new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imap/ngx_imap_proxy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+#include <ngx_config.h>
+#include <ngx_core.h>
+#include <ngx_event.h>
+
+
+static ngx_command_t  ngx_imap_commands[] = {
+
+    { ngx_string("imap"),
+      NGX_MAIN_CONF|NGX_CONF_BLOCK|NGX_CONF_NOARGS,
+      ngx_imap_block,
+      0,
+      0,
+      NULL },
+
+      ngx_null_command
+};
+
+    
+static ngx_core_module_t  ngx_imap_module_ctx = {
+    ngx_string("imap"),
+    NULL,
+    NULL
+};  
+
+
+ngx_module_t  ngx_imap_module = {
+    NGX_MODULE, 
+    &ngx_imap_module_ctx,                  /* module context */
+    ngx_imap_commands,                     /* module directives */
+    NGX_CORE_MODULE,                       /* module type */
+    NULL,                                  /* init module */
+    NULL                                   /* init child */
+};

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ 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");
+    }
+}