Webmail Problem

Nuke Soldier Joined: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 19

Please let me know if you can help me out. Here is the problem:

When registerd users go to setup their POP email on my server, they get an error. For example, I go to setup my email using this info (the correct info for my mail server)

Pop Server: mail.palermoplanet.com
Username: MY-USERNAME
Password: MY-PASSWORD
Port: 110

Then I save the info. I go to the webmail mailbox and see an error. This error doesn't have any info or other message, it just says "Error" about the table where is SHOULD list the email accounts to choose from. I have tried numerous email accounts using this same Pop Server (even some using mail.sweetphp.com) and everytime I keep getting this blank error message and it doesn't work. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks!

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:56 am

This is a known issue though I don't know of any answer to it as of yet.

First thing you can do - use another pop reader to clear out the mail box. That will remove the error, however it will show up again eventually and you end up having to do the same thing again.

One other note and suggested move, make sure that your webmail directory is something other than webmail. (This is for those whose ISP's hijack the webmail directory with their own client(s)). Name it WebMail instead, that should help you avoid other issues in the future.

-sting

Nuke Soldier Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 21

Anyone know of a fix for this bug yet.
when my pop3 email is empty the webmail works, the second I recieve an email message, the webmail page shows an error.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 19

I have given up on this webmail module, since there seems to be no progress made on fixing the bugs (if I'm wrong, please let me know)...

Does anyone know of another webmail module that actually works?

Let me know...

Lieutenant Joined: Oct 03, 2003 Posts: 152

^^ bump again!!! i wonder if everyone using php nuke has the same problem???

Captain Joined: Nov 05, 2003 Posts: 353

I have had the same problem from the begining, i disabled that webmail-stuff, too bad really, its a nice thing if it just could work..

But as long there are no fix for the problem i just dont wanna strugle with it.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Nov 03, 2003 Posts: 8

I can get it to accept accounts fine.
The closest I've gotten it to working is getting an error like this:

Error: load)

Thats it, have tried MSN, yahoo, havn't tried hotmail yet, tried a mail account on my site through Cpanel (that's what generates the above error).

Account name: yourmail@yourmailserver.com
Pop Server: mail.whatever.com
Username: yourmail@yourmailserver.com
pass: self explanatory

I can email out just fine using "compose" but cannot pull webmail. The only other problem I have ran into so far is trying to attatch, I get just a blank page, but I'm thinking that may be a permissions issue.

I looked at the AceMail thread, but I want this module to be integrated more in Nuke and I personally like this module (I'd like it even more if it would work completely). Well I'll keep messing with it Crying or Very sad

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 33

I hate to jinx myself......but.........my webmail works fine. Cool

Nuke Soldier Joined: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 19

What webmail module are you using?

Nuke Cadet Joined: Nov 03, 2003 Posts: 8

I second that, you using the default Nuke WebMail?
So your able to pull your email, I have tried many different mail accounts, also different setups in the settings section with no go, like I said the closest I got was the "Error: load)"

So what Web Mail?
What version of Nuke?

And how are you laying the settings out for connecting to your account:

Account
Pop Server
User Name

Lieutenant Joined: Oct 03, 2003 Posts: 152

nopd8 wrote:

I hate to jinx myself......but.........my webmail works fine. Cool

Please show us the way forward! Crying or Very sad

Nuke Soldier Joined: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 19

I wish somebody would just publically post on here a webmail module that ACTUALLY WORKS... It would be nice not to have to write my own...

But I guess I'll write my own if I have to (eventually)...

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:04 pm

I got the same problem with damicles
This is what I found in my webmail modules when I try to read the Mailbox.

Mailboxes for Robert
Error: load)

I've try my other POP3 server address, but it still not work
But It still no problem with sending email.

I'm using the Webmail module that came with PHPNuke6.9

Please help me.
Thanks

Nuke Cadet Joined: Dec 02, 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Sweden

The problem seems to be in the pop3.php file on line 57 where it says

$result = @fgets($this->connection, 100);

This returns the servers reply as a string with length 100. But if the servers reply is longer than 100 chars then it wont read the whole reply from the server. The remainder of the servers reply will be returned next time that line is executed and then you get the error. So changing line 57 to

$result = @fgets($this->connection, 200);

will most likely solve the problem.
My server replies a string that looks something like this when webmail connects to my mailserver

+OK You have 4 messages totaling 8094 octets from /home2/mysite4/mail/mysite.se/mail/inbox (full load)

and when i went to check my mail before i got the error message

Error: ad)

where "ad)" were the last chars of the string thats longer than 100 chars. But that problem was solved by changing 100 to something bigger.

Sergeant Joined: Dec 01, 2003 Posts: 149

Author Dennis above has the right idea AND is on the right track.

I was getting a plain Error when opening one of my webmail accounts which had 27 messages in it..but would only display 6 of them and show an error at the top of the list. I changed what Dennis said above and that didn't do it.

I went thru the script and found several more places to change from 100 to 200. Look for '=@fgets($this->connection, 100);' and '=fgets($this->connection, 100);' and change them all to ' =@fgets($this->connection, 200); ' or '=fgets($this->connection, 200);' . This seemed to clear up my problem and hopefully all of the error problems with this module.

Also, at line 27 is a var $DEBUG=0;. Change this to var $DEBUG=1; for troubleshooting the script out. It will list all good and bad results. Remember to change it back to '0' when you are done testing it out.

Michael
kodetech.com