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new

v1_8_7_330 - Show latest stable - Class: Net::IMAP

new(host, port = PORT, usessl = false, certs = nil, verify = false)

public

Creates a new Net::IMAP object and connects it to the specified port (143 by default) on the named host. If usessl is true, then an attempt will be made to use SSL (now TLS) to connect to the server. For this to work OpenSSL [OSSL] and the Ruby OpenSSL [RSSL] extensions need to be installed. The certs parameter indicates the path or file containing the CA cert of the server, and the verify parameter is for the OpenSSL verification callback.

The most common errors are:

Errno::ECONNREFUSED	connection refused by `host` or an intervening firewall.
Errno::ETIMEDOUT	connection timed out (possibly due to packets being dropped by an intervening firewall).
Errno::ENETUNREACH	there is no route to that network.
SocketError	hostname not known or other socket error.
Net::IMAP::ByeResponseError	we connected to the host, but they immediately said goodbye to us.

# File lib/net/imap.rb, line 881
    def initialize(host, port = PORT, usessl = false, certs = nil, verify = false)
      super()
      @host = host
      @port = port
      @tag_prefix = "RUBY"
      @tagno = 0
      @parser = ResponseParser.new
      @sock = TCPSocket.open(host, port)
      if usessl
        unless defined?(OpenSSL)
          raise "SSL extension not installed"
        end
        @usessl = true

        # verify the server.
        context = SSLContext::new()
        context.ca_file = certs if certs && FileTest::file?(certs)
        context.ca_path = certs if certs && FileTest::directory?(certs)
        context.verify_mode = VERIFY_PEER if verify
        if defined?(VerifyCallbackProc)
          context.verify_callback = VerifyCallbackProc 
        end
        @sock = SSLSocket.new(@sock, context)
        @sock.sync_close = true
        @sock.connect   # start ssl session.
        @sock.post_connection_check(@host) if verify
      else
        @usessl = false
      end
      @responses = Hash.new([].freeze)
      @tagged_responses = {}
      @response_handlers = []
      @response_arrival = new_cond
      @continuation_request = nil
      @logout_command_tag = nil
      @debug_output_bol = true
      @exception = nil

      @greeting = get_response
      if @greeting.name == "BYE"
        @sock.close
        raise ByeResponseError, @greeting.raw_data
      end

      @client_thread = Thread.current
      @receiver_thread = Thread.start {
        receive_responses
      }
    end

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