DRE Mail IMAP Poller

A lightweight, no-dependency IMAP poller that checks DRE mailboxes and serves as a unified inbox JSON endpoint for the DRE portal.

Script Location

/root/.hermes/scripts/dre-mail-poller.py

How It Works

Polls both dre@debtrecoveryexperts.com and collections@debtrecoveryexperts.com on heracles.mxrouting.net:993
Fetches UNSEEN messages only (leaves them unread in the mailbox)
Parses: from, to, subject, date, body (500-char preview + full body), claim_match (DRE-\d{4}-\d{4} pattern)
Deduplicates by mailbox:uid composite key
Maintains rolling 500-entry JSON database
Writes to /var/www/internal/data/dre-mails.json

Output Format

[
  {
    "uid": 12345,
    "mailbox": "dre",
    "from": "client@example.com",
    "to": "dre@debtrecoveryexperts.com",
    "subject": "Question about my claim DRE-2026-0142",
    "date": "2026-07-08 14:30:00",
    "body_preview": "Hi, I had a question about the status of...",
    "body": "Full body text...",
    "is_read": false,
    "claim_match": "DRE-2026-0142"
  }
]

Cron

Runs every 60 seconds via Hermes cron job dre-mail-poller (no_agent mode — zero token cost). The script is self-contained Python stdlib — no pip dependencies.

Access

Served at internal.debtrecoveryexperts.com/data/dre-mails.json (already covered by existing Caddy config — no changes needed).

Portal Integration

A future inbox UI page can fetch from this endpoint and render in the portal. No build step needed — pure JS fetch from the static JSON endpoint.

Mailbox Credentials

IMAP: heracles.mxrouting.net:993
dre@debtrecoveryexperts.com / collections@debtrecoveryexperts.com
Same password for both

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