problems in receiving emails using php

[maransekar]

Hello all

Both my incoming and outgoing mail server is mail.mydomain.com, I used imap_open function to open a stream but it says couldn't open the mail stream but when i use my other email address which is imap.otheremail.com it works perfect.

Is there a separate function for mail servers starting with mail. instead of imap. ?? Or is there any other way to receive mails from this address??

Many Thanks

[maransekar]

This is the code which i'm using to open a stream to my mail box

imap_open("{mail.mydomain.com:143}Inbox","[e-mail]","password");

But this returns error:

imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {mail.mydomain.com:143}Inbox in /var/www/html/path/tomy/mailpage.php on line 35

any suggestions?

Many Thanks

[maransekar]

PHP experts, hope you help me to work around this. I need to sort this out and if any of you guys know anything about this can you put me on the right direction.