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Looking for my next project
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No offense taken. But I've made no assumptions on the simplicity, and I know its a big task and want to start small. I don't mean to compete with Thunderbird, just I like it.
I think it would be a great exercise in learning the protocol and message handling.
Okay, fairy nuff.
In that case, I would probably start with writing an SMTP or IMAP proxy first. It will teach you everything you need to know about the protocols, and you can reverse engineer the protocols using a client that already works.
It would give you a tangible project outline, which I believe is often critical to not lose motivation or interest.
If you accept using libraries, there’s the imap crate, the mail_send crate, and samotoo crate that are worth looking at.