Can u help me

[xpressmail]

hey i tried every thing ! tats y i posted here so that some could help.On 1st i have to submitt the project in my college

This is my problem .

I am trying to set up emailserver :xpressmail.com something like hotmail. i am not able to read mails in \var\spool\mail

this is the code i wrote

<?php

$server = "xpressmail.com"; // My own mail server in my machine

$user = "john";

$pass = "mypass";

$conn = @imap_open("{$server/imap}INBOX", $user, $pass)

or die("Connection to server failed");

?>
imap_open() is not working . i am getting error msg couldnot open stream

Is ther any configuration to be done .
i am able see mails using
imap://[e-mail]
i am my mail server now only in local network