php code: $structure = imap_fetchstructure($stream, $msg_number); print_r($structure); die(); POP3 connection to mail server: stdClass Object ( [type] => 0 [encoding] => 0 [ifsubtype] => 1 [subtype] => PLAIN [ifdescription] => 0 [ifid] => 0 [lines] => 12 [bytes] => 860 [ifdisposition] => 0 [ifdparameters] => 0 [ifparameters] => 1 [parameters] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [attribute] => CHARSET [value] => US-ASCII ) ) ) IMAP connection to mailserver: stdClass Object ( [type] => 0 [encoding] => 3 [ifsubtype] => 1 [subtype] => PLAIN [ifdescription] => 0 [ifid] => 0 [lines] => 12 [bytes] => 860 [ifdisposition] => 0 [ifdparameters] => 0 [ifparameters] => 0 [parameters] => stdClass Object ( ) )