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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Although this is quite minimal and only implements a tiny subset of the IMAP pro
## Installation ##
Get [rust] and run
Get [Rust] and run
cargo build --release
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Note that it only supports TLS encrypted IMAP and plain password authentication. Also, it currently reads the password from the command line, which isn't a great thing to do. I might change that eventually.
## Why? ##
## Goals ##
Rust might not be the canonical programming language to do something like this in. And also, this probably already exists somewhere in a more complete and polished form. So this might not useful for anyone else. But I had three goals in making this:
I made this for the following reasons:
1. I wanted my emails to arrive faster and without having to manually hit the refresh button.
2. I wanted to find out how IMAP works and why it's often so slow (I'm still not sure about the latter).
3. I wanted to try using rust for something practical and see how well it works. The result is it worked, and I would do it again.
2. I wanted to find out how IMAP works and why it's often so slow (I'm still not really sure).
3. I wanted to try using Rust for something practical and see how well it works. It worked pretty well.
In terms of actual usability, this works fine for me, but I'm sure there are better alternatives out there.
[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
[IMAP]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol