MassMailer/.specs/project/STATE.md

Project state

Current milestone

F01-F04, F06, and F07 are implemented and locally verified. F07 imports constrained well-formed HTML and local image snapshots, with an isolated stored-content preview; the campaign footer belongs to F08. F05 has a successful unauthenticated STARTTLS 1.3 handshake, protected password storage tests, and an inline-image MIME pickup test. The authenticated internal send and inbox rendering are pending local password setup. Campaign sending remains unavailable.

Decisions

• Sending only while the HTA is open; reopening requires explicit resume.
• Access .mdb; this PC has working x86 Jet/ACE providers and no working x64 provider in the diagnostic probe.
• System settings in local INI; campaign and queue data in MDB; password protected with DPAPI CurrentUser when implemented.
• No live business-contact sends during development or automated tests.
• The owner supplied a private internal test inbox; it is stored only in ignored config.ini. The postal address remains blank until setup.

Next dependencies

• Enter the SMTP password locally with the HTA setup action, then run its one-message internal test and inspect the received HTML/CID image.
• Enter the business postal address in local config.ini before campaign approval.
• Implement campaign approval and in-app dispatch (F08-F09), including a full message preview with the required footer.