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Did you have a look at http://dbmail.org/ ? And/or http://aox.org/ (Archiveopteryx) ?

I've been thinking of using one of their schemas as a base for doing something similiar for an email client/interactive mail archive type thing (think: hyperkitty/pipermail).

Also notmuch has done some work for mapping email to xapian for search/tagging/indexing -- could also be a good source of inspiration I think.

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I was aware of dbmail, but did not peruse the source in-depth, in part because it does not in itself implement SMTP.

Archiveopteryx I did not know, but thanks for the tip!

Using their databases as the basis for new tools has the obvious benefits of cross-compatibility, though there's always the drawback of database cruft that accumulates by virtue of differences in implementation or project goals.

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