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authorRobin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>2023-06-04 14:05:22 +0200
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worker: add jmap support
Add support for JMAP backends. This is on par with IMAP features with some additions specific to JMAP: * tagging * sending emails This makes use of git.sr.ht/~rockorager/go-jmap for the low level interaction with the JMAP server. The transport is JSON over HTTPS. For now, only oauthbearer with token is supported. If this proves useful, we may need to file for an official three-legged oauth support at JMAP providers. I have tested most features and this seems to be reliable. There are some quirks with the use-labels option. Especially when moving and deleting messages from the "All mail" virtual folder (see aerc-jmap(5)). Overall, the user experience is nice and there are a lot less background updates issues than with IMAP (damn IDLE mode hanging after restoring from sleep). I know that not everyone has access to a JMAP provider. For those interested, there are at least these two commercial offerings: https://www.fastmail.com/ https://www.topicbox.com/ And, if you host your own mail, you can use a JMAP capable server: https://stalw.art/jmap/ https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/installation/http/jmap.html Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8620.html Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8621.html Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> Tested-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
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+AERC-JMAP(5)
+
+# NAME
+
+aerc-jmap - JMAP configuration for *aerc*(1)
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+aerc implements the JMAP protocol as specified by RFCs 8620 and 8621.
+
+# CONFIGURATION
+
+JMAP accounts currently are not supported with the *:new-account* command and
+must be added manually.
+
+In _accounts.conf_ (see *aerc-accounts*(5)), the following JMAP-specific options
+are available:
+
+*source* = _<scheme>_://[_<username>_][_:<password>@_]_<hostname>_[_:<port>_]/_<path>_
+ Remember that all fields must be URL encoded. The _@_ symbol, when URL
+ encoded, is _%40_.
+
+ _<hostname>_[_:<port>_]/_<path>_ is the HTTPS JMAP session resource as
+ specified in RFC 8620 section 2 without the leading _https://_ scheme.
+
+ Possible values of _<scheme>_ are:
+
+ _jmap_
+ JMAP over HTTPS using Basic authentication.
+
+ _jmap+oauthbearer_
+ JMAP over HTTPS using OAUTHBEARER authentication
+
+ The username is ignored any may be left empty. If specifying the
+ password, make sure to prefix it with _:_ to make it explicit
+ that the username is empty. Or set the username to any random
+ value. E.g.:
+
+ ```
+ source = jmap+oauthbearer://:s3cr3t@example.com/jmap/session
+ source = jmap+oauthbearer://me:s3cr3t@example.com/jmap/session
+ ```
+
+ Your source credentials must have the _urn:ietf:params:jmap:mail_
+ capability.
+
+*source-cred-cmd* = _<command>_
+ Specifies the command to run to get the password for the JMAP account.
+ This command will be run using _sh -c command_. If a password is
+ specified in the *source* option, the password will take precedence over
+ this command.
+
+ Example:
+ source-cred-cmd = pass hostname/username
+
+*outgoing* = _jmap://_
+ The JMAP connection can also be used to send emails. No need to repeat
+ the URL nor any credentials. Just the URL scheme will be enough.
+
+ Your source credentials must have the _urn:ietf:params:jmap:submission_
+ capability.
+
+*cache-state* = _true_|_false_
+ Cache all email state (mailboxes, email headers, mailbox contents, email
+ flags, etc.) on disk in a levelDB database located in folder
+ _~/.cache/aerc/<account>/state_.
+
+ The cached data should remain small, in the order of a few megabytes,
+ even for very large email stores. Aerc will make its best to purge
+ deleted/outdated information. It is safe to delete that folder when aerc
+ is not running and it will be recreated from scratch on next startup.
+
+ Default: _false_
+
+*cache-blobs* = _true_|_false_
+ Cache all downloaded email bodies and attachments on disk as individual
+ files in _~/.cache/aerc/<account>/blobs/<xx>/<blob_id>_ (where _<xx>_ is
+ a subfolder named after the last two characters of _<blob_id>_).
+
+ Aerc will not purge the cached blobs automatically. Even when their
+ related emails are destroyed permanently from the server. If required,
+ you may want to run some periodic cleanup based on file creation date in
+ a crontab, e.g.:
+
+ @daily find ~/.cache/aerc/foo/blobs -type f -mtime +30 -delete
+
+ Default: _false_
+
+*use-labels* = _true_|_false_
+ If set to _true_, mailboxes with the _archive_ role (usually _Archive_)
+ will be hidden from the directory list and replaced by an *all-mail*
+ virtual folder. The name of that folder can be configured via the
+ *all-mail* setting.
+
+ *:archive flat* may still be used to effectively "tag" messages with the
+ hidden _Archive_ mailbox so that they appear in the *all-mail* virtual
+ folder. When the *all-mail* virtual folder is selected, *:archive flat*
+ should not be used and will have no effect. The messages will be grayed
+ out but will never be refreshed until aerc is restarted.
+
+ Also, this enables support for the *:modify-labels* (alias *:tag*)
+ command.
+
+ Default: _false_
+
+*all-mail* = _<name>_
+ Name of the virtual folder that replaces the role=_archive_ mailbox when
+ *use-labels* = _true_.
+
+ Default: _All mail_
+
+*server-ping* = _<duration>_
+ Interval the server should ping the client at when monitoring for email
+ changes. The server may choose to ignore this value. By default, no ping
+ will be requested from the server.
+
+ See https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration.
+
+# NOTES
+
+JMAP messages can be seen as "labels" or "tags". Every message must belong to
+one or more mailboxes (folders in aerc). Each mailbox has a "role" as described
+in _https://www.iana.org/assignments/imap-mailbox-name-attributes/_.
+
+When deleting messages that belong only to the selected mailbox, aerc will
+attempt to "move" these messages to a mailbox with the _trash_ role. If it
+cannot find such mailbox or if the selected mailbox is the _trash_ mailbox, it
+will effectively destroy the messages from the server.
+
+*:delete* removes messages from the selected mailbox and effectively does the
+same thing than *:tag -<selected_folder>*.
+
+*:cp <foo>* is an alias for *:tag <foo>* or *:tag +<foo>*.
+
+*:mv <foo>* is a compound of *:delete* and *:mv* and can be seen as an alias of
+*:tag -<selected_folder> +<foo>*.
+
+*:archive flat* is an alias for *:tag -<selected_folder> +<archive>*.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+*aerc*(1) *aerc-accounts*(5)
+
+# AUTHORS
+
+Originally created by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and maintained by Robin
+Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> who is assisted by other open source contributors. For
+more information about aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.