incomming mail processing

backend/app/main.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ## Copyright © 2026 Olaf Kolkman
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 import logging
+from threading import Event, Thread
 from uuid import uuid4
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
@@ -20,12 +22,31 @@ from backend.app.api.setup import has_administrator
 from backend.app.api.user_config import router as user_config_router
 from backend.app.core.config import settings, validate_configuration
 from backend.app.database import AVATARS_DIR
+from backend.app.services.inbound_email_service import run_imap_polling
 from backend.app.services.link_service import get_public_profile
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=getattr(logging, settings.log_level, logging.INFO))
 validate_configuration(settings)
 
-app = FastAPI(title='LinkLog API', version=settings.version)
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(_: FastAPI):
+    stop_event = Event()
+    worker = Thread(
+        target=run_imap_polling,
+        args=(stop_event, logging.getLogger('backend.app.services.inbound_email_service')),
+        name='linklog-imap-poller',
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    worker.start()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        stop_event.set()
+        worker.join(timeout=2)
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title='LinkLog API', version=settings.version, lifespan=lifespan)
 
 
 @app.middleware('http')