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webeith/php-imap
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PHP class to access mailbox by POP3/IMAP/NNTP using IMAP extension

262.8k↓42.5%3[2 PRs](https://github.com/webeith/php-imap/pulls)PHP

Since Jul 14Pushed 9y ago3 watchersCompare

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```
ImapMailbox is PHP class to access mailbox by POP3/IMAP/NNTP using IMAP extension

Features:
 * Connect to mailbox by POP3/IMAP/NNTP (see [http://php.net/imap_open imap_open])
 * Get mailbox status (see [http://php.net/imap_check imap_check])
 * Receive emails (+attachments, +html body images)
 * Search emails by custom criteria (see [http://php.net/imap_search imap_search])
 * Change email status (see [http://php.net/imap_setflag_full imap_setflag_full])
 * Delete email

Project site:
https://github.com/barbushin/php-imap

Recommended:
 * Google Chrome extension PHP Console - http://goo.gl/b10YF
 * Google Chrome extension JavaScript Errors Notifier - http://goo.gl/kNix9
```

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 67.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b927cd34768f1d619121216a15f3e47641c8f19115a98a60b08f70bb568db812?d=identicon)[webeith](/maintainers/webeith)

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Top Contributors

[![barbushin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/683352?v=4)](https://github.com/barbushin "barbushin (37 commits)")[![SRWieZ](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1408020?v=4)](https://github.com/SRWieZ "SRWieZ (8 commits)")[![JellyBellyDev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190820?v=4)](https://github.com/JellyBellyDev "JellyBellyDev (4 commits)")[![jlsalvador](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1464850?v=4)](https://github.com/jlsalvador "jlsalvador (2 commits)")[![Theaxiom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57013?v=4)](https://github.com/Theaxiom "Theaxiom (2 commits)")[![temistokles](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108659?v=4)](https://github.com/temistokles "temistokles (1 commits)")[![tonylegrone](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/349645?v=4)](https://github.com/tonylegrone "tonylegrone (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

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