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I'm writing a program to read emails from python
when I execute below code it hangs in the last line
import imaplib
mail_server = "192.168.2.2"
connection = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(mail_server,993)
I have already opened port 993.
is any other port permissions are required for imap connection to work?
Once you have connected to IMAP you will need login credentials. There are a variety of formats that could be required depending on the configuration of the IMAP server. Opening a connection to an IMAP server gives you very little functionality until you have logged in as the desired user.
