Postsack

What can go into core (web compatible!)?

• database only as trait
• importer only as trait

Provides a high level visual overview of swaths of email

Performance

It currently parses 632383 emails in ~160 seconds, so roughly 4.000 emails per second. This excludes (for now) attachments. Update: It currently parses 632115 emails in ~56 seconds, so roughly 11.000 emails per second. This excludes (for now) attachments. (on M1)

Open Issues

• check the feature.lru to see if it compiles without LRU
• build static linux binary via docker: Via Github Actions?
• try to build a static windows binary: Via Github Actions?
• try to build a macos binary: Via Github Actions?
• Demo Video
• Documentation
• wasm build?

Windows Issues

• No Outlook support
• The apple importer fails
• Very much untested (it does run though)

Future Options

• Add additional UI based on Druid, Iced or Native Cocoa
• maybe add blocking versions of the calls, too (in model)
• abstract over Fields and backend to have a generic way to display groupable information
• apply the window changes (no status etc) on startup, not just when loading main
• split up into multiple crates
• action when clicking an email?
• support light theme
• allow diving into splits/segments until there're no gropu bys anymore, but the last split can be opened full (to see the mails)
• remove unneeded dependencies and features
• add support for generating mail deletion rules based on the visible mails
• support more mail formats:
  • outlook
  • notmuch
  • maildir

Development

Generate a macOS bundle (requires Cargo Bundle)

./build_mac.sh

Linux Dependencies

In order to build (and or run) on Linux, the following dependencies are needed:

Fedora

# Development
sudo dnf install @development-tools glib cairo-devel pango-devel gdk-pixbux2-devel atk-devel gtk3 gtk3-devel libsqlite3x-devel

Ubuntu

# Development
sudo apt-get install libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libspeechd-dev libxkbcommon-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev