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Epic: Multi-Account Support (Frontend) #18

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@saknarajapakshe

What this is

Right now Quicksilver supports exactly one email account per browser. This epic adds support for linking several accounts and switching between them (Gmail-style), in a way that won't need to be redone when we add OAuth later.

Design discussion: #16

How it works

  • An account's profile (email, IMAP/SMTP settings) and its session (login token) are separate — losing a session doesn't unlink the account, it just needs signing back in.
  • Switching to any linked account opens or focuses a browser tab for it, using a named window.open target. No custom tab-tracking needed — the browser handles "focus it if it's already open, otherwise open a new one" on its own.
  • Only accounts with a tab open stay live (real-time updates); others just show their last-synced state.
  • No backend changes needed — the server already supports multiple concurrent sessions.

Not included here

OAuth sign-in itself, a unified inbox across accounts, cross-account search, shared drafts.

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