Overview

Base package simple-node-imap

Version 1.0.0 Adding async/await when fetching of messages

Version 1.0.4

Adding fix to handle multiple emails being read at the same time.

Adding Boolean values to store new variables:

• This will identify if an existing event was skipped isInstanceSkipped = Boolean

• This will identify if an existing event is already running isInstanceRunning = Boolean

• This will store instances(mail) that is currently being processed instances = Array

Version 1.0.6

• Adding xoauth2. (less-secure-apps won't be supported with google anymore by the end of May 2022)

Use

Install

npm install simple-node-imap-async

JavaScript Code:

const SimpleImapAsync = require("simple-node-imap-async");

const simpleImapAsync = new SimpleImapAsync({
  xoauth2: "xoauth2",
  username: "imap-username", // Will be deprecated on May 30, 2022
  password: "imap-password", // Will be deprecated on May 30, 2022
  host: "imap-host",
  port: 993, // imap port
  tls: true,
  connTimeout: 10000, // Default by node-imap
  authTimeout: 5000, // Default by node-imap,
  debug: console.log, // Or your custom function with only one incoming argument. Default: null
  tlsOptions: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
  mailbox: "INBOX", // mailbox to monitor
  searchFilter: ["UNSEEN", "FLAGGED"], // the search filter being used after an IDLE notification has been retrieved
  markSeen: true, // all fetched email willbe marked as seen and not fetched next time
  fetchUnreadOnStart: true, // use it only if you want to get all unread email on lib start. Default is `false`,
  mailParserOptions: {streamAttachments: true}, // options to be passed to mailParser lib.
  attachments: true, // download attachments as they are encountered to the project directory
});

simpleImapAsync.start(); // start listening


simpleImapAsync.on("server:connected", () => {
  console.log("imapConnected");
});

simpleImapAsync.on("server:disconnected", () => {
  console.log("imapDisconnected");
});

simpleImapAsync.on("error", err => {
  console.log(err);
});

simpleImapAsync.on("message", message => {
  console.log(message);
});


// stop listening
simpleImapAsync.stop();

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License

MIT