thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Feature: Create events out of mails

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

iOS mail app can recognize if an email contains information about events (subject -> event name, date of the event, location,...)

I'd find it great to see this feature in K9 mail ;)

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating how Thunderbird for Android parses message content and whether it has calendar or event-creation integration; done would mean reliably recognizing event details in an email and creating an event from them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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