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mglaman/mail
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Console app for reading via IMAP

10PHP

Since Mar 6Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Console Mail
============

[](#console-mail)

A Symfonfy console IMAP tool for those of us who are bad at checking email.

Configure
---------

[](#configure)

Copy `config.yml.example` to `config.yml`. Change the host, port, username, and password.

Commands
--------

[](#commands)

Simply running `mail` will return the number of recent and total emails from your inbox. With any of the commands, sub out \[box\] with a folder name.

```
Available commands:
  mail check [BOX]        Returns number of recent and total emails.
  mail list [BOX]         Displays overview 10 recent emails
  mail view ID [BOX]      Views an email
  mail rm ID [BOX]        Moves email to trash. Supports command separated IDs.

```

Kudos
-----

[](#kudos)

- php-imap library so I didn't have to wrap imap\_\*
- platformsh-cli for reference on making Symfony console application.

###  Health Score

19

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LowBetter than 9% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![mglaman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3698644?v=4)](https://github.com/mglaman "mglaman (2 commits)")

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