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0 pointsmichaelmrose6y ago0 comments

That is every javascript package ever incidentally. Do you have an alternative suggestion as far as connecting to an imap server and responding to events? Not a library to write such a thing but an actual implementation.

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JohnFen6y ago· 2 in thread

No, I don't, but even if there are no such alternate packages, that doesn't mean it's OK to use one that you can't sufficiently understand.

If you can't find an acceptable package, then I'd absolutely recommend writing that functionality yourself. connecting to an IMAP server and responding to events aren't complicated tasks, after all.

michaelmroseOP6y ago

This is entirely feasible but what percentage of people can write replacements for problematic tools and what tools can they afford to replace time?

JohnFen6y ago

Among software engineers? I would expect (hope?) that the percentage that could do this approaches 100.

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