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 Getting incoming mail
 =====================
 
-If you are utilizing one of the polling methods above, 
-you will need to periodically poll the mailbox for messages using one of the
-below methods.
-If you are receiving mail directly from a mailserver via a pipe 
--- using the ``processincomingmessage`` management command -- 
-you need not concern yourself with this section.
-
 In your code
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