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The imap sensor platform is observing your IMAP server and reporting the amount of unread emails.

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: imap
    server: imap.gmail.com
    port: 993
    name: Emails
    user: USERNAME
    password: PASSWORD

Configuration variables:

• server (Required): The IP address or hostname of the IMAP server.
• port (Required): The port where the server is accessible.
• name (Optional): Name of the IMAP sensor.
• user (Required): Username for the IMAP server.
• password (Required): Password for the IMAP server.