Eximap

Eximap is an elixir library that can connect to IMAP servers via TLS and execute commands.

Motivation

We started working with Elixir this year and we wanted to make an internal CRM, but we could not find any library that can connect to an IMAP server and load messages and that can be notified of new messages from the server. All options were in other languages like nodejs, but we since there is a POP3 library in erlang there should be one for IMAP as well.

Roadmap

Completed:

open an TLS connection to an IMAP server
login using an email account and password (PLAIN AUTH over TLS)
Execute commands and return the result as an Elixir structure
Format each response as either a map or a structure for easier interaction.

Under development:

Handle binary responses

Planned:

Handle requests and responses asyncronously

Development

In order to test and develop the library locally you will need an IMAP server. One easy way of getting an IMAP server up and running is with Docker.

Make sure you have Docker installed and that the following ports are open and then run this command:

docker run -d -p 25:25 -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 110:110 -p 143:143 -p 465:465 -p 587:587 -p 993:993 -p 995:995 -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro -t analogic/poste.io
curl --insecure --request POST --url https://localhost/admin/install/server --form install[hostname]=127.0.0.1 --form install[superAdmin]=admin@127.0.0.1 --form install[superAdminPassword]=admin

Once the container is up and running you can create a new email address. The credentials used in testing this library are: Host: localhost.dev Port: 993 User: admin@localhost.dev Pass: secret

You can run the tests using:

mix deps.get
mix test

Usage

First configure the connection to your IMAP server:

config :eximap,
  account: "admin@localhost.dev",
  password: "secret",
  use_ssl: true,
  incoming_mail_server: "localhost.dev",
  incoming_port: 993, #TLS

Then start the connection to the server by calling the start_link method and execute commands.

iex> {:ok, pid} = Eximap.Imap.Client.start_link()
iex> req = Eximap.Imap.Request.noop()
iex> Eximap.Imap.Client.execute(pid, req) |> Map.from_struct()
%{body: [%{}], error: nil,
         message: "NOOP completed (0.000 + 0.000 secs).", partial: false,
         request: %Eximap.Imap.Request{command: "NOOP", params: [],
          tag: "EX1"}, status: "OK"}

Installation

Eximap in available in Hex and can be installed by adding eximap to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:eximap, "~> 0.1.1-dev"}
  ]
end