help needed for incoming mail

hi friends,

I am har***,i am doing a project which is subject for us
in our last sem.
my project is about web hosting.

now i need your help in mail section.can anyone tell me
how i can retrieve
mails?i am successfull in sending mail functions but i was
unable to retrieve
mails.i have try to use various servers for that i am
using windows as operating
system,i think imap functions can be used but i was unable
to setup imap server
for windows.so if u guys can help me out i will be vary
thankful to all of you.

Bye & Best Of Luck

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