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Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php

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Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Sat, 25 May 2013 16:39:14 -0600, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>   
>> Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 15:57:14 -0600, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> $mbox = imap_open('pathto/mboxfile', '', '') // works on *nix, but not 
>>>> on Windows.
>>>>  - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox mboxfiles/Inbox: no such mailbox 
>>>> (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0.
>>>>    (This second error is the one coming from the underlying c-client 
>>>> function.)
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Okay, step one: quit munging stuff around and give us the EXACT code,
>>> the EXACT contents of variables involved, and the EXACT error messages.
>>> You're not revealing national secrets by posting paths to filenames, and
>>> what the problem is may be in what you're changing to be more general.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I used generic paths and filenames because I had tried several variations.
>>
>> I have learned that imap_open only works on a file - on a *nix web 
>> server - if the path to the mbox file is relative to $HOME. I have not 
>> found any official documentation, just forum posts saying so, and ... it 
>> is the only way I have been able to make it work.
>>
>> So, imap_open works for me (on the remote Linux host) if, and only if, I 
>> use:
>> imap_open ('public_html/mboxfiles/Trash', '', '')
>> // Trash is an mbox file I uploaded directly from my Thunderbird Profile
>>
>> On Windows
>> c:/localhost is the document root
>> c:/localhost/imap is where the Php scripts are located.
>> c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles is where the mbox file "Trash" is located
>>
>> I have tried:
>> imap_open('localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // equivalent of 
>> being relative to $HOME on *nix
>> imap_open('/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // absolute path from 
>> document root
>> imap_open('mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // relative path
>> imap_open('c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // real path on disk
>>
>> On Windows I always get these two errors (the file path changes 
>> accordingly):
>>
>> - Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream 
>> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash in 
>> localhost\utilities\imap\imap_save_mbox_file.php on line 127
>>
>> - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox 
>> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash: no such mailbox (errflg=2) in 
>> Unknown on line 0
>>
>> I have read that the second error is coming from the c-client (errflg=2 
>> comes from there).
>>     
>
> Since the error messages about whether the file can be found, maybe it's
> time to investigate WHERE exactly cclient is thinking it's pointing.
> Because DocumentRoot isn't necessarily the same as $HOME. 

I was thinking it "could" be c:/ (the root of the drive that localhost 
is on), but I also don't see a real equivalence.

> And when you're using an actual IMAP server, they're nowhere close to alike.
> But %UserProfile% might be a lot closer. 

That would be C:/Users/Username

Hey! It found it there:

When I moved the mbox file 'Trash' to 'C:/Users/Username' and used:
imap_open('Trash', '', ''); // Trash is in %UserProfile%

The low level error changed to:

Notice: Unknown: Trash (file C:\Users\Owner\Trash) is not in valid 
mailbox format (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0

If I upload that very file to my linux host, imap_open works.

I'll try tinkering with line endings .... and whatever else I can think 
of ..... later.

BTW, I tried opendir('/localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash') and it was 
able to read from there just fine, but perhaps that's moot now.

> So where's the base of what cclient, on Windows, on your configuration, actually pointing? 

Apparently that c-client is basing all folder references to %UserProfile%.

>> I hoped someone else had cracked this nut, but I'm beginning to believe 
>> that it is not crackable, so .... 
> It's crackable, but IMHO, the number of PHP instances that are running
> on Windows hosts that are doing anything user-related locally pales in
> comparison to the number that are using user-related stuff on unix
> hosts, which pales in comparison to the number that are doing only
> webby-webby stuff for non-local clients. So the number of people that
> have more than an academic interest in cracking this (much less
> documenting the result) is probably only a handful worldwide, and some
> of those probably just said "Screw it. I'll upload the mailfiles."
>   

Not quite yet. I might get this.

[And ... yes, ... I use Php (WAMP) almost exclusively now for my own 
browser based apps.]

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Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-24 15:57 -0600
  Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-25 00:40 +0200
    Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-24 21:17 -0600
    Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-25 09:30 +0200
      Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-25 16:19 +0200
        Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-25 17:19 +0200
          Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-25 17:48 +0200
            Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-25 20:09 +0200
  Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-24 19:16 -0400
    Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-24 17:40 -0600
    Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-05-25 10:50 -0500
  Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-05-25 18:08 +0200
  Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-05-25 11:14 -0500
    Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-25 16:39 -0600
      Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-26 23:11 -0400
        Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-27 14:13 +0200
          Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-27 08:49 -0400
            Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-27 15:25 +0200
              Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-27 10:01 -0400
                Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-27 18:08 +0200
                Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-27 19:05 -0400
                Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-28 01:42 +0200
                Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-27 19:50 -0400
                Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-29 00:17 +0200
        Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-27 17:51 -0600
          Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php (correction - ignore previous) Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-27 18:20 -0600
      Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-05-27 10:22 -0500
        Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-27 21:15 -0600
          Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-28 12:23 -0400
            Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-28 17:56 -0600
              Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-05-28 22:27 -0400
              Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-29 15:23 +0200
          Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-29 00:08 +0200

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