I'm having no problem retrieving mail using mailhandler and a single email address, but when I try to add a mailbox that points to a mailing list I get

warning: imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream {mail.tvbarn.com:143/novalidate-cert/notls}INBOX in /home/.bond/tvbarn/tvbarn.com/d4/modules/mailhandler/mailhandler.module on line 16.

and

Mailhandler imap connection failed: mylist@lists.tvbarn.com

I've followed the HOWTO: tutorial to the letter, double checked my work, even started from scratch and rebuilt the mailbox, to no avail.

Here's the part I don't get ... if I create a new mailbox containing only the secret mbox at tvbarn.com (the one that will interface with the list at lists.tvbarn.com), and click 'retrieve' ... it retrieves the emails! But the moment I replace that with the listserver email addresses, like listhandler tells me to do, I get the 'can't retrieve' error.

Look up at the error message: why is mailhandler checking lists.tvbarn.com? Shouldn't it be checking the mailbox I set up at tvbarn.com and pointed to in the mailbox fields?

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cor3huis commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

The documentation is updated and now corrected of how to use Mailhandler and to which email server you should connect.

BTW a dot in the path is not allowed by the current path handling of IMAP locations (.bond/)