forwardemail / forwardemail/mail.forwardemail.net

[feat] Third Party SMTP/IMAP servers

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
36
Forks
8
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

## Describe the feature

Allow users to sign in with accounts on non forward mail servers through SMTP/IMAP.

I know that this has already been mentioned in [An issue on snappymail's repo](https://github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail/issues/1911#issuecomment-3894015040) however it felt important for those of us waiting for this feature to be able to subscribe to an issue about it!

## Checklist

- [x] I have searched through GitHub issues for similar issues.
- [x] I have completely read through the README and documentation.

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Research direction

The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by mapping how the browser-based webmail handles account sign-in and mail-server connections, then define the SMTP/IMAP account flow and verify that users can sign in with non-Forward Email mail accounts.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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