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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail/spring-integration-mail-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:int-mail="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail"
+	xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util">
+
+	<!-- 
+	
+		IMAP and IMAP IDLE sample configuration to use with Gmail
+		There is no test to back this up, just a sample config to use with your tests
+	
+	 -->
+
+	<int-mail:imap-idle-channel-adapter id="customAdapter"
+			store-uri="imaps://[username]:[password]@imap.gmail.com/INBOX"
+			channel="recieveChannel"
+			auto-startup="true"
+			should-delete-messages="false"
+			java-mail-properties="javaMailProperties"/>
+			
+	<int-mail:inbound-channel-adapter id="imapAdapter"
+			store-uri="imaps://[username]:[password]@imap.gmail.com/INBOX"
+			java-mail-properties="javaMailProperties" 
+			channel="recieveChannel" 
+			should-delete-messages="true" 
+			auto-startup="true">
+			<int:poller max-messages-per-poll="1">
+				<int:interval-trigger interval="5000"/>
+			</int:poller>
+	</int-mail:inbound-channel-adapter>
+		
+	<int:channel id="recieveChannel"/>
+	
+	<int:service-activator  input-channel="recieveChannel">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.mail.config.GoogleTest.SampleReciever"/>
+	</int:service-activator>
+	
+	<util:properties id="javaMailProperties">
+		<prop key="mail.imap.socketFactory.class">javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory</prop>
+		<prop key="mail.imap.socketFactory.fallback">false</prop>
+		<prop key="mail.store.protocol">imaps</prop>
+		<prop key="mail.debug">false</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+	
+	<task:executor id="executor" pool-size="5"/>
+</beans>