Title: IMAP connections
Last modified: January 18, 2021

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# IMAP connections

 *  Resolved [2020historytrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2020historytrust/)
 * (@2020historytrust)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imap-connections/)
 * I have tried for the past month to setup wp-mailster. I’ve checked all my login
   information many times and tried four different email address as the list email.
   Get the following error message: Error connecting to imap:[CLOSED] IMAP connection
   broken (server response) Failed: Connecting to mail server.
 * Any suggestions?

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 *  Plugin Author [brandtoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandtoss/)
 * (@brandtoss)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imap-connections/#post-13934946)
 * If it is the case that you do not get any connection going, then the most likely
   situation is that your webhoster does not allow outgoing connections (of email
   server communication).
 * So I would recommend to check with them that they allow this.
 *  Thread Starter [2020historytrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2020historytrust/)
 * (@2020historytrust)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imap-connections/#post-13935453)
 * Thanks for the response. I tried four different email services: outlook.com, 
   gmail.com, mail.com, and outlook365. I understand that 365 is likely a problem,
   but the other three? And, yes, I set gMail settings to accept IMAP mail.
 * What else could it be?
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [2020historytrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2020historytrust/).
 *  [cantoute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cantoute/)
 * (@cantoute)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imap-connections/#post-13948515)
 * ho,
 * Having issue to connect too.
    Against localhost without ssl it rejects because
   server name doesn’t match, perhaps this could be adjusted in your code as who
   cares when not ssl? Against the the fully qualified host name, neither pop3 imap4(
   ssl or not) works.
 * Server is dovecot and it works fine for roundcube, rainforest using same php (
   php7.4 fpm from php.sury.org on debian stretch)
    login is full email
 *  Plugin Author [brandtoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandtoss/)
 * (@brandtoss)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imap-connections/#post-13967045)
 * For GMAIL / GSuite / Google Workspace, one needs to allow access for “less secure
   apps”:
    [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en)
 * For certificate checking related problems, you can always turn off the checking
   via the special parameter `/novalidate-cert`
    Put this into the respective text
   field in the inbox settings.

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