apple-mail-mcp 2.17.9 → 2.18.0

package/README.md

@@ -357,9 +357,17 @@ Mail.app path.
 
 Two differences to know when SMTP is auto-preferred:
 
-- **No Sent-folder copy.** SMTP submission does not file the message in Mail.app's
-  Sent mailbox (the server's own "save to Sent" may, depending on provider). Use
-  `transport: "applescript"` if you need the local Sent copy.
+- **Sent-folder copy is best-effort over IMAP.** SMTP submission itself never
+  touches IMAP, so since 2.18.0 the server files the sent message into the Sent
+  mailbox of whichever configured IMAP account's login matches the SMTP identity
+  (`APPLE_MAIL_MCP_IMAP_*` mirroring `APPLE_MAIL_MCP_SMTP_*`), flagged `\Seen`.
+  The copy carries the same `Message-ID` that was delivered, so replies thread
+  against it correctly, and it keeps the `Bcc` header the recipients never see —
+  your own archive is exactly where that belongs. Results report `sentCopy: true`
+  or `sentCopy: false` with `sentCopyError`; the field is **absent** when no
+  configured IMAP account matches the SMTP identity, which is a skip, not a
+  failure. A copy that fails never fails the send — the mail has already gone.
+  Use `transport: "applescript"` if you want Mail.app itself to file the copy.
 - **`account` is a From override, not account selection.** Over SMTP, `account`
   is used as the From address only when it is an email address; a Mail.app
   account *label* (e.g. `"Work"`) can't select an account over SMTP, so a call
@@ -1901,6 +1909,13 @@ In a JSON string literal, `\\` — two characters — denotes **one** literal ba
 - macOS needs automation permission
 - Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation
 - Ensure your terminal/Claude has permission to control Mail
+- **On a Mac that isn't set to US English**, macOS words this refusal in the system
+  language — `Not authorised to send Apple events to Mail. (-1743)` on en-GB/en-AU/en-IE,
+  and fully translated on fr/de/es. Before **v2.17.10** the server didn't recognise
+  those spellings, so `health-check`/`doctor` reported `permissions: ok` and then blamed
+  missing accounts (*"No Mail accounts found. Set up an account in Mail.app first."*).
+  If you see that on a Mac whose Mail accounts are already configured, upgrade and
+  re-run `doctor`.
 
 ### "Message not found"
 - Message may have been deleted or moved