I tried the DNS as well but no joy :( same error. This mail server is also a Microsoft Exchange server if that is of any relevance?

Microsoft Exchange Server's don't allow POP3 do they? You can only use Outlook / Web Access to access the server don't they?

Ok sending a reply via webmail worked :) It was very screwy with the formatting though and doesn't appear to like the BB Code Manager mod. Also the line above the signature came through as =3d =3d =3d etc lol!

Yes, my server has IMAP available and I too have set mine back to Pop3.

Getting closer though :)

Regards,
Renada

Depends on how the server is setup they also do pop3 and imap but you may have to configure them as they dont activate those 2 out of the box with a default install.

Sweet, thanks for the clarification!

Yeah after further investigation both the POP3 and IMAP virtual servers on our Exchange server are currently NOT running... so I'm guessing that would be why the script can't open the stream.

Now my question is, which one is more useful/better? IMAP or POP3?

Currently I've only tested this on IMAP enabled servers as it uses imap functions to fetch the headers and email info. To change this all that has to be done is one line of the php.ini file uncommented out and the php recompiled if I recall correctly :)

I'm lookin into both renadas and txspaderz errors and working to discover what those issues may be :)

Okay the

imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream

Error is most commonly due to the wrong connection type being chosen. If you get this error, try changing the type to one of the other 6 and rerunning the cron manually.

I suggest ONLY setting the settings up for one forum til you know what the settings need to be to work for your server :)

Otherwise, you could have one forum set wrong, and another set write, yet be getting frustrated by the error message that isn't going away ;)

Also!!!

NOTE! You must have a separate mailbox for each forum you wish to be enabled! Just like yahoo groups each have a different email address :)

The reason for this is to significantly increase the end user's ability to create a new thread by just sending an email with whatever title and message they want to the mailbox, which will then be grabbed by the cron and posted as a new thread :)

Updated to 1.4

All confirmed bugs have been squashed and beaten with a very big twinkie!

This thing rocks! Great job kind sir!