chasd wrote: > I believe it is for IMAP over an encrypted connection ( IMAPS ) so if > you don't use IMAPS, technically it isn't required. Since a large > majority of end users will need IMAPS support, it is better to > require Sockets support than to continually answer the question "Why > won't IMAPS work ?" Hi Charles, I have to disagree here - as I already outlined before IMAPS is a bad idea if the IMAP host is running on the same machine as it does not increase security and just slows the system down. So I would recommend using a warning instead of an error and explaining why Sockets might be needed. The same applies to the config file - if IMAPS is required the comment should indicate that sockets are needed and the installer can complain about that fact in the next step when actually SSL is entered.
> I use Fedora, and the PHP package for that distro includes Sockets > support. I am not sure if the PHP package for other distros is > configured similarly. I think Sockets support is not on by default if > you compile PHP yourself, however if someone is capable of compiling > PHP, they can easily add --enable-sockets when they invoke > "configure." If someone is compiling PHP and _doesn't_ know how to do > that, it might be best for the entire universe if I traveled to their > locale and slapped them. Well, maybe not, that's a lot of bad karma > for me ;) Some users might have the knowledge to compile PHP by themselves but they are in a restricted environment and can't install it on their server... Best regards, Michael -- Michael Baierl <http://mbaierl.com/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What's this script do? unzip ; touch ; finger ; mount ; gasp ; yes ; umount ; sleep ; Hint for the answer: not everything is computer-oriented. Sometimes you're in a sleeping bag, camping out with your girlfriend. _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
