> I think that the heirloom-mailx version can do all these things since it
> supports every mail protocol I can think of.

It's not the protocols, it's the user interface.

> we need ...  imap (with imaps and starttls support),

Handled by curl, to some degree.

> pop3 (with ssl and tls support),

Already done, mostly by curl.

> mbox and maildir support (for local mail),

I wouldn't use this; keep mail on the server or put mails
on your computer where they really belong.

> Correct threading header support (currently it doesn't work correctly,

It does, but you have to save email unformatted and browse and re.
I need to make this mechanism more convenient from a user perspective,
but it is implemented inside.
I had to do this a few years ago because people on one of the linux
lists yelled at me, each of my emails started a new thread
and confused them and I really meant it to be a reply on a current thread
so anyways yes I did some of this work.
It wasn't hard.
I think it's documented somewhere.

> Other stuff ...

Yes, not sure how vital the other stuff is.

> but I wonder if it's time for an edmail program?

We can certainly see the advantages of the separate eb js process,
now that it's done,
and ebmail ebspread etc could make a lot of sense, as long as it's all an 
integrated system.
Bill Gates found this out a long time ago.
Some web forms call up email client so you can send email,
or even submit form by email,
and from within email you can click on a link and go to your browser,
and (not speaking of windows but of edbrowse)
I can be in the editor and suddenly decide I want to send somebody email
and just put subject at the top and type sm and out it flies.
I really like that.
I really like the integratedness of it all,
but that certainly doesn't preclude modularizing the software more than it is 
today.

Karl Dahlke
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