<?php extension_loaded('imap') or die('skip imap extension not available in this build'); // Change these to make tests run successfully $mailbox = '{localhost/norsh}'; $username = 'webmaster@something.com'; $password = 'p4ssw0rd'; $options = OP_HALFOPEN; // this should be enough to verify server present $retries = 0; // dont retry connect on failure $mbox = @imap_open($mailbox, $username, $password, $options, $retries); if (!$mbox) { die("skip could not connect to mailbox $mailbox"); } imap_close($mbox); ?>