mailparser
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[!IMPORTANT] This module is in maintenance mode. It will continue to receive security updates and critical bug fixes, but no new features or feature changes will be added. For new projects, please consider using PostalMime, which works in both Node.js and browser environments.
Advanced email parser for Node.js. Everything is handled as a stream which should make it able to parse even very large messages (100MB+) with relatively low overhead.
First install the module from npm:
$ npm install mailparser
next import the mailparser object into your script:
const mailparser = require('mailparser');
See mailparser homepage for documentation and terms.
Licensed under MIT
Nodemailer is a module for Node.js applications to allow easy email sending. While it focuses on sending emails rather than parsing them, it can be used in conjunction with mailparser for a complete email handling solution.
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Mail-listener2 is a library for listening to incoming emails using IMAP. It can be used to monitor an email account and retrieve new emails, which can then be parsed using mailparser. It is useful for real-time email processing.
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The npm package mailparser receives a total of 2,398,652 weekly downloads. As such, mailparser popularity was classified as popular.
We found that mailparser demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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