--- embedaddon/php/ext/standard/tests/mail/mail_skipif.inc	2012/02/21 23:48:04	1.1.1.1
+++ embedaddon/php/ext/standard/tests/mail/mail_skipif.inc	2013/07/22 01:32:08	1.1.1.2
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 extension_loaded('imap') or die('skip imap extension not available in this build');
+
+if( substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN' && extension_loaded('sockets')) {
+	// be sure mail server is accessible... on PHP 5.3.13 release build, using test-pack PHP-5.3-r1af8b3f,
+	// the code below didn't skip test even though there was no mail server
+	//     test then failed (no mail server to test against)
+	$socket  = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 1);
+	socket_set_option($socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, array('sec' => 10, 'usec' => 10));
+	// imap uses tcp port 143
+	socket_connect($socket, "localhost", 143) or die ("skip can't socket to mail server");
+}
  
 // Change these to make tests run successfully
 $mailbox  = '{localhost}';