Simple REST mail server written in Go

In plain words

Perso is a lightweight REST server written in Go that exposes a Maildir mailbox through HTTP endpoints. It's designed for developers who need simple remote access to email messages during testing or staging without setting up traditional POP/IMAP servers. After pointing it to a Maildir directory, users can access emails via a web interface on port 8888, making it useful for integration testing frameworks and other development scenarios requiring quick mailbox access.

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From the sources

Perso is a small, self-contained REST server for a Maildir mailbox. Perso is useful when used on testing or staging sites to have a quick means to access a mailbox remotely, for example by a integration testing framework. Perso can make you forget about POP/IMAP servers for simple use cases. After installing, move to a directory containing e-mail messages (a Maildir, usually containing subdirectories 'cur', 'new' and 'tmp'). And, presto, you can run "perso". Now perso is listening on port 8888. Just point your browser to http://localhost:8888/ to proceed. You should be able to see your latest emailfrom github.com

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