README.md

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# MailBox - Modern Email Client

## Introduction

MailBox is a feature-rich email client built with React and Node.js, offering real-time inbox updates, email composition, and advanced search capabilities.

## Key Features

- Secure authentication
- Real-time inbox management
- AI-powered email content generation
- Advanced search functionality
- Responsive design

## Core Technologies

- Frontend: React, Base Web UI, GSAP
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Supabase
- Authentication: Custom implementation with Supabase
- AI: Google's Generative AI

## Setup

1. Clone and install dependencies:
   
   - git clone https://github.com/adhithyasimha/mail-box.git
   - cd mailbox
   - cd frontend && npm install
   - cd ../backend && npm install
   

2. Set up `.env` files in `frontend/` and `backend/` with necessary credentials.

3. Start development servers:
npm start

API Endpoints

• POST /api/send-email: Send an email
• GET /api/supabase-sent: Fetch sent emails
• POST /api/ai: Generate AI email content

Security Features

• Secure authentication with Supabase
• Automatic session timeout
• CORS configuration

Deployment

1. Set up production database
2. Configure production environment variables
3. Build frontend: cd frontend && npm run build
4. Deploy backend to hosting platform
5. Set up web server to serve frontend and proxy API requests

Contributing

Contributions are welcome via Pull Requests.