Making Things Talk

IDENTIFICATION 331

Put the following PHP

script on your server:

<?php

/*

mail reader

language: PHP

*/

include('POP3.php');

// keep your personal info in a separate file:

@include_once("pwds.php");

// new instance of the Net_POP3 class:

$pop3 =& new Net_POP3();

// connect to the mail server:

$pop3->connect($host , $port);

// send login info:

$pop3->login($user , $pass , 'APOP');

// get a count of the number of new messages waiting:

$numMsgs = $pop3->numMsg();

echo "<pre>\n";

echo "Checking mail...\n";

echo "Number of messages: $numMsgs\n";

// get the headers of the first message:

echo($pop3->getRawHeaders(1));

echo "\n\n\n";

echo "</pre>\n";

// disconnect:

$pop3->disconnect();

?>

Send It

Next, make a separate file called

pwds.php on your server. This file

contains your username and password

info. Keep it separate from the main

PHP file so that you can protect it.

Format it like this:

As soon as you’ve saved the pwd.php

file, change its permissions so that only

the owner (you) can read and write

from it. From the command line, type:

chmod go-rwx pwd.php

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<?php

$user=’username’; // your mail login

$pass=’password’; // exactly as you normally type it --

$host=’pop.example.com’; // usually pop.yourmailserver.com --

$port="110"; // this won't work on gmail.com and

// other servers using SSL

?>

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