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+# Requirements: SimbaRAG Email Integration
+
+**Defined:** 2026-02-04
+**Core Value:** Personal information retrieval through natural conversation - ask about any aspect of your documented life (papers, finances, meals, emails) and get accurate, context-aware answers.
+
+## v1 Requirements
+
+### Email Account Management
+
+- [ ] **ACCT-01**: Admin can add new IMAP account with host, port, username, password, and folder selection
+- [ ] **ACCT-02**: Admin can test IMAP connection before saving configuration
+- [ ] **ACCT-03**: Admin can view list of configured email accounts
+- [ ] **ACCT-04**: Admin can edit existing email account configuration
+- [ ] **ACCT-05**: Admin can delete email account (removes config and associated emails from index)
+- [ ] **ACCT-06**: Email account credentials are stored securely (encrypted in database)
+- [ ] **ACCT-07**: Only users in lldap_admin group can access email account management
+
+### Email Ingestion & Sync
+
+- [ ] **SYNC-01**: System connects to IMAP server and fetches messages from configured folders
+- [ ] **SYNC-02**: System parses email metadata (subject, sender name, sender address, date received)
+- [ ] **SYNC-03**: System extracts email body text from both plain text and HTML formats
+- [ ] **SYNC-04**: System generates embeddings for email content and stores in ChromaDB
+- [ ] **SYNC-05**: System performs scheduled sync at configurable intervals (default: hourly)
+- [ ] **SYNC-06**: System tracks last sync timestamp for each email account
+- [ ] **SYNC-07**: System performs incremental sync (only fetches emails since last sync)
+- [ ] **SYNC-08**: System logs sync status (success/failure, email count, errors) for monitoring
+- [ ] **SYNC-09**: Sync operates in background without blocking web requests
+
+### Email Retention & Cleanup
+
+- [ ] **RETN-01**: System automatically purges emails older than configured retention period from vector index
+- [ ] **RETN-02**: Admin can configure retention period per account (default: 30 days)
+- [ ] **RETN-03**: System runs scheduled cleanup job to remove expired emails
+- [ ] **RETN-04**: System logs cleanup actions (emails purged, timestamps) for audit trail
+- [ ] **RETN-05**: System preserves original emails on IMAP server (does not delete from server)
+
+### Email Query & Analytics
+
+- [ ] **QUERY-01**: LangChain agent has tool to search emails by content, sender, or date range
+- [ ] **QUERY-02**: Agent can identify who has emailed the user most frequently in a given timeframe
+- [ ] **QUERY-03**: Agent can analyze subject lines and identify common topics
+- [ ] **QUERY-04**: Agent can detect subscription/newsletter patterns (recurring senders, unsubscribe links)
+- [ ] **QUERY-05**: Agent can answer time-based queries ("emails this week", "emails in January")
+- [ ] **QUERY-06**: Only admin users can query email content via conversation interface
+
+## v2 Requirements
+
+### Advanced Analytics
+
+- **ANLYT-01**: Email attachment metadata indexing (filenames, types, sizes)
+- **ANLYT-02**: Thread/conversation grouping for related emails
+- **ANLYT-03**: Email sentiment analysis (positive/negative/neutral)
+- **ANLYT-04**: VIP sender designation and filtering
+
+### Enhanced Sync
+
+- **SYNC-10**: Real-time push notifications via IMAP IDLE
+- **SYNC-11**: Selective folder sync (include/exclude patterns)
+- **SYNC-12**: Sync progress indicators in UI
+
+### Email Actions
+
+- **ACTION-01**: Mark emails as read/unread through agent commands
+- **ACTION-02**: Delete emails from server through agent commands
+- **ACTION-03**: Move emails to folders through agent commands
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+| Feature | Reason |
+|---------|--------|
+| SMTP email sending | User wants read-only inbox analytics, not composition |
+| Email attachment content extraction | High complexity, focus on text content for v1 |
+| POP3 support | IMAP provides better state management and sync capabilities |
+| Non-admin email access | Privacy-sensitive feature, restrict to trusted administrators |
+| Email filtering rules | Out of scope for analytics use case |
+| Calendar integration | Different domain, not related to inbox analytics |
+
+## Traceability
+
+Which phases cover which requirements. Updated during roadmap creation.
+
+| Requirement | Phase | Status |
+|-------------|-------|--------|
+| (To be populated by roadmap) | | |
+
+**Coverage:**
+- v1 requirements: 25 total
+- Mapped to phases: 0
+- Unmapped: 25 ⚠️
+
+---
+*Requirements defined: 2026-02-04*
+*Last updated: 2026-02-04 after initial definition*