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rochasmarcelo/emailmd
=====================

A PHP library to read e-mails using imap extension.

1.0(11y ago)148MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Sep 21Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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EmailMD
=======

[](#emailmd)

A PHP library to read e-mails.

Install with composer
---------------------

[](#install-with-composer)

```
{
    "require": {
        "rochasmarcelo/emailmd": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3.\*
- Imap extension

Example
-------

[](#example)

**Getting a MailBox instance**

```

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**Basic usage**

```

```

**Getting just some messages**

```

```

**Getting messages recieved since a specific date**

```

```

**Getting messages in reverse order**

By default the mailbox will return the oldest messages first. But sometimes we need to get the newest messages first, to do so we need to call the "MailBox::reverse" method one time.

```

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.8% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4253d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f785f8d08fc25738d47b7f4facafda82225ea8abab953b869feddb3dcfd7daf0?d=identicon)[rochamarcelo](/maintainers/rochamarcelo)

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Top Contributors

[![rochamarcelo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/850748?v=4)](https://github.com/rochamarcelo "rochamarcelo (23 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpemailreadimap

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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