@bobfrankston/mailx 1.0.38 → 1.0.39

package/client/components/folder-tree.js

@@ -317,7 +317,33 @@ async function loadFolderTree(container) {
     try {
         const accounts = await getAccounts();
         if (accounts.length === 0) {
-            container.innerHTML = `<div class="folder-loading">No accounts configured.<br>Edit ~/.mailx/settings.jsonc</div>`;
+            container.innerHTML = `<div class="folder-loading" style="padding:1rem;line-height:1.8">
+                <strong>No accounts configured</strong><br>
+                Create <code>~/.mailx/settings.jsonc</code> with your email accounts.<br><br>
+                Minimal Gmail example:<br>
+                <code style="display:block;padding:0.5rem;background:var(--color-bg);border-radius:4px;margin:0.5rem 0;white-space:pre">{ "name": "Your Name",
+  "accounts": [
+    { "email": "you@gmail.com" }
+  ]
+}</code>
+                Standard IMAP:<br>
+                <code style="display:block;padding:0.5rem;background:var(--color-bg);border-radius:4px;margin:0.5rem 0;white-space:pre">{ "name": "Your Name",
+  "accounts": [
+    { "email": "you@example.com",
+      "password": "secret",
+      "imap": { "host": "imap.example.com" },
+      "smtp": { "host": "smtp.example.com" }
+    }
+  ]
+}</code>
+                <a href="https://github.com/BobFrankston/mailx#first-time-setup" target="_blank" style="color:var(--color-accent)">Full setup guide</a>
+            </div>`;
+            // Dismiss startup overlay
+            const overlay = document.getElementById("startup-overlay");
+            if (overlay) {
+                overlay.classList.add("hidden");
+                setTimeout(() => overlay.remove(), 400);
+            }
             return;
         }
         // Clear loading state now that we have data

package/client/lib/api-client.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function api(path, options) {
         // Network error — server is down
         if (e.name === "AbortError")
             throw e;
-        throw new Error("Server offline — restart with launch.ps1");
+        throw new Error("Server offline — run: mailx -server");
     }
     if (!res.ok) {
         const err = await res.json().catch(() => ({ error: res.statusText }));

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/mailx",
-  "version": "1.0.38",
+  "version": "1.0.39",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "postinstall": "node launcher/builder/postinstall.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@bobfrankston/iflow": "^1.0.9",
+    "@bobfrankston/iflow": "^1.0.10",
     "@bobfrankston/miscinfo": "^1.0.6",
     "@bobfrankston/oauthsupport": "^1.0.11",
     "@bobfrankston/rust-builder": "^0.1.2",

package/packages/mailx-server/index.js

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ console.error = (...args) => {
     origErr(msg);
     logStream.write(msg + "\n");
 };
-const serverPkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(import.meta.dirname, "package.json"), "utf-8"));
-const clientPkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "client", "package.json"), "utf-8"));
-const SERVER_VERSION = serverPkg.version;
-const CLIENT_VERSION = clientPkg.version;
+// Read version from root package.json (the published version)
+const rootPkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..", "package.json"), "utf-8"));
+const SERVER_VERSION = rootPkg.version;
+const CLIENT_VERSION = rootPkg.version;
 // ── Initialize ──
 initLocalConfig();
 const settings = loadSettings();

package/packages/mailx-settings/index.js

@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ const LOCAL_DIR = path.join(process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOME || ".",
 const LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH = path.join(LOCAL_DIR, "config.jsonc");
 const LEGACY_CONFIG_PATH = path.join(LOCAL_DIR, "config.json");
 const DEFAULT_STORE_PATH = path.join(LOCAL_DIR, "mailxstore");
+/** Resolve a path from config — relative to ~/.mailx/, ~ expands to home */
+function resolvePath(p) {
+    if (!p)
+        return p;
+    const home = process.env.USERPROFILE || process.env.HOME || ".";
+    // Expand ~ to home directory
+    if (p.startsWith("~/") || p.startsWith("~\\"))
+        return path.join(home, p.slice(2));
+    if (p === "~")
+        return home;
+    // Absolute path — use as-is
+    if (path.isAbsolute(p))
+        return p;
+    // Relative — resolve from config directory (~/.mailx/)
+    return path.resolve(LOCAL_DIR, p);
+}
 function readLocalConfig() {
     // Migrate config.json → config.jsonc
     if (!fs.existsSync(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH) && fs.existsSync(LEGACY_CONFIG_PATH)) {
@@ -35,10 +51,10 @@ function readLocalConfig() {
 function getSharedDir() {
     const config = readLocalConfig();
     if (config.sharedDir)
-        return config.sharedDir;
+        return resolvePath(config.sharedDir);
     // Legacy: derive from settingsPath
     if (config.settingsPath)
-        return path.dirname(config.settingsPath);
+        return path.dirname(resolvePath(config.settingsPath));
     return LOCAL_DIR;
 }
 // ── File helpers ──
@@ -276,7 +292,7 @@ export function saveSettings(settings) {
 /** Get the local store base path */
 export function getStorePath() {
     const config = readLocalConfig();
-    return config.storePath || DEFAULT_STORE_PATH;
+    return config.storePath ? resolvePath(config.storePath) : DEFAULT_STORE_PATH;
 }
 /** Get the local data directory (DB, store, etc.) */
 export function getConfigDir() {