Verify connection before register

[EmmCamp]

Hello, I'm trying to store IMAP accounts in a database, but I can't find a way to verify that the accounts are real before registering them in the database.

This is the closest I've gotten

(excuse my translator English)

public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $cm = new ClientManager($options = []);
        $account= new accountModel();
        $account->usrID=auth()->id();
        $account->alias=$request->get('alias');
        $account->email=$request->get('email');
        $account->password=$request->get('password');
        $account->email=$request->get('email');

        $domain = explode('@', $account->email);
        $host="";
        switch ($domain) {
            case 'gmail.com':
                $host="imap.gmail.com";
                break;
            case 'outlook.com': case 'hotmail.com':
                $host="imap.gmail.com";
                break;
            default:
                $host="mail.spamanalizer.ibx.lat";
                break;
        }

        $client = $cm->make([
            'host'          => $host,
            'port'          => 993,
            'encryption'    => 'ssl',
            'validate_cert' => true,
            'username'      => $account->email,
            'password'      => $account->password,
            'protocol'      => 'imap'
        ]);
        $account->password = Crypt::encrypt($account->password);
        try {
            $client->connect();
            $account->status="connection successful";
            $client->disconnect();
        } catch (Throwable $th) {
            report($th);
            $account->status="authentication problems";
        }
  
        #echo "<pre>".print_r($account,true)."</pre>";
        $account->save();
        #cho "<pre>".print_r(Crypt::decrypt($account->password),true)."</pre>";
        return redirect('/tables');
    }

[Webklex]

Hi @EmmCamp ,
many thanks for your question.

I don't see an easy way to find the correct domain name and port of any given email address. The port doesn't has to be 993, perhaps encryption is not supported or the service is used under a different root domain.

However you could try to use the associated mx record and hope for default ports and / or some nice internal service forwarding. Some providers use the same domain for smtp and imap communication - if that's the case, the following could provide the information you are looking for:

$domain = "somedomain.com";

dns_get_mx($domain, $dns_get_mx);
getmxrr($domain, $getmxrr);
$dns_get_record = dns_get_record($domain, DNS_MX);

var_dump($dns_get_mx);
var_dump($getmxrr);
var_dump($dns_get_record);

Best regards & happy coding,

[EmmCamp]

Sorry for not explaining enough.

I just want to see a way to check the authentication of the IMAP user before saving it to the database. since I want to store several emails to process the emails of each account automatically

I greatly appreciate the time you have to help me.

[Webklex]

Ah I see :) In that case, your provide code logic looks fine to me.

Do you receive any exceptions or is the authentication not failing as expected? I'm not sure what kind of issue you are facing, or which behavior isn't working as expected.

Best regards & happy coding,

[EmmCamp]

this exception appears

I just need the "authentication problems" tag to be added if the connection is unsuccessful

or "connection successful" if connected successfully

the second option if it happens, in the first I get the exception