Added proper storage calcualtion and limiting it according to the organization's plans whenever a new email reaches thier inbox. Also added proper threaded email handling with better UI.

Added draft features, which will be able to save, retrive, show, and use the drafts again very efficiently.

Added the ping icon for indicating unread emails
Devlog Textwhile the sidebar is collapsed.

Edit various options for bulk edits and improved the overall UI of MessageList component.

Created the whole navigation system from mini composer to main composer to reply composer.
Next: sending data through navigation for instant UI

Improved this mini composer with autocompletion of contacts and with proper navigation to main composer.

🛠️ Devlog: Smarter Inline Composer + Better Draft UX

We're continuing to refine the DITMail experience, and this update focuses heavily on productivity and user comfort while composing, replying, or forwarding emails.

✨ What’s New:
✅ Redesigned Inline Composer
Replying and forwarding now happen seamlessly within the conversation thread. No pop-ups, no redirects—just a clean, focused inline editor that keeps you in context.

🖥️ Maximized Composer Mode
Need more room? The composer now supports a maximized view, giving you full control over long-form emails, formatting, and attachments — without losing sight of your workflow.

💾 Improved Draft Saving
All replies and forwards now auto-save in real-time — even inline. Accidentally close the tab? No worries. Your draft will be right where you left it.

🎯 UX Enhancements

Clear visual indicators for reply vs. forward

Smooth transitions between inline and fullscreen modes

Better keyboard accessibility and focus management

DITMail is shaping up to be a truly user-first email platform, and we’re just getting started.

Up next: Undo Send + Smart Signatures 🚀

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🛠️ Devlog Update: Inline Replies + Bigger Composer!

We’ve just pushed a fresh UI/UX upgrade to DITMail! Here's what's new:

✍️ Inline Email Replies
Now you can reply to emails directly inline within the thread — no more jumping between pages. It feels natural, keeps the context visible, and improves the overall flow of conversations.

🧾 Bigger, Better Composer
Say goodbye to cramped spaces! The new resizable and expanded email composer gives you more room to write with clarity. Rich formatting, attachment previews, and keyboard shortcuts all in one seamless editor.

⚡ Performance Tweaks
Faster rendering of threaded emails

Optimized message draft saving

Composer loads 2× faster with lazy init

We're getting closer to a polished, production-ready release. Feedback is always welcome!

Next up: Draft autosave + undo send 👀

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Improving webmail UI with better search filters and looks.

Replaced direct usage of Nodemailer with a scalable worker-based system for sending emails, ensuring high throughput and reliability. Instead of sending emails directly from the application thread, I implemented a job queue using Redis and BullMQ, where email sending tasks are offloaded to background workers. This architecture decouples the mail delivery process from the main application logic, enabling efficient handling of high-volume outbound mail traffic without blocking user interactions.

Each worker processes jobs asynchronously, performing tasks like SMTP authentication, DKIM signing, logging delivery status, and retrying failed deliveries based on custom logic—replicating patterns used by production-grade email infrastructures.

In parallel, I set up a dedicated WebSocket server built on Express and ws, separate from the main web application. This server handles real-time events such as incoming emails, read receipts, new folder/tag creation, and user status updates. It maintains persistent WebSocket connections for all logged-in users, and uses Redis Pub/Sub to broadcast updates from the backend in real-time.

This separation of concerns (API server, email workers, and WebSocket server) improves system reliability, scalability, and responsiveness—making it suitable for enterprise-level email platforms like Zoho Mail or ProtonMail.

Significantly improved the Webmail UI by redesigning it for performance, responsiveness, and usability. The updated interface delivers a clean and modern user experience with features like real-time inbox updates, instant tag/folder creation, intuitive message threading, and efficient search/filter options.

Optimized the frontend with lazy loading, virtualized message lists, and minimal network requests to ensure smooth performance even with large mailboxes. Leveraged modern frontend technologies (e.g., React with Tailwind or similar frameworks) to maintain consistency across devices and screen sizes.

On the backend, implemented Redis caching and asynchronous job queues to drastically reduce the time taken for fetching, sending, and organizing emails. These changes allowed near-instant email actions such as sending, labeling, and moving between folders.

Overall, the improvements target enterprise-level performance, aiming to match the speed and experience of leading platforms like Zoho Mail and Google Workspace—both in UI fluidity and backend email operations.

Resolved critical issues in SMTP and MX servers, ensuring stable relaying and receiving of emails from various sources. Integrated a fast, fully functional Webmail UI. Implemented proper validation for DKIM, SPF, DMARC, rDNS, and MX records, along with spam filtering and virus scanning to enhance email security and deliverability.

Implemented Redis caching to significantly boost the performance of email fetch/send operations and enable instant tag or folder creation. Aimed to match the responsiveness of large-scale email infrastructures like Zoho and Google Workspace.

Implemented enterprise-grade domain validation with integrated user management.

Currently developing the frontend + API for the DITMail email infrastructure.

Wrapping up the SMTP Server setup and config files.

Separated the MX and SMTP for a more professional experience.

Implementing email relaying with Haraka.

Refining the SMTP server with more Haraka plugins.

Developing an SMTP server for DITMail.