Reading from email client? made with php

[makoinater]

What I'm trying to achieve is I have php code that reads variables from a flash program I made containing A persons email settings, which works fine what I want to do is use them to get back a varible for the number of new emails in said account.

What I basically want to know is how tall an order is this, like is their any simple way to go about it?

I have installed v-webmail on my server which is made with php and it seems to work well enough, anyone have any experience with it? like being able to use that to call out the var Im sure there is but theres a lot of code in it or is their a simpler way?

 

here is the code Iv got that receives the variables.

<?php
$email_ad = $_POST['email_ad'];
$email_name = $_POST['email_name'];
$email_pass = $_POST['email_pass'];
$email_pop3 = $_POST['email_pop3'];
$email_pport = $_POST['email_pport'];
$email_smtp = $_POST['email_smtp'];
$email_sport = $_POST['email_sport'];
$email_ssl = $_POST['email_ssl'];


print "&newmsg=  ";

mysql_close();
?>

 

&newmsg being the variable I receive .

 

Any suggestions would be massively helpful even just basic advice.

thanks.

[makoinater]

Anyone?? even point me to threads of similar nature if you know of any.