How to read Rediffmail and hotmail using IMAP

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I am trying to access all unread emails of rediff and hotmail using PHP IMAP. I am trying to use imap.live.com:995/imap/ssl as host name for rediffmail but it failed with an error no host found. But when i try for gmail it works. gmail : IMAP HOSTNAME '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX' POP3 HOSTNAME: '{pop.gmail.com:993/ipop3/ssl}INBOX' Does Rediffmail and Hotmail provide any such service to access mailbox.

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First, are you using POP3 or IMAP? 995 is a POP3 port. In Summary: IMAP: 143. IMAP/SSL: 993. POP3: 110. POP3/SSL:995. Have you used any external tools, like telnet, socat, or openssl s_client to probe the settings yourself? – Max
Indeed, have you even done a web search. limilabs.com/blog/hotmail-imap-pop3-smtp-settings indicates some IMAP settings that appear to work. – Max

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Hotmail IMAP server settings

Server address: imap-mail.outlook.com

port: 993

So your url will be imap-mail.outlook.com:993/imap/ssl

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imap.rediffmail.com port 143. 143 is the default port for IMAP. May I ask why you didn't try that yourself?