On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Michael Baierl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... >
Maybe it should be optional - if so, report it please. Again, sorry for the inconvenience. :-) Till _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
