IMAP warning escape ....

[Anon]

hi guys ..
this is a very simple doubt IMAP ..
when i open imap stream for a user ...
if the user does not exist .. it gives me a warning message saying could not open IMAP stream ...

how do i avoid that message being printed on the screen ...

my code ....

if($link = imap_open("{localhost:143}INBOX","$userloggedin","$userpassword"))
{
$nummessages = imap_num_recent($link);
if($nummessages > 0)
echo "You Have <a href='mail1.php'>".$nummessages." New</a> Mails....";
else
echo "You Have No New Mails";
}
else
{
echo "You Have No New Mails";
}

still it prints a warning message on the screen ....
can someone tell me how do i avoid it ...

thanks in advance ...
danny ...

[Anon]

You can use the @ sign to suppress the error message.
i.e.

@imap_open("{localhost:143}INBOX","$userloggedin","$userpassword")

[Anon]

a pretty good soln

$mbox = @imap_open ("{".$mailhost.":".$mailport."}INBOX", $username, $password);
if($mbox)
{
process here
}
else
{
probably user not exist or wrong u+p combo
}

note that @imap_open supresses the error message but we still can get a $mbox to check for the user ( he he )

cheers,
nilesh.