How can one use imap_open to display all folders, including spam folders, in a Hotmail account?

To display all folders, including spam folders, in a Hotmail account using imap_open, you need to specify the correct server settings and folder path. Hotmail uses the Outlook.com server settings for IMAP, so you need to use "outlook.office365.com" as the server and specify the folder path as "[Gmail]". This will allow you to access all folders, including the spam folder, in your Hotmail account. 

$hostname = '{outlook.office365.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'your_email@hotmail.com';
$password = 'your_password';

$mailbox = imap_open($hostname, $username, $password);

$folders = imap_list($mailbox, $hostname, '*');

foreach ($folders as $folder) {
    echo "Folder: " . imap_utf7_decode($folder) . "<br>";
}

imap_close($mailbox);

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