imapfilter VS free-email-forwarding

Compare imapfilter vs free-email-forwarding and see what are their differences.

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imapfilter free-email-forwarding
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830 2,402
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4.8 0.0
10 days ago 2 months ago
C JavaScript
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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imapfilter

Posts with mentions or reviews of imapfilter. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-18.
  • Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP starting Sept. 30
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2024
    Shouldn't be _too_ hard to convert your scripts.

    I ran into the same problem and one workspace disallows App passwords. You can simply get the OAuth token with a little python script and then use it as the password: https://github.com/google/gmail-oauth2-tools/blob/master/pyt...

    (see for example https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter/issues/186)

  • Lua: The Little Language That Could
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 May 2023
    My first real exposure to Lua was as the configuration language of imapfilter. Absolutely loved both.

    https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter

  • Automaticallly Printing (from email?)
    1 project | /r/selfhosted | 6 May 2023
    Use [imapfilter](https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter) to store the attachment in a local folder and delete/archive the mail. Then use something like [inotify](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify#:~:text=inotify%20(inode%20notify)%20is%20a,reports%20those%20changes%20to%20applications.)%20is%20a,reports%20those%20changes%20to%20applications.)) to run a script that sends the new pdf to the printer
  • Scriptable headless IMAP client?
    3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 11 Apr 2023
    Imapfilter runs lua scripts. Since it's basically just a lua interpreter with a pre-imported library, you can pretty much do any processing you might like, but... IMHO it doesn't seem great: the documentation is so-so, the API is a bit clunky and lacks basic functionality (eg. you have to decode utf8 mime headers yourself) and (personal opinion) writing an imapfilter script is not easier than using an IMAP library in whatever your favorite programming/scripting language might be.
  • How to run a script to cleanup emails ?
    2 projects | /r/fastmail | 9 Mar 2023
    You could look at something like imapfilter. It's designed to do what you want, I think, though I've never used it.
  • Looking for help or alternative solutions to my current email workflow with ProtonMail
    2 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 9 Jan 2023
    I know this one is an issue, and for that you will want to use an email client with the bridge. I have used a protonmail docker container shenxn/protonmail-bridge-docker with imapfilter to provide client side filtering.
  • I have too much email - over 50 GB on Outlook and Gmail
    1 project | /r/techsupport | 4 Jan 2023
    If you can see yourself writing some scripts to clean it up, I can recommend imapfilter as a starting point. I learned enough Lua to be able to use this effectively. The "config" file is actually just a Lua script.
  • Command line email filters
    2 projects | /r/commandline | 1 May 2022
    I believe that Google still offers IMAP access (I think you need to set up app passwords, or possibly jump through some OAUTH hoops), letting you use something like imapfilter to set up rules, connecting to Gmail, then doing the filtering.
  • Spam filter that connects to mail server
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Apr 2022
    imapfilter with a Lua script to send messages to Spamassassin.
  • Syncing E-Mail filters
    1 project | /r/email | 26 Dec 2021
    Another tool actually meant for this is imapfilter: https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter

free-email-forwarding

Posts with mentions or reviews of free-email-forwarding. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-09.
  • Skiff is shutting down in six months
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Feb 2024
    Have you seen our service yet? You might not have since we don't focus on ads/marketing too much; we've been dedicated to high-quality product efforts.

    Our service is called Forward Email (https://forwardemail.net) and it's so easy to use we use it ourselves (dogfood style).

    Although we don't have mail clients yet, we fully support Thunderbird and any other email client (e.g. K-9 Mail, FairEmail, Apple Mail, Outlook, Gmail, etc).

    Our FAQ is extensive at https://forwardemail.net/faq and we walk you through set up, which is tailored to you based off your specific registrar/DNS provider. We also have instructions for SPF/DMARC/DKIM and more, so that you land in the inbox.

    Lastly, unlike everyone else, we're actually 100% open-source on GitHub at https://github.com/forwardemail

  • Skiff Is Joining Notion
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Feb 2024
    See our service at https://forwardemail.net - we're actually 100% open-source (unlike everyone else that says they're open-source, but actually only has the front-end published). We're a great alternative and you can bring any mail client you want (e.g. Thunderbird).
  • Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP starting Sept. 30
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2024
    Thanks for your feedback. We've updated our home page at https://forwardemail.net and added a dedicated link/section in our FAQ for "What is Forward Email" at https://forwardemail.net/faq#what-is-forward-email.

    Commit: https://github.com/forwardemail/forwardemail.net/commit/5942...

  • Skiff: Various Privacy Failures
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2024
    Forward Email team here (https://forwardemail.net), we have a write-up and comparison @ https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/best-quantum-safe-encr...

    We've considered adding a E2EE comparison column as well (with the issues such @ http://jfloren.net/b/2023/7/7/0 highlighted).

    Privacy Guides Discussion @ https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/forward-email-email-prov...

    Unlike Skiff, Proton, and Tuta... we're _actually_ 100% open-source. Those providers that advertise as open-source really only open-source the front-end, when the back-end is the most sensitive part of an email service.

  • Using forwardemail.net to forward fully hosted email
    1 project | /r/dreamhost | 1 Sep 2023
    Has anyone used forwardemail.net to forward fully hosted email? I started using Hey for my gmail accounts and like it and want to fold in my Dreamhost email accounts but unfortunately that option doesn't exist for fully hosted anymore. I think I can use it but this is not my area of expertise.
  • What registrar are you using to host your domain?
    2 projects | /r/fastmail | 19 Jun 2023
    https://forwardemail.net/ to allow me to forward various emails from all my domains to my paid Outlook account (that has various folders and filters setup).
  • How can I use my Gmail address as masking mail?
    1 project | /r/privacy | 11 Feb 2023
    Can I use forwardemail.net with my Gmail account?
  • LPT: Add +companyname to your email address when registering for anything e.g. [email protected]. Your email address will work as normal but you will know who leaked your data when you receive scams / spam. You're welcome!
    1 project | /r/LifeProTips | 1 Feb 2023
    Head over to forwardemail.net
  • What happened to the author of forwardemail.net?
    1 project | /r/privacy | 31 Jan 2023
    Bottom of https://github.com/forwardemail/free-email-forwarding links to his website which redirects to a defunct GitHub account
  • Ask HN: Any Experience with ForwardEmail, Pobox and SimpleLogin?
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Jan 2023
    Hello HNers,

    I'm looking forward to have more "ownership" of my digital identity, and I want to start by controlling the domain of my e-mail addresses.

    Been searching possible solutions and I think an e-mail forwarding service is a pretty good middleground, so I can keep my Gmail / Outlook accounts active while also being able to create "identities" on the fly.

    It has come down to three different services:

    - https://forwardemail.net/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing imapfilter and free-email-forwarding you can also consider the following projects:

imapfilter-tools - Tools to improve imapfilter for use as a reliable SPAM filtering service.

docker-mailserver - Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container.

pyle-of-mail - A Python script that sorts all read emails from your mailbox.

nuxt-mail - Adds email sending capability to a Nuxt.js app. Adds a server route, an injected variable, and uses nodemailer to send emails.

protonmail-bridge-docker - ProtonMail IMAP/SMTP Bridge Docker container

homebridge-messenger - Send HomeKit messages with HomeBridge (Pushover / IFTTT / Email)

guix - Read-only mirror of GNU Guix — pull requests are ignored, see https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/en/guix.html#Submitting-Patches instead

aws-lambda-ses-forwarder - Serverless email forwarding using AWS Lambda and SES

piccolo - An experimental stackless Lua VM implemented in pure Rust

mailway - Mailway installer, host your own Mailway instance

himalaya - CLI to manage emails

maildev - :mailbox: SMTP Server + Web Interface for viewing and testing emails during development.