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 Easily ingest messages from POP3, IMAP, or local mailboxes into your Django application.
 
 This app allows you to either ingest e-mail content from common e-mail services (as long as the service provides POP3 or IMAP support),
-or directly recieve e-mail messages from ``stdin`` (for locally processing messages from Postfix or Exim4).
+or directly receive e-mail messages from ``stdin`` (for locally processing messages from Postfix or Exim4).
 
 These ingested messages will be stored in the database in Django models and you can process their content at will,
 or -- if you're in a hurry -- by using a signal receiver.