[SM-USERS] Squirrelmail and IMAPS connection problems, redux

[darren d. <dar...@3x...>]

hey all-

so having sorted the difference between STARTTLS and TLS(SSL), and 
gotten the whole shebang working in squirrelmail-1.5.x with PHP5, I've 
now realized that i need to go /back/ to PHP 4.4.2 to support a myriad 
of existing PHP 4 apps on the same server. so, given that, here's my 
dilemma:

when attempting a login, i get the following error:

ERROR
Error connecting to IMAP server: tls://my.imaps.server.
0 : Unknown error: 0


I'm running FreebSD 6.1-STABLE. I'm attempting to connect to a remote 
Dovecot IMAPS server. I'm running squirrelmail-1.4.6, along with PHP 
4.4.2 and lighttpd 1.4.11 from ports. php extensions include openssl, 
imap, gettext, et al.

squirrelmail settings look like:

4.  IMAP Server            : my.imaps.server
5.  IMAP Port              : 993
6.  Authentication type    : login
7.  Secure IMAP (TLS)      : true
8.  Server software        : other
9.  Delimiter              : detect

i'm not attempting STARTTLS for connection now, i just want to use IMAPS 
on port 993. What's the trick here?

thanks,
darren david