Test-Config not running or blank results

Have you tried capturing the error log as described https://postieplugin.com/enabling-debug-output/

Same issue as adam. Blank page. But an error is generated in the site log. This has been going on for quite some time.

Currently running Apache 2.2, WordPress 3.5.0 on Mac OS X server 10.6.8.
Last known version to display the test config and “run postie” page correctly was version 1.4.14.

And with the newest version 1.4.31, every page in the Dashboard displays the Warning: the IMAP php extension is not installed. Postie can not use IMAP, IMAP-SSL or POP-SSL without this extension banner. I know the extension is not installed and I don’t care.

Debug.log

[28-Jan-2013 01:16:28 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:28 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: Checking for mail manually
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: Starting mail fetch
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: Time: 2013-01-28 01:16:31 GMT
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: wp_content_path: /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-content
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: Connecting to mail.fortymile.com:110 (pop3))
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: There are 0 messages to process
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: memory at start of e-mail processing:31771784
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: Error log: /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-content/debug.log
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:31 UTC] Postie: memory at end of e-mail processing:31771680
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:34 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:34 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:34 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:34 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:34 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] PHP Notice: has_cap was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.0! Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead. in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2923
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: Error log: /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-content/debug.log
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: Postie is in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fortymile/wp-content/plugins/postie
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: iconv: installed
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: <b>Warning!</b> Postie requires that imap be enabled.
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: mbstring: installed
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: GMT: 2013-01-28 01:16:37
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: Current: 2013-01-28 01:16:37
[28-Jan-2013 01:16:37 UTC] Postie: Sucessful POP3 connection on port 110

Postie works, but displays a blank test-config and blank “Run Postie” page.

@mike-in-ak
Thanks for the log. FYI all the has_cap warnings are coming from some other plugin.
I don’t see any Postie errors.

>every page in the Dashboard displays the Warning
This warning should not be displayed if you are set to pop3. I’ll take a look.

>Postie works, but displays a blank test-config and blank “Run Postie” page.
I don’t have a Mac set up to test this right now, but suspect it is working somewhat differently than Windows or Linux. I’ll see if I can get something set up to test.

Warning: the IMAP php extension is not installed. Postie can not use IMAP, IMAP-SSL or POP-SSL without this extension.

I get that same warning and I’m tired of seeing it. I host with godaddy on a linux server, I think. I use windows firefox to login. How do I remove the warning?

Upgrade to 1.4.32

I actually found this in WordPress 3.5.1/wp-includes/capabilities.php – and I did a search in every single file for the has_cap function – I removed a theme that had it and I was still getting the error

/**
	 * Whether role has capability.
	 *
	 * The capabilities is passed through the 'role_has_cap' filter. The first
	 * parameter for the hook is the list of capabilities the class has
	 * assigned. The second parameter is the capability name to look for. The
	 * third and final parameter for the hook is the role name.
	 *
	 * @since 2.0.0
	 * @access public
	 *
	 * @param string $cap Capability name.
	 * @return bool True, if user has capability. False, if doesn't have capability.
	 */
	function has_cap( $cap ) {
		$capabilities = apply_filters( 'role_has_cap', $this->capabilities, $cap, $this->name );
		if ( !empty( $capabilities[$cap] ) )
			return $capabilities[$cap];
		else
			return false;
	}

}

@mommaroodle
The has_cap function and related are still valid. It is just that some theme or plugin is calling it with an old-style number instead of a role name. add_submenu_page() is another function that can cause this notice if it is called wrong.

Postie will not generate these notices.

I was just saying, I dont use Postie, and I can absolutely guarantee you that neither my theme or plugins even as much as contain the words has_cap except the pages mentioned above and I also get the error msg – so I dont think that in all cases it’s due to themes or plugins ??

thx for replying though ^_^

it definitely is the capabilities.php page that generates the error message – it can be found at roundabout line 918 in wp-includes/capabilities.php

function has_cap( $cap ) {
		if ( is_numeric( $cap ) ) {
			_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '2.0', __('Usage of user levels by plugins and themes is deprecated. Use roles and capabilities instead.') );
			$cap = $this->translate_level_to_cap( $cap );
		}