diff --git a/src/conftest.py b/src/conftest.py
index 5cedd24..690aaf6 100644
--- a/src/conftest.py
+++ b/src/conftest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # sys.path. It is thus good practise for projects to either put conftest.py under
 # a package scope or to never import anything from a conftest.py file.
 
+import os
+from imaplib import IMAP4_SSL
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -69,3 +71,18 @@ def dotenv_config(request) -> dict[str, str]:
     dotenv_path = Path(dotenv_path)
     assert dotenv_path.is_file()
     return dotenv_values(dotenv_path)  # type: ignore
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def imap_ssl_email_client() -> None:
+    assert os.environ["IMAP_HOST"]
+    assert os.environ["IMAP_PORT"]
+    assert os.environ["IMAP_USER"]
+    assert os.environ["IMAP_PASS"]
+    port = int(os.environ["IMAP_PORT"])
+    imap_client = IMAP4_SSL(host=os.environ["IMAP_HOST"], port=port)
+    imap_client.login(os.environ["IMAP_USER"], os.environ["IMAP_PASS"])
+    imap_client.select("INBOX")
+    yield imap_client
+    imap_client.close()
+    imap_client.logout()