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# This script will send an image as an email attachment to the
# user himself. The receiving part of this is in read.coffee

# Install EmailJS with `npm install emailjs`
email = require "emailjs"

# You need a config file with your email settings
fs = require "fs"
config = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync "#{process.cwd()}/config.json", "utf-8"

server = email.server.connect
    user: config.username
    password: config.password
    host: config.smtp.host
    ssl: config.smtp.ssl

message = email.message.create 
    text: "This is test"
    from: "#{config.name} <#{config.email}>"
    to: "#{config.name} <#{config.email}>"
    subject: "Testing Node.js email capabilities"

message.attach "reading.png", "image/png", "reading-image.png"

server.send message, (err, message) ->
    return console.error err if err
    console.log "Message sent with id #{message['header']['message-id']}"

# This example script opens an IMAP connection to the server and
# seeks unread messages sent by the user himself. It will then
# download those messages, parse them, and write their attachments
# to disk.

# Install node-imap with `npm install imap`
imap = require "imap"
# Install mailparser with `npm install mailparser`
mailparser = require "mailparser"

# You need a config file with your email settings
fs = require "fs"
config = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync "#{process.cwd()}/config.json", "utf-8"

server = new imap.ImapConnection
    username: config.username
    password: config.password
    host: config.imap.host
    port: config.imap.port
    secure: config.imap.secure

exitOnErr = (err) ->
    console.error err
    do process.exit

server.connect (err) ->
    exitOnErr err if err
    server.openBox "INBOX", false, (err, box) ->
        exitOnErr err if err
        console.log "You have #{box.messages.total} messages in your INBOX"

        server.search ["UNSEEN", ["SINCE", "Sep 18, 2011"], ["FROM", config.email]], (err, results) ->
            exitOnErr err if err

            unless results.length
                console.log "No unread messages from #{config.email}"
                do server.logout
                return

            fetch = server.fetch results,
                request:
                    body: "full"
                    headers: false
            
            fetch.on "message", (message) ->
                fds = {}
                filenames = {}
                parser = new mailparser.MailParser

                parser.on "headers", (headers) ->
                    console.log "Message: #{headers.subject}"

                parser.on "astart", (id, headers) ->
                    filenames[id] = headers.filename
                    fds[id] = fs.openSync headers.filename, 'w'

                parser.on "astream", (id, buffer) ->
                    fs.writeSync fds[id], buffer, 0, buffer.length, null

                parser.on "aend", (id) ->
                    return unless fds[id]
                    fs.close fds[id], (err) ->
                        return console.error err if err
                        console.log "Writing #{filenames[id]} completed"

                message.on "data", (data) ->
                    parser.feed data.toString()

                message.on "end", ->
                    do parser.end

            fetch.on "end", ->
                do server.logout

{
    "name": "My Name",
    "email": "user@domain.com",
    "username": "user@gmail.com",
    "password": "MYPASSWORD",
    "imap": {
        "host": "imap.gmail.com",
        "port": 993,
        "secure": true
    },
    "smtp": {
        "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "ssl": true
    }
}

config.json
reading-image.png