Test an IMAP connection

POST /api/v1/admin/imap/tests

Test IMAP and SMTP settings without saving an account. Requires admin.accounts.

Authentication

Pass a Fluxmail API key as a bearer token. The key owner must be an administrator, and the key must include the administrative capability named in the endpoint description.

Remote administrative requests require HTTPS. Requests from the local computer can use HTTP.

Request

curl 'http://localhost:8977/api/v1/admin/imap/tests' \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FLUXMAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "email": "you@example.com",
  "imap": {
    "host": "imap.example.com",
    "port": 993,
    "security": "tls",
    "user": "you@example.com",
    "password": "app-password"
  },
  "smtp": {
    "host": "smtp.example.com",
    "port": 465,
    "security": "tls",
    "user": "you@example.com",
    "password": "app-password"
  }
}'

Request body

Content type: application/json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 320,
      "format": "email"
    },
    "displayName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "imap": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "host": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 255
        },
        "port": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 1,
          "maximum": 65535
        },
        "security": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "tls",
            "starttls"
          ]
        },
        "user": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 320
        },
        "password": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 4096
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "host",
        "port",
        "security",
        "user",
        "password"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "smtp": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "host": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 255
        },
        "port": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 1,
          "maximum": 65535
        },
        "security": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "tls",
            "starttls"
          ]
        },
        "user": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 320
        },
        "password": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 4096
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "host",
        "port",
        "security",
        "user",
        "password"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "saveSent": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "folderOverrides": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "sent": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 1024
        },
        "drafts": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 1024
        },
        "trash": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 1024
        },
        "archive": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 1024
        },
        "spam": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 1024
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "email",
    "imap",
    "smtp"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "example": {
    "email": "you@example.com",
    "imap": {
      "host": "imap.example.com",
      "port": 993,
      "security": "tls",
      "user": "you@example.com",
      "password": "app-password"
    },
    "smtp": {
      "host": "smtp.example.com",
      "port": 465,
      "security": "tls",
      "user": "you@example.com",
      "password": "app-password"
    }
  }
}

Responses

Status	Description	Content type
`200`	Connection test result	`application/json`
`400`	Invalid request	`application/json`
`401`	Authentication required	`application/json`
`403`	Administrative access denied	`application/json`
`404`	Resource not found	`application/json`
`409`	Request conflict	`application/json`
`413`	Request body too large	`application/json`
`415`	Unsupported media type	`application/json`
`500`	Internal error	`application/json`
`502`	License could not be verified	`application/json`

200 response

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {}
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "data"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}