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+++ b/src/imap/ngx_imap_proxy_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+#include <ngx_config.h>
+#include <ngx_core.h>
+#include <ngx_event.h>
+
+
+void ngx_imap_proxy_init_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
+{
+    ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_IMAP, c->log, 0,
+                   "imap proxy init connection");
+
+    if (ngx_close_socket(c->fd) == -1) {
+
+        /* we use ngx_cycle->log because c->log was in c->pool */
+
+        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, ngx_cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
+                      ngx_close_socket_n " failed");
+    }
+}