downloading, so I have no control > > over what command it uses. I think I can make my program use > > the message numbers only once, and after that use the UIDL > > numbers, but I have no control over how they are referenced > > initially by php. > > > > Dustin C. Hatch > > http://www.dchweb,com > > > > > As Davide said, those numbers are only valid for the specific POP3 > > > session that you received them in. Future sessions are not > > guaranteed > > > to have the same numbers for the same messages. > > > > > > You should use the UIDL numbers. Retrieve them as: > > > > > > +OK Maildrop has 4 messages (12788 bytes) > > > UIDL > > > +OK 4 > > > 1 1028745740408.1556.karen > > > 2 1062432866368.1924.karen > > > 3 1062433302173.1404.karen > > > 4 1067127927549.1956.karen > > > > > > These numbers (1028745740408.1556.karen) are guaranteed not > > to change > > > between sessions. > > > > > > > > > At 17:48 3/30/2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: > > > > > > >Okay, I guess I should clarify what I mean by message ID > > numbers. PHP > > > >downloads the messages over POP3 as you would using telnet. The > > > >message IDs that it uses are just like you would using the > > command line to read mail: > > > > > > > >LIST > > > >+OK 15 70871 > > > >1 5427 > > > >2 1826 > > > >3 16834 > > > >4 4043 > > > >5 3875 > > > >6 2373 > > > >7 15345 > > > >8 1642 > > > >9 3229 > > > >10 2662 > > > >11 3882 > > > >12 3052 > > > >13 3524 > > > >14 1382 > > > >15 1775 > > > > > > > >The problem is that these IDs do not stay the same if new mail > > > >arrives. I may be able to re-write the program to use the > > > >"Message-ID: " header, if this is unchangeable. If someone > > has a better suggestion, let me know. > > > > > > > >Dustin C. Hatch > > > >http://www.dchweb.com > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I recently developed a webmail client for POP3/POP3S > > so that I > > > > > > could use native XMail support and webmail. The way > > the inbox is > > > > > > designed, messages are released in reverse order of their MTA > > > > > > assigned ID number, ie 1 is on the bottom, 2 next, a > > googol on > > > > > > the top, etc. This worked fine for a while, until I > > started getting many messages in my inbox. > > > > > > Then I started noticing that the messages were no longer > > > > > > arranged in order of their dates. I thought it was no > > big deal > > > > > > and just modified the code to sort the messages by date after > > > > > > converting them to a UNIX timestamp, etc. This worked for a > > > > > > while. The problem further complicated itself one day while I > > > > > > was reading a message, and, for a reason I now have > > forgotten, I > > > > > > refrehed the page, and the email changed! A new message had > > > > > > arrived while I was reading and had taken over the > > old message's > > > > > > ID number. This forced the message I was reading, and all > > > > > > subsequent messages, to increment their IDs. > > > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if this is a flaw in XMail, or if that is the > > > > > > way all MTAs work. I have never used anything else, > > so I don't > > > > > > know if others just generate seemingly random IDs for > > incoming > > > > > > messages. If it is a flaw, can it be fixed? Because my client > > > > > > fully relies on the message ID number for all functions, like > > > > > > deletion, forwarding, and replying, I need to have > > messages have constant ID numbers. > > > > > > > > > > You are aware that POP3 server are not guaranteed to preserve > > > > > message IDs across session, yes? That's why UIDL have > > been added > > > > > to the protocol, and XMail supports it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Davide > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > > "unsubscribe xmail" > > > > > in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general > > > > > help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > xmail" in > > > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: > > > >send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: > > > send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a > > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
