Getting your ISP to support IMAP should be your first attempt... After that, you can *PROBABLY* suss out a way to "talk" to the POP server the same way an email client would using http://php.net/fsockopen and finding out what the protocal for POP3 is. You'll need to use http://php.net/fputs and http://php.net/fgets to send/receive the various messages that a POP3 server expects/sends -- WARNING [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is an endangered species -- Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Carry Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: php.general To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:45 AM Subject: reading a pop3 without imap functions > Hello, > > I want to read mails from a pop3 account. Our ISP doesn't support IMAP with PHP. > > Can anybody help me how to do it using php. > > Any help will be highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Carry > > Carry Ian > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ > Get real solutions to all your problems. > > http://www.salahkarindia.com - India's first advisory Portal > > Your friend, advisor, healer,companion!!! > > Register now to get free advice on all your problems. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]