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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# imap.py
+# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Initialization of imap service
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+#import sys
+
+from leap.mail.imap.service import imap
+#from twisted.python import log
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# The name of the environment variable that has to be
+# set to override the default time value, in seconds.
+INCOMING_CHECK_PERIOD_ENV = "BITMASK_MAILCHECK_PERIOD"
+
+
+def get_mail_check_period():
+    """
+    Tries to get the value of the environment variable for
+    overriding the period for incoming mail fetch.
+    """
+    period = None
+    period_str = os.environ.get(INCOMING_CHECK_PERIOD_ENV, None)
+    try:
+        period = int(period_str)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        logger.warning("BAD value found for %s: %s" % (
+            INCOMING_CHECK_PERIOD_ENV,
+            period_str))
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Unhandled error while getting %s: %r" % (
+            INCOMING_CHECK_PERIOD_ENV,
+            exc))
+    return period
+
+
+def start_imap_service(*args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Initializes and run imap service.
+
+    :returns: twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall instance
+    """
+    logger.debug('Launching imap service')
+
+    override_period = get_mail_check_period()
+    if override_period:
+        kwargs['check_period'] = override_period
+
+    # Uncomment the next two lines to get a separate debugging log
+    # TODO handle this by a separate flag.
+    #log.startLogging(open('/tmp/leap-imap.log', 'w'))
+    #log.startLogging(sys.stdout)
+
+    return imap.run_service(*args, **kwargs)