nextcloud / nextcloud/mail

Expose all mail as a CalDAV list, with each message a task.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Currently, I utilise labels to track completion of mail. However, I would prefer to be able to utilise NC's task management infrastructure in its stead, because every message I receive via e-mail is a task.

Describe the solution you'd like

Expose all mail as a CalDAV list, with each message a task. Completion states can be trivially exposed as labels to third-party mail clients.

Additional context

This does not duplicate to issues/6127. I consider what it proposes to be a workaround at best, especially because it means that:

  1. as issues/11255 describes, two objects then exist

  2. the user must create a task for all mail, whereas, for me, every message is, always, a task

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the existing mail and task-management integration points, then define how all messages map to a CalDAV task list and how completion states map to labels; done means this works without manually creating duplicate tasks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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