how can I create an application for IMAP server using vc++ so that:-

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how can I create an application for IMAP server using VC++so that:-
1.  A user can use Outlook to login into the server.
2. How the account logfile is defined?
3. How the imap server hosts the emails and store to the Inbox provided for the Mailbox name
 i.e [email protected] where Mailbox is the Inbox folder provided for the client.
4. How is the Mailbox managed.