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since there is no mail client library even after 10+ years I suggest to rethink the approach, because frankly, it's not working.
Or on the contrary, it may illustrate the advantage of this system. 10 years ago, the putative Haskell Institute might have determined there was surely a need for a mail client library, and anyone could see how it ought to work. But the absence of any such package after all this time casts some doubt on that, doesn't it? I personally don't think it's a great idea. I'm using a Haskell mail client to correspond with you right now. If I were to start from scratch today, and there were a mail client library, I'm sure I would find something useful in there, but I'm not sure it would all adapt without changes to my application. Depending on what you actually need, I think you should look at the HaskellNet package (IMAP etc.), SMTP, mime-mail. See what they do, and how they work. I don't know, I really haven't looked at them myself so I don't know what you're in for - it might work like a dream. Or it may be that their APIs don't really suit your needs - the way they handle strings, character sets, I/O, etc. For me, that kind of issue looms very large in this area of computing, and that's why I'm skeptical of big packages that try to tie it all up. The author of this package will spend a lot of time, trying to serve the needs of a dozen active users with very disparate needs. Donn Cave, donn@avvanta.com