Fix test_encryption_decryption

It is broken since 28cae607a4
2026-04-02 13:32:11 +03:00 · 2019-09-10 02:41:35 +03:00
137 changed files with 19768 additions and 22897 deletions
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ executors:
    docker:
      - image: filecoin/rust:latest
    working_directory: /mnt/crate
-  doxygen:
-    docker:
-      - image: hrektts/doxygen

 restore-workspace: &restore-workspace
  attach_workspace:
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@ restore-workspace: &restore-workspace
 restore-cache: &restore-cache
  restore_cache:
    keys:
-      - cargo-v3-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
+      - cargo-v1-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
      - repo-source-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}

 commands:
@@ -26,9 +23,20 @@ commands:
    steps:
      - *restore-workspace
      - *restore-cache
+      - setup_remote_docker:
+          docker_layer_caching: true
+      # TODO: move into image
+      - run:
+          name: Install Docker client
+          command: |
+            set -x
+            VER="18.09.2"
+            curl -L -o /tmp/docker-$VER.tgz https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-$VER.tgz
+            tar -xz -C /tmp -f /tmp/docker-$VER.tgz
+            mv /tmp/docker/* /usr/bin
      - run:
          name: Test (<< parameters.target >>)
-          command: TARGET=<< parameters.target >> ci_scripts/run-rust-test.sh
+          command: TARGET=<< parameters.target >> ci/run.sh
          no_output_timeout: 15m

 jobs:
@@ -36,24 +44,30 @@ jobs:
    executor: default
    steps:
      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Update submodules
+          command: git submodule update --init --recursive
+      - run:
+          name: Calculate dependencies
+          command: cargo generate-lockfile
      - restore_cache:
          keys:
-            - cargo-v3-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
+            - cargo-v1-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
      - run: rustup install $(cat rust-toolchain)
      - run: rustup default $(cat rust-toolchain)
      - run: rustup component add --toolchain $(cat rust-toolchain) rustfmt
      - run: rustup component add --toolchain $(cat rust-toolchain) clippy-preview
+      - run: cargo update
      - run: cargo fetch
      - run: rustc +stable --version
      - run: rustc +$(cat rust-toolchain) --version
-      # make sure this git repo doesn't grow too big
-      - run: git gc
+      - run: rm -rf .git
      - persist_to_workspace:
          root: /mnt
          paths:
            - crate
      - save_cache:
-          key: cargo-v3-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
+          key: cargo-v1-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
          paths:
            - "~/.cargo"
            - "~/.rustup"
@@ -84,10 +98,11 @@ jobs:
            curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
      - run: rustup install $(cat rust-toolchain)
      - run: rustup default $(cat rust-toolchain)
+      - run: cargo update
      - run: cargo fetch
      - run:
          name: Test
-          command: TARGET=x86_64-apple-darwin ci_scripts/run-rust-test.sh
+          command: TARGET=x86_64-apple-darwin ci/run.sh

  test_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu:
    executor: default
@@ -108,59 +123,33 @@ jobs:
          target: "aarch64-linux-android"


-  build_doxygen:
-    executor: doxygen
+  build_test_docs_wheel:
+    machine: True
    steps:
      - checkout
-      - run: bash ci_scripts/run-doxygen.sh
-      - run: mkdir -p workspace/c-docs
-      - run: cp -av deltachat-ffi/{html,xml} workspace/c-docs/
+      # - run: docker pull deltachat/doxygen
+      - run: docker pull deltachat/coredeps
+      - run:
+          name: build docs, run tests and build wheels
+          command: ci_scripts/ci_run.sh
+          environment:
+            TESTS: 1
+            DOCS: 1
+
+      - run:
+           name: copying docs and wheels to workspace
+           command: |
+             mkdir -p workspace/python
+             # cp -av docs workspace/c-docs
+             cp -av python/.docker-tox/wheelhouse workspace/
+             cp -av python/doc/_build/ workspace/py-docs
+
      - persist_to_workspace:
          root: workspace
          paths:
-            - c-docs
-
-  # build_test_docs_wheel:
-  #   docker:
-  #     - image: deltachat/coredeps
-  #       environment:
-  #           TESTS: 1
-  #           DOCS: 1
-  #   working_directory: /mnt/crate
-  #   steps:
-  #     - *restore-workspace
-  #     - *restore-cache
-  #     - run:
-  #         name: build docs, run tests and build wheels
-  #         command: ci_scripts/run-python.sh
-  #     - run:
-  #          name: copying docs and wheels to workspace
-  #          command: |
-  #            mkdir -p workspace/python
-  #            # cp -av docs workspace/c-docs
-  #            cp -av python/.docker-tox/wheelhouse workspace/
-  #            cp -av python/doc/_build/ workspace/py-docs
-  #     - persist_to_workspace:
-  #         root: workspace
-  #         paths:
-  #           # - c-docs
-  #           - py-docs
-  #           - wheelhouse
-
-  remote_tests_rust:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: ci_scripts/remote_tests_rust.sh
-    
-  remote_tests_python:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      #- attach_workspace:
-      #    at: workspace
-      - run: ci_scripts/remote_tests_python.sh
-    # workspace/py-docs workspace/wheelhouse workspace/c-docs
+            # - c-docs
+            - py-docs
+            - wheelhouse

  upload_docs_wheels:
    machine: true
@@ -170,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
          at: workspace
      - run: pyenv global 3.5.2
      - run: ls -laR workspace
-      - run: ci_scripts/ci_upload.sh workspace/py-docs workspace/wheelhouse workspace/c-docs
+      - run: ci_scripts/ci_upload.sh workspace/py-docs workspace/wheelhouse

  clippy:
    executor: default
@@ -179,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
      - *restore-cache
      - run:
          name: Run cargo clippy
-          command: cargo clippy 
+          command: cargo clippy --all


 workflows:
@@ -187,29 +176,23 @@ workflows:

  test:
    jobs:
-      # - cargo_fetch
+      - build_test_docs_wheel
+      - upload_docs_wheels:
+          requires:
+            - build_test_docs_wheel
+      - cargo_fetch
+      - rustfmt:
+          requires:
+            - cargo_fetch

-      - remote_tests_rust
-
-      - remote_tests_python
-
-      # - upload_docs_wheels:
-      #     requires:
-      #       - build_test_docs_wheel
-      #       - build_doxygen
-      # - rustfmt:
-      #     requires:
-      #       - cargo_fetch
-      # - clippy:
-      #     requires:
-      #      - cargo_fetch
-
-      - build_doxygen
+      - clippy:
+          requires:
+            - cargo_fetch

      # Linux Desktop 64bit
-      # - test_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu:
-      #     requires:
-      #       - cargo_fetch
+      - test_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu:
+          requires:
+            - cargo_fetch

      # Linux Desktop 32bit
      # - test_i686-unknown-linux-gnu:
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # ensures this even if the user has not set core.autocrlf.
 *  text=auto

-# This directory contains email messages verbatim, and changing CRLF to
-# LF will corrupt them.
-test-data/* text=false
-
 # binary files should be detected by git, however, to be sure, you can add them here explicitly
 *.png  binary
 *.jpg  binary
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-on: push
-name: Code Quality
-jobs:
-
-  check:
-    name: Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: nightly-2019-11-06
-          override: true
-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: check
-
-  fmt:
-    name: Rustfmt
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: nightly-2019-11-06
-          override: true
-      - run: rustup component add rustfmt
-      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
-
-  run_clippy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-            toolchain: nightly-2019-11-06
-            components: clippy
-            override: true
-      - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --all-features
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ python/.tox
 *.egg-info
 __pycache__
 python/src/deltachat/capi*.so
-python/.venv/

 python/liveconfig*

 # ignore doxgen generated files
 deltachat-ffi/html
 deltachat-ffi/xml
-
-.rsynclist
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,290 +0,0 @@
-# Changelog 
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.20
-
- #1074 fix OAUTH2/gmail
- #1072 fix group members not appearing in contact list
- #1071 never block interrupt_idle (thus hopefully also not on maybe_network())
- #1069 reduce smtp-timeout to 30 seconds
- #1066 #1065 avoid unwrap in dehtml, make literals more readable
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.19
-
- #1058 timeout smtp-send if it doesn't complete in 15 minutes 
-
- #1059 trim down logging
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.18
-
- #1056 avoid panicking when we couldn't read imap-server's greeting
-  message 
-
- #1055 avoid panicking when we don't have a selected folder
-
- #1052 #1049 #1051 improve logging to add thread-id/name and
-  file/lineno to each info/warn message.
-
- #1050 allow python bindings to initialize Account with "os_name".
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.17
-
- #1044 implement avatar recoding to 192x192 in core to keep file sizes small. 
-
- #1024 fix #1021 SQL/injection malformed Chat-Group-Name breakage
-
- #1036 fix smtp crash by pulling in a fixed async-smtp 
-
- #1039 fix read-receipts appearing as normal messages when you change
-  MDN settings 
-
- #1040 do not panic on SystemTimeDifference
-
- #1043 avoid potential crashes in malformed From/Chat-Disposition... headers  
-
- #1045 #1041 #1038 #1035 #1034 #1029 #1025 various cleanups and doc
-  improvments 
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.16
-
- alleviate login problems with providers which only
-  support RSA1024 keys by switching back from Rustls 
-  to native-tls, by using the new async-email/async-native-tls 
-  crate from @dignifiedquire. thanks @link2xt. 
-
- introduce per-contact profile images to send out 
-  own profile image heuristically, and fix sending
-  out of profile images in "in-prepare" groups. 
-  this also extends the Chat-spec that is maintained
-  in core to specify Chat-Group-Image and Chat-Group-Avatar
-  headers. thanks @r10s and @hpk42.
-
- fix merging of protected headers from the encrypted
-  to the unencrypted parts, now not happening recursively
-  anymore.  thanks @hpk and @r10s
-
- fix/optimize autocrypt gossip headers to only get 
-  sent when there are more than 2 people in a chat. 
-  thanks @link2xt
-
- fix displayname to use the authenticated name 
-  when available (displayname as coming from contacts 
-  themselves). thanks @simon-laux
-
- introduce preliminary support for offline autoconfig 
-  for nauta provider. thanks @hpk42 @r10s
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.15
-
- fix #994 attachment appeared doubled in chats (and where actually
-  downloaded after smtp-send). @hpk42
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.14
-
- fix packaging issue with our rust-email fork, now we are tracking
-  master again there. hpk42
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.13
-
- fix #976 -- unicode-issues in display-name of email addresses. @hpk42
-
- fix #985 group add/remove member bugs resulting in broken groups.  @hpk42
-
- fix hanging IMAP connections -- we now detect with a 15second timeout
-  if we cannot terminate the IDLE IMAP protocol. @hpk42 @link2xt
-
- fix incoming multipart/mixed containing html, to show up as
-  attachments again.  Fixes usage for simplebot which sends html
-  files for users to interact with the bot. @adbenitez @hpk42 
-
- refinements to internal autocrypt-handling code, do not send
-  prefer-encrypt=nopreference as it is the default if no attribute
-  is present.  @linkxt 
-
- simplify, modularize and rustify several parts 
-  of dc-core (general WIP). @link2xt @flub @hpk42 @r10s
-
- use async-email/async-smtp to handle SMTP connections, might
-  fix connection/reconnection issues. @link2xt 
-
- more tests and refinements for dealing with blobstorage @flub @hpk42 
-
- use a dedicated build-server for CI testing of core PRs
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.12
-
- fix python bindings to use core for copying attachments to blobdir
-  and fix core to actually do it. @hpk42
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.11
-
- trigger reconnect more often on imap error states.  Should fix an 
-  issue observed when trying to empty a folder.  @hpk42
-
- un-split qr tests: we fixed qr-securejoin protocol flakyness 
-  last weeks. @hpk42
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.10
-
- fix grpid-determination from in-reply-to and references headers. @hpk42
-
- only send Autocrypt-gossip headers on encrypted messages. @dignifiedquire
-
- fix reply-to-encrypted message to also be encrypted. @hpk42
-
- remove last unsafe code from dc_receive_imf :) @hpk42
-
- add experimental new dc_chat_get_info_json FFI/API so that desktop devs
-  can play with using it. @jikstra
-
- fix encoding of subjects and attachment-filenames @hpk42
-  @dignifiedquire . 
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.9
-
- historic: we now use the mailparse crate and lettre-email to generate mime
-  messages.  This got rid of mmime completely, the C2rust generated port of the libetpan 
-  mime-parse -- IOW 22KLocs of cumbersome code removed! see 
-  https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/904#issuecomment-561163330
-  many thanks @dignifiedquire for making everybody's life easier 
-  and @jonhoo (from rust-imap fame) for suggesting to use the mailparse crate :) 
-
- lots of improvements and better error handling in many rust modules 
-  thanks @link2xt @flub @r10s, @hpk42 and @dignifiedquire 
-
- @r10s introduced a new device chat which has an initial
-  welcome message.  See 
-  https://c.delta.chat/classdc__context__t.html#a1a2aad98bd23c1d21ee42374e241f389
-  for the main new FFI-API.
-
- fix moving self-sent messages, thanks @r10s, @flub, @hpk42
-
- fix flakyness/sometimes-failing verified/join-protocols, 
-  thanks @flub, @r10s, @hpk42
-
- fix reply-to-encrypted message to keep encryption 
-
- new DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_MEMBER_ADDED event 
-
- many little fixes and rustifications (@link2xt, @flub, @hpk42)
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.8
-
- now uses async-email/async-imap as the new base 
-  which makes imap-idle interruptible and thus fixes
-  several issues around the imap thread being in zombie state . 
-  thanks @dignifiedquire, @hpk42 and @link2xt. 
-
- fixes imap-protocol parsing bugs that lead to infinitely
-  repeated crashing while trying to receive messages with
-  a subjec that contained non-utf8. thanks @link2xt
-
- fixed logic to find encryption subkey -- previously 
-  delta chat would use the primary key for encryption
-  (which works with RSA but not ECC). thanks @link2xt
-
- introduce a new device chat where core and UIs can 
-  add "device" messages.  Android uses it for an initial
-  welcome message. thanks @r10s
-
- fix time smearing (when two message are virtually send
-  in the same second, there would be misbehaviour because
-  we didn't persist smeared time). thanks @r10s
-
- fix double-dotted extensions like .html.zip or .tar.gz  
-  to not mangle them when creating blobfiles.  thanks @flub
-
- fix backup/exports where the wrong sql file would be modified,
-  leading to problems when exporting twice.  thanks @hpk42
-
- several other little fixes and improvements 
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.7
-
- fix location-streaming #782
-
- fix display of messages that could not be decrypted #785
- 
- fix smtp MAILER-DAEMON bug #786 
-
- fix a logging of durations #783
-
- add more error logging #779
-
- do not panic on some bad utf-8 mime #776
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.6
-
- fix chatlist.get_msg_id to return id, instead of wrongly erroring
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.5
-
- fix dc_get_msg() to return empty messages when asked for special ones 
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.4
-
- fix more than one sending of autocrypt setup message
-
- fix recognition of mailto-address-qr-codes, add tests
-
- tune down error to warning when adding self to chat
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.3
-
- add back `dc_empty_server()` #682
-
- if `show_emails` is set to `DC_SHOW_EMAILS_ALL`,
-  email-based contact requests are added to the chatlist directly
-
- fix IMAP hangs #717 and cleanups
-
- several rPGP fixes
-
- code streamlining and rustifications
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.2
-
- https://c.delta.chat docs are now regenerated again through our CI 
-
- several rPGP cleanups, security fixes and better multi-platform support 
-
- reconnect on io errors and broken pipes (imap)
-
- probe SMTP with real connection not just setup
-
- various imap/smtp related fixes
-
- use to_string_lossy in most places instead of relying on valid utf-8
-  encodings
- 
- rework, rustify and test autoconfig-reading and parsing 
-
- some rustifications/boolifications of c-ints 
-
-
-## 1.0.0-beta.1 
-
- first beta of the Delta Chat Rust core library. many fixes of crashes
-  and other issues compared to 1.0.0-alpha.5.
-
- Most code is now "rustified" and does not do manual memory allocation anymore. 
-
- The `DC_EVENT_GET_STRING` event is not used anymore, removing the last
-  event where the core requested a return value from the event callback. 
-
-  Please now use `dc_set_stock_translation()` API for core messages
-  to be properly localized. 
-
- Deltachat FFI docs are automatically generated and available here: 
-  https://c.delta.chat 
-
- New events ImapMessageMoved and ImapMessageDeleted
-
-For a full list of changes, please see our closed Pull Requests: 
-
-https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
-
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.20"
-authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
+authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL"

+[build-dependencies]
+cc = "1.0.35"
+pkg-config = "0.3"
+
 [dependencies]
 deltachat_derive = { path = "./deltachat_derive" }
-
 libc = "0.2.51"
-pgp = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-hex = "0.4.0"
+pgp = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
+hex = "0.3.2"
 sha2 = "0.8.0"
-rand = "0.7.0"
-smallvec = "1.0.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.9.15" }
-num-derive = "0.3.0"
+rand = "0.6.5"
+phf = { git = "https://github.com/sfackler/rust-phf", rev = "0d00821", features = ["macros"] }
+smallvec = "0.6.9"
+reqwest = "0.9.15"
+num-derive = "0.2.5"
 num-traits = "0.2.6"
-async-smtp = { git = "https://github.com/async-email/async-smtp" }
-email = { git = "https://github.com/deltachat/rust-email", branch = "master" }
-lettre_email = { git = "https://github.com/deltachat/lettre", branch = "native_tls" }
-
-# XXX newer commits of async-imap lead to import-export tests hanging
-async-imap = { git = "https://github.com/async-email/async-imap", branch = "dcc-stable" }
-
-async-native-tls = "0.1.1"
-async-std = { version = "1.0", features = ["unstable"] }
-base64 = "0.11"
+native-tls = "0.2.3"
+lettre = "0.9.0"
+imap = { git = "https://github.com/jonhoo/rust-imap", rev = "281d2eb8ab50dc656ceff2ae749ca5045f334e15" }
+mmime = { git = "https://github.com/dignifiedquire/mmime", rev = "bccd2c2" }
+base64 = "0.10"
 charset = "0.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4.6"
 failure = "0.1.5"
 failure_derive = "0.1.5"
-indexmap = "1.3.0"
 # TODO: make optional
 rustyline = "4.1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
@@ -42,23 +40,17 @@ regex = "1.1.6"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.20", features = ["bundled"] }
 r2d2_sqlite = "0.12.0"
 r2d2 = "0.8.5"
-strum = "0.16.0"
-strum_macros = "0.16.0"
+strum = "0.15.0"
+strum_macros = "0.15.0"
 thread-local-object = "0.1.0"
 backtrace = "0.3.33"
 byteorder = "1.3.1"
 itertools = "0.8.0"
 image-meta = "0.1.0"
-quick-xml = "0.17.1"
+quick-xml = "0.15.0"
 escaper = "0.1.0"
 bitflags = "1.1.0"
-debug_stub_derive = "0.3.0"
-sanitize-filename = "0.2.1"
-stop-token = { version = "0.1.1", features = ["unstable"] }
-mailparse = "0.10.1"
-encoded-words = { git = "https://github.com/async-email/encoded-words", branch="master" }
-native-tls = "0.2.3"
-image = "0.22.3"
+jetscii = "0.4.4"

 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.0"
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Delta Chat Rust

-> Deltachat-core written in Rust 
+> Project porting deltachat-core to rust

 [![CircleCI build status][circle-shield]][circle] [![Appveyor build status][appveyor-shield]][appveyor]

+Current commit on deltachat/deltachat-core: `12ef73c8e76185f9b78e844ea673025f56a959ab`.
+
 ## Installing Rust and Cargo

 To download and install the official compiler for the Rust programming language, and the Cargo package manager, run the command in your user environment:
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

 ## Using the CLI client

-Compile and run Delta Chat Core command line utility, using `cargo`:
+Compile and run Delta Chat Core using `cargo`:

 ```
 cargo run --example repl -- /path/to/db
@@ -87,15 +89,6 @@ $ cargo test --all
 $ cargo build -p deltachat_ffi --release
 ```

-## Debugging environment variables 
-
- `DCC_IMAP_DEBUG`: if set IMAP protocol commands and responses will be
-  printed
-
- `DCC_MIME_DEBUG`: if set outgoing and incoming message will be printed 
-
-
-
 ### Expensive tests

 Some tests are expensive and marked with `#[ignore]`, to run these
--- a/Xargo.toml
+++ b/Xargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[dependencies.std]
+features = ["panic-unwind"]
+
+# if using `cargo test`
+[dependencies.test]
+stage = 1
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ install:
  - set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin
  - rustc -vV
  - cargo -vV
+  - cargo update

 build: false

 test_script:
-  - cargo test --release --all
+  - cargo test --release

 cache:
  - target
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+++ b/assets/welcome-image.jpg
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+extern crate cc;
+
+fn link_static(lib: &str) {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static={}", lib);
+}
+
+fn link_framework(fw: &str) {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=framework={}", fw);
+}
+
+fn add_search_path(p: &str) {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search={}", p);
+}
+
+fn build_tools() {
+    let mut config = cc::Build::new();
+    config.file("misc.c").compile("libtools.a");
+
+    println!("rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
+    println!("rerun-if-changed=misc.h");
+    println!("rerun-if-changed=misc.c");
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    build_tools();
+
+    add_search_path("/usr/local/lib");
+
+    let target = std::env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
+    if target.contains("-apple") || target.contains("-darwin") {
+        link_framework("CoreFoundation");
+        link_framework("CoreServices");
+        link_framework("Security");
+    }
+
+    // local tools
+    link_static("tools");
+}
--- a/ci_scripts/run-rust-test.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/run-rust-test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 set -ex

-#export RUST_TEST_THREADS=1
+export RUST_TEST_THREADS=1
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 export RUSTFLAGS='--deny warnings'
 export OPT="--target=$TARGET"
@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@ fi
 if [[ $NORUN == "1" ]]; then
    export CARGO_SUBCMD="build"
 else
-    export CARGO_SUBCMD="test --all"
+    export CARGO_SUBCMD="test"
    export OPT="${OPT} "
    export OPT_RELEASE="${OPT_RELEASE} "
    export OPT_RELEASE_IGNORED="${OPT_RELEASE} -- --ignored"
 fi

-# Run all the test configurations 
-# RUSTC_WRAPPER=SCCACHE seems to destroy parallelism / prolong the test
-unset RUSTC_WRAPPER
+# Run all the test configurations:
 $CARGO_CMD $CARGO_SUBCMD $OPT
 $CARGO_CMD $CARGO_SUBCMD $OPT_RELEASE
 $CARGO_CMD $CARGO_SUBCMD $OPT_RELEASE_IGNORED
+
+# Build the ffi lib
+$CARGO_CMD $CARGO_SUBCMD $OPT_FFI_RELEASE
--- a/ci_scripts/README.md
+++ b/ci_scripts/README.md
@@ -1,46 +1,52 @@
+
 # Continuous Integration Scripts for Delta Chat

-Continuous Integration, run through CircleCI and an own build machine.
-
-## Description of scripts 
-
- `../.circleci/config.yml` describing the build jobs that are run
-  by Circle-CI
-
- `remote_tests_python.sh` rsyncs to a build machine and runs
-  `run-python-test.sh` remotely on the build machine. 
-
- `remote_tests_rust.sh` rsyncs to the build machine and runs
-  `run-rust-test.sh` remotely on the build machine. 
-
- `doxygen/Dockerfile` specifies an image that contains
-  the doxygen tool which is used by `run-doxygen.sh` 
-  to generate C-docs which are then uploaded 
-  via `ci_upload.sh` to `https://c.delta.chat/_unofficial_unreleased_docs/<BRANCH>`
-  (and the master branch is linked to https://c.delta.chat proper). 
+Continuous Integration is run through CircleCI
+but is largely independent of it. 


-## Triggering runs on the build machine locally (fast!)
+## Generating docker containers for performing build step work 

-There is experimental support for triggering a remote Python or Rust test run 
-from your local checkout/branch. You will need to be authorized to login to 
-the build machine (ask your friendly sysadmin on #deltachat freenode) to type::
+All tests, docs and wheel building is run in docker containers:

-    ci_scripts/manual_remote_tests.sh rust
-    ci_scripts/manual_remote_tests.sh python
+- **coredeps/Dockerfile** specifies an image that contains all 
+  of Delta Chat's core dependencies as linkable libraries. 
+  It also serves to run python tests and build wheels 
+  (binary packages for Python). 

-This will **rsync** your current checkout to the remote build machine 
-(no need to commit before) and then run either rust or python tests. 
+- **doxygen/Dockerfile** specifies an image that contains
+  the doxygen tool which is used to generate C-docs. 

-# Outdated files (for later re-use)
+To run tests locally you can pull existing images from "docker.io",
+the hub for sharing Docker images::

-`coredeps/Dockerfile` specifies an image that contains all 
-of Delta Chat's core dependencies. It used to run 
-python tests and build wheels (binary packages for Python)
+    docker pull deltachat/coredeps
+    docker pull deltachat/doxygen 

-You can build the docker images yourself locally
+or you can build the docker images yourself locally
 to avoid the relatively large download:: 
 
    cd ci_scripts  # where all CI things are 
    docker build -t deltachat/coredeps docker-coredeps
    docker build -t deltachat/doxygen docker-doxygen 
+
+## ci_run.sh (main entrypoint called by circle-ci)
+
+Once you have the docker images available 
+you can run python testing, documentation generation 
+and building binary wheels:: 
+
+    sh DOCS=1 TESTS=1 ci_scripts/ci_run.sh 
+    
+## ci_upload.sh (uploading artifacts on success) 
+
+- python docs to `https://py.delta.chat/_unofficial_unreleased_docs/<BRANCH>`
+
+- doxygen docs to `https://c.delta.chat/_unofficial_unreleased_docs/<BRANCH>`
+
+- python wheels to `https://m.devpi.net/dc/<BRANCH>`
+  so that you install fully self-contained wheels like this:
+  `pip install -U -i https://m.devpi.net/dc/<BRANCH> deltachat`
+
+
+
--- a/ci_scripts/ci_run.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/ci_run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# perform CI jobs on PRs and after merges to master.
+# triggered from .circleci/config.yml
+
+set -e -x
+
+export BRANCH=${CIRCLE_BRANCH:-test7}
+    
+# run doxygen on c-source (needed by later doc-generation steps).
+# XXX modifies the host filesystem docs/xml and docs/html directories
+# XXX which you can then only remove with sudo as they belong to root
+
+# XXX we don't do doxygen doc generation with Rust anymore, needs to be
+# substituted with rust-docs 
+#if [ -n "$DOCS" ] ; then 
+#    docker run --rm -it -v $PWD:/mnt -w /mnt/docs deltachat/doxygen doxygen
+#fi
+
+# run everything else inside docker (TESTS, DOCS, WHEELS) 
+docker run -e DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG -e BRANCH -e TESTS -e DOCS \
+           --rm -it -v $(pwd):/mnt -w /mnt \
+           deltachat/coredeps ci_scripts/run_all.sh
+
--- a/ci_scripts/ci_upload.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/ci_upload.sh
@@ -7,30 +7,25 @@ fi

 set -xe

+#DOXYDOCDIR=${1:?directory where doxygen docs to be found}
 PYDOCDIR=${1:?directory with python docs}
 WHEELHOUSEDIR=${2:?directory with pre-built wheels}
-DOXYDOCDIR=${3:?directory where doxygen docs to be found}

 export BRANCH=${CIRCLE_BRANCH:?specify branch for uploading purposes}


-# DISABLED: python docs to py.delta.chat
-#ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null delta@py.delta.chat mkdir -p build/${BRANCH}
-#rsync -avz \
-#  -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" \
-#  "$PYDOCDIR/html/" \
-#  delta@py.delta.chat:build/${BRANCH}
-
-# C docs to c.delta.chat
-ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null delta@c.delta.chat mkdir -p build-c/${BRANCH}
+# python docs to py.delta.chat
+ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null delta@py.delta.chat mkdir -p build/${BRANCH}
 rsync -avz \
  -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" \
-  "$DOXYDOCDIR/html/" \
-  delta@c.delta.chat:build-c/${BRANCH}
+  "$PYDOCDIR/html/" \
+  delta@py.delta.chat:build/${BRANCH}

-exit 0
-
-# OUTDATED -- for re-use from python release-scripts 
+# C docs to c.delta.chat
+#rsync -avz \
+#  -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" \
+#  "$DOXYDOCDIR/html/" \
+#  delta@py.delta.chat:build-c/${BRANCH}

 echo -----------------------
 echo upload wheels 
--- a/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ RUN echo /usr/local/lib64 > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf && \
    echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
 ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

+ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK 1
+
+# Install python tools (auditwheels,tox, ...)
+ADD deps/build_python.sh /builder/build_python.sh
+RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_python.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
+
+# Install Rust nightly 
+ADD deps/build_rust.sh /builder/build_rust.sh
+RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_rust.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
+
 # Install a recent Perl, needed to install OpenSSL
 ADD deps/build_perl.sh /builder/build_perl.sh
 RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_perl.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
@@ -13,12 +23,3 @@ RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_perl.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
 ADD deps/build_openssl.sh /builder/build_openssl.sh
 RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_openssl.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1

-ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK 1
-
-# Install python tools (auditwheels,tox, ...)
-ADD deps/build_python.sh /builder/build_python.sh
-RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_python.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
-
-# Install Rust nightly
-ADD deps/build_rust.sh /builder/build_rust.sh
-RUN mkdir tmp1 && cd tmp1 && bash /builder/build_rust.sh && cd .. && rm -r tmp1
--- a/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_perl.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_perl.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash

-PERL_VERSION=5.30.0
-# PERL_SHA256=7e929f64d4cb0e9d1159d4a59fc89394e27fa1f7004d0836ca0d514685406ea8
+PERL_VERSION=5.28.0
+PERL_SHA256=7e929f64d4cb0e9d1159d4a59fc89394e27fa1f7004d0836ca0d514685406ea8
 curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz
-# echo "${PERL_SHA256}  perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
-tar -xzf perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz
-cd perl-${PERL_VERSION}
+echo "${PERL_SHA256}  perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+tar xzf perl-${PERL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd perl-${PERL_VERSION} 

 ./Configure -de
 make
--- a/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/docker-coredeps/deps/build_rust.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash

-set -e -x
+set -e -x 

-# Install Rust
-curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain nightly-2019-09-12 -y
+# Install Rust 
+curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain nightly-2019-07-10 -y
 export PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
 rustc --version
+
+# remove some 300-400 MB that we don't need for automated builds
+rm -rf /root/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-2019-07-10-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/
--- a/ci_scripts/manual_remote_tests.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/manual_remote_tests.sh
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -xe
-export CIRCLE_JOB=remote_tests_${1:?need to specify 'rust' or 'python'} 
-export CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=$USER
-export CIRCLE_BRANCH=`git branch | grep \* | cut -d ' ' -f2`
-export CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME=$(basename `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`)
-
-time bash ci_scripts/$CIRCLE_JOB.sh 
--- a/ci_scripts/old/gh-actions-rust.yml
+++ b/ci_scripts/old/gh-actions-rust.yml
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-
-env:
-  RUSTFLAGS: -Dwarnings
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_test:
-    name: Build and test
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
-        rust: [nightly]
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@master
-
-    - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
-      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-      with:
-        toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-        override: true
-
-    - name: check
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      if: matrix.rust == 'nightly'
-      with:
-        command:  check
-        args: --all --bins --examples --tests
-
-    - name: tests
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      with:
-        command: test
-        args: --all
-
-    - name: tests ignored
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      with:
-        command: test
-        args: --all --release -- --ignored
-
-  check_fmt:
-    name: Checking fmt and docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@master
-
-    - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-      with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: nightly
-          override: true
-          components: rustfmt
-
-    - name: fmt
-      run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
-
-#  clippy_check:
-#    name: Clippy check
-#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#
-#    steps:
-#    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-#    - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-#      with:
-#          profile: minimal
-#          toolchain: nightly
-#          override: true
-#          components: clippy
-#
-#    - name: clippy
-#      run: cargo clippy --all
--- a/ci_scripts/remote_tests_python.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/remote_tests_python.sh
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-export BRANCH=${CIRCLE_BRANCH:?branch to build}
-export REPONAME=${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME:?repository name}
-export SSHTARGET=${SSHTARGET-ci@b1.delta.chat}
-
-# we construct the BUILDDIR such that we can easily share the
-# CARGO_TARGET_DIR between runs ("..")
-export BUILDDIR=ci_builds/$REPONAME/$BRANCH/${CIRCLE_JOB:?jobname}/${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM:?circle-build-number}
-
-echo "--- Copying files to $SSHTARGET:$BUILDDIR"
-
-set -xe
-
-ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no  $SSHTARGET mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR"
-git ls-files >.rsynclist 
-# we seem to need .git for setuptools_scm versioning 
-find .git >>.rsynclist
-rsync --delete --files-from=.rsynclist -az ./ "$SSHTARGET:$BUILDDIR"
-
-set +x
-
-echo "--- Running $CIRCLE_JOB remotely"
-
-ssh $SSHTARGET <<_HERE
-    set +x -e
-    cd $BUILDDIR
-    # let's share the target dir with our last run on this branch/job-type
-    # cargo will make sure to block/unblock us properly 
-    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=\`pwd\`/../target
-    export TARGET=release
-    export DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG=$DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
-
-    #we rely on tox/virtualenv being available in the host
-    #rm -rf virtualenv venv
-    #virtualenv -q -p python3.7 venv 
-    #source venv/bin/activate
-    #pip install -q tox virtualenv
-
-    set -x
-    which python
-    source \$HOME/venv/bin/activate
-    which python
-
-    bash ci_scripts/run-python-test.sh 
-_HERE
--- a/ci_scripts/remote_tests_rust.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/remote_tests_rust.sh
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-export BRANCH=${CIRCLE_BRANCH:?branch to build}
-export REPONAME=${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME:?repository name}
-export SSHTARGET=${SSHTARGET-ci@b1.delta.chat}
-
-# we construct the BUILDDIR such that we can easily share the
-# CARGO_TARGET_DIR between runs ("..")
-export BUILDDIR=ci_builds/$REPONAME/$BRANCH/${CIRCLE_JOB:?jobname}/${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM:?circle-build-number}
-
-set -e
-
-echo "--- Copying files to $SSHTARGET:$BUILDDIR"
-
-ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no  $SSHTARGET mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR"
-git ls-files >.rsynclist 
-rsync --delete --files-from=.rsynclist -az ./ "$SSHTARGET:$BUILDDIR"
-
-echo "--- Running $CIRCLE_JOB remotely"
-
-ssh $SSHTARGET <<_HERE
-    set +x -e
-    cd $BUILDDIR
-    # let's share the target dir with our last run on this branch/job-type
-    # cargo will make sure to block/unblock us properly 
-    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=\`pwd\`/../target
-    export TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-    export RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache
-
-    bash ci_scripts/run-rust-test.sh
-_HERE
-
--- a/ci_scripts/run-doxygen.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/run-doxygen.sh
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -ex
-
-cd deltachat-ffi 
-doxygen 
-
--- a/ci_scripts/run-python-test.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/run-python-test.sh
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Run functional tests for Delta Chat core using the python bindings 
-# and tox/pytest. 
-
-set -e -x
-
-# for core-building and python install step
-export DCC_RS_TARGET=release
-export DCC_RS_DEV=`pwd`
-
-cd python
-
-python install_python_bindings.py onlybuild
-
-# remove and inhibit writing PYC files 
-rm -rf tests/__pycache__
-rm -rf src/deltachat/__pycache__
-export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-
-# run python tests (tox invokes pytest to run tests in python/tests)
-#TOX_PARALLEL_NO_SPINNER=1 tox -e lint,doc
-tox -e lint
-tox -e doc,py37
--- a/ci_scripts/old/run-python.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/old/run-python.sh
@@ -36,25 +36,19 @@ if [ -n "$TESTS" ]; then
    rm -rf src/deltachat/__pycache__
    export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1

-    # run tox. The circle-ci project env-var-setting DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG 
-    # allows running of "liveconfig" tests but for speed reasons
-    # we run them only for the highest python version we support
-    
-    # we split out qr-tests run to minimize likelyness of flaky tests
-    # (some qr tests are pretty heavy in terms of send/received
-    # messages and rust's imap code likely has concurrency problems) 
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "not qr"
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py37 -- --reruns 3 -k "qr"
-    unset DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -p4 -e lint,py35,py36,doc
-    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e auditwheels
+    # run tox
+    # XXX we don't run liveconfig tests because they hang sometimes
+    # see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/331
+    # unset DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
+
+    tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e lint,py35,py36,py37,auditwheels
    popd
 fi


-# if [ -n "$DOCS" ]; then
-#     echo -----------------------
-#     echo generating python docs
-#     echo -----------------------
-#     (cd python && tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e doc)
-# fi
+if [ -n "$DOCS" ]; then
+    echo -----------------------
+    echo generating python docs
+    echo -----------------------
+    (cd python && tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e doc)
+fi
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.20"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
-authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
+authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]

 [dependencies]
 deltachat = { path = "../", default-features = false }
-deltachat-provider-database = "0.3.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 human-panic = "1.0.1"
 num-traits = "0.2.6"
-failure = "0.1.6"
-serde_json = "1.0"

 [features]
 default = ["vendored", "nightly", "ringbuf"]
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/providers.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/providers.rs
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-extern crate deltachat_provider_database;
-
-use crate::string::{to_string_lossy, StrExt};
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub type dc_provider_t = deltachat_provider_database::Provider;
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_provider_json_from_domain(
-    domain: *const libc::c_char,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    let domain = to_string_lossy(domain);
-    match deltachat_provider_database::get_provider_info(&domain) {
-        Some(provider) => serde_json::to_string(provider)
-            .unwrap_or("".to_owned())
-            .strdup(),
-        None => "".strdup(),
-    }
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_provider_json_from_email(
-    email: *const libc::c_char,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    let email = to_string_lossy(email);
-    let domain = deltachat_provider_database::get_domain_from_email(&email);
-    match deltachat_provider_database::get_provider_info(domain) {
-        Some(provider) => serde_json::to_string(provider)
-            .unwrap_or("".to_owned())
-            .strdup(),
-        None => "".strdup(),
-    }
-}
-
-// TODO expose general provider overview url?
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/string.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/string.rs
@@ -1,350 +0,0 @@
-use failure::Fail;
-use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
-
-/// Duplicates a string
-///
-/// returns an empty string if NULL is given, never returns NULL (exits on errors)
-///
-/// # Examples
-///
-/// ```rust,norun
-/// use deltachat::dc_tools::{dc_strdup, to_string_lossy};
-/// unsafe {
-///     let str_a = b"foobar\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char;
-///     let str_a_copy = dc_strdup(str_a);
-///     assert_eq!(to_string_lossy(str_a_copy), "foobar");
-///     assert_ne!(str_a, str_a_copy);
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub unsafe fn dc_strdup(s: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    let ret: *mut libc::c_char;
-    if !s.is_null() {
-        ret = libc::strdup(s);
-        assert!(!ret.is_null());
-    } else {
-        ret = libc::calloc(1, 1) as *mut libc::c_char;
-        assert!(!ret.is_null());
-    }
-
-    ret
-}
-
-/// Error type for the [OsStrExt] trait
-#[derive(Debug, Fail, PartialEq)]
-pub enum CStringError {
-    /// The string contains an interior null byte
-    #[fail(display = "String contains an interior null byte")]
-    InteriorNullByte,
-    /// The string is not valid Unicode
-    #[fail(display = "String is not valid unicode")]
-    NotUnicode,
-}
-
-/// Extra convenience methods on [std::ffi::OsStr] to work with `*libc::c_char`.
-///
-/// The primary function of this trait is to more easily convert
-/// [OsStr], [OsString] or [Path] into pointers to C strings.  This always
-/// allocates a new string since it is very common for the source
-/// string not to have the required terminal null byte.
-///
-/// It is implemented for `AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>>` trait, which
-/// allows any type which implements this trait to transparently use
-/// this.  This is how the conversion for [Path] works.
-///
-/// [OsStr]: std::ffi::OsStr
-/// [OsString]: std::ffi::OsString
-/// [Path]: std::path::Path
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```
-/// use deltachat::dc_tools::{dc_strdup, OsStrExt};
-/// let path = std::path::Path::new("/some/path");
-/// let path_c = path.to_c_string().unwrap();
-/// unsafe {
-///     let mut c_ptr: *mut libc::c_char = dc_strdup(path_c.as_ptr());
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub trait OsStrExt {
-    /// Convert a  [std::ffi::OsStr] to an [std::ffi::CString]
-    ///
-    /// This is useful to convert e.g. a [std::path::Path] to
-    /// [*libc::c_char] by using
-    /// [Path::as_os_str()](std::path::Path::as_os_str) and
-    /// [CStr::as_ptr()](std::ffi::CStr::as_ptr).
-    ///
-    /// This returns [CString] and not [&CStr] because not all [OsStr]
-    /// slices end with a null byte, particularly those coming from
-    /// [Path] do not have a null byte and having to handle this as
-    /// the caller would defeat the point of this function.
-    ///
-    /// On Windows this requires that the [OsStr] contains valid
-    /// unicode, which should normally be the case for a [Path].
-    ///
-    /// [CString]: std::ffi::CString
-    /// [CStr]: std::ffi::CStr
-    /// [OsStr]: std::ffi::OsStr
-    /// [Path]: std::path::Path
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// Since a C `*char` is terminated by a NULL byte this conversion
-    /// will fail, when the [OsStr] has an interior null byte.  The
-    /// function will return
-    /// `[Err]([CStringError::InteriorNullByte])`.  When converting
-    /// from a [Path] it should be safe to
-    /// [`.unwrap()`](std::result::Result::unwrap) this anyway since a
-    /// [Path] should not contain interior null bytes.
-    ///
-    /// On windows when the string contains invalid Unicode
-    /// `[Err]([CStringError::NotUnicode])` is returned.
-    fn to_c_string(&self) -> Result<CString, CStringError>;
-}
-
-impl<T: AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>> OsStrExt for T {
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-    fn to_c_string(&self) -> Result<CString, CStringError> {
-        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-        CString::new(self.as_ref().as_bytes()).map_err(|err| match err {
-            std::ffi::NulError { .. } => CStringError::InteriorNullByte,
-        })
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    fn to_c_string(&self) -> Result<CString, CStringError> {
-        os_str_to_c_string_unicode(&self)
-    }
-}
-
-// Implementation for os_str_to_c_string on windows.
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn os_str_to_c_string_unicode(
-    os_str: &dyn AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>,
-) -> Result<CString, CStringError> {
-    match os_str.as_ref().to_str() {
-        Some(val) => CString::new(val.as_bytes()).map_err(|err| match err {
-            std::ffi::NulError { .. } => CStringError::InteriorNullByte,
-        }),
-        None => Err(CStringError::NotUnicode),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Convenience methods/associated functions for working with [CString]
-///
-/// This is helps transitioning from unsafe code.
-pub trait CStringExt {
-    /// Create a new [CString], yolo style
-    ///
-    /// This unwrap the result, panicking when there are embedded NULL
-    /// bytes.
-    fn yolo<T: Into<Vec<u8>>>(t: T) -> CString {
-        CString::new(t).expect("String contains null byte, can not be CString")
-    }
-}
-
-impl CStringExt for CString {}
-
-/// Convenience methods to make transitioning from raw C strings easier.
-///
-/// To interact with (legacy) C APIs we often need to convert from
-/// Rust strings to raw C strings.  This can be clumsy to do correctly
-/// and the compiler sometimes allows it in an unsafe way.  These
-/// methods make it more succinct and help you get it right.
-pub trait StrExt {
-    /// Allocate a new raw C `*char` version of this string.
-    ///
-    /// This allocates a new raw C string which must be freed using
-    /// `free`.  It takes care of some common pitfalls with using
-    /// [CString.as_ptr].
-    ///
-    /// [CString.as_ptr]: std::ffi::CString.as_ptr
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// This function will panic when the original string contains an
-    /// interior null byte as this can not be represented in raw C
-    /// strings.
-    unsafe fn strdup(&self) -> *mut libc::c_char;
-}
-
-impl<T: AsRef<str>> StrExt for T {
-    unsafe fn strdup(&self) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-        let tmp = CString::yolo(self.as_ref());
-        dc_strdup(tmp.as_ptr())
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn to_string_lossy(s: *const libc::c_char) -> String {
-    if s.is_null() {
-        return "".into();
-    }
-
-    let cstr = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(s) };
-
-    cstr.to_string_lossy().to_string()
-}
-
-pub fn to_opt_string_lossy(s: *const libc::c_char) -> Option<String> {
-    if s.is_null() {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    Some(to_string_lossy(s))
-}
-
-/// Convert a C `*char` pointer to a [std::path::Path] slice.
-///
-/// This converts a `*libc::c_char` pointer to a [Path] slice.  This
-/// essentially has to convert the pointer to [std::ffi::OsStr] to do
-/// so and thus is the inverse of [OsStrExt::to_c_string].  Just like
-/// [OsStrExt::to_c_string] requires valid Unicode on Windows, this
-/// requires that the pointer contains valid UTF-8 on Windows.
-///
-/// Because this returns a reference the [Path] silce can not outlive
-/// the original pointer.
-///
-/// [Path]: std::path::Path
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-pub fn as_path<'a>(s: *const libc::c_char) -> &'a std::path::Path {
-    assert!(!s.is_null(), "cannot be used on null pointers");
-    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-    unsafe {
-        let c_str = std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(s).to_bytes();
-        let os_str = std::ffi::OsStr::from_bytes(c_str);
-        std::path::Path::new(os_str)
-    }
-}
-
-// as_path() implementation for windows, documented above.
-#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-pub fn as_path<'a>(s: *const libc::c_char) -> &'a std::path::Path {
-    as_path_unicode(s)
-}
-
-// Implementation for as_path() on Windows.
-//
-// Having this as a separate function means it can be tested on unix
-// too.
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn as_path_unicode<'a>(s: *const libc::c_char) -> &'a std::path::Path {
-    assert!(!s.is_null(), "cannot be used on null pointers");
-
-    let cstr = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(s) };
-    let str = cstr.to_str().unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("{}", err));
-
-    std::path::Path::new(str)
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use libc::{free, strcmp};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_os_str_to_c_string_cwd() {
-        let some_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
-        some_dir.as_os_str().to_c_string().unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_os_str_to_c_string_unicode() {
-        let some_str = String::from("/some/valid/utf8");
-        let some_dir = std::path::Path::new(&some_str);
-        assert_eq!(
-            some_dir.as_os_str().to_c_string().unwrap(),
-            CString::new("/some/valid/utf8").unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_os_str_to_c_string_nul() {
-        let some_str = std::ffi::OsString::from("foo\x00bar");
-        assert_eq!(
-            some_str.to_c_string().err().unwrap(),
-            CStringError::InteriorNullByte
-        )
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_path_to_c_string_cwd() {
-        let some_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
-        some_dir.to_c_string().unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_path_to_c_string_unicode() {
-        let some_str = String::from("/some/valid/utf8");
-        let some_dir = std::path::Path::new(&some_str);
-        assert_eq!(
-            some_dir.as_os_str().to_c_string().unwrap(),
-            CString::new("/some/valid/utf8").unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_os_str_to_c_string_unicode_fn() {
-        let some_str = std::ffi::OsString::from("foo");
-        assert_eq!(
-            os_str_to_c_string_unicode(&some_str).unwrap(),
-            CString::new("foo").unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_path_to_c_string_unicode_fn() {
-        let some_str = String::from("/some/path");
-        let some_path = std::path::Path::new(&some_str);
-        assert_eq!(
-            os_str_to_c_string_unicode(&some_path).unwrap(),
-            CString::new("/some/path").unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_os_str_to_c_string_unicode_fn_nul() {
-        let some_str = std::ffi::OsString::from("fooz\x00bar");
-        assert_eq!(
-            os_str_to_c_string_unicode(&some_str).err().unwrap(),
-            CStringError::InteriorNullByte
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_as_path() {
-        let some_path = CString::new("/some/path").unwrap();
-        let ptr = some_path.as_ptr();
-        assert_eq!(as_path(ptr), std::ffi::OsString::from("/some/path"))
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_as_path_unicode_fn() {
-        let some_path = CString::new("/some/path").unwrap();
-        let ptr = some_path.as_ptr();
-        assert_eq!(as_path_unicode(ptr), std::ffi::OsString::from("/some/path"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_cstring_yolo() {
-        assert_eq!(CString::new("hello").unwrap(), CString::yolo("hello"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_strdup_str() {
-        unsafe {
-            let s = "hello".strdup();
-            let cmp = strcmp(s, b"hello\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
-            free(s as *mut libc::c_void);
-            assert_eq!(cmp, 0);
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_strdup_string() {
-        unsafe {
-            let s = String::from("hello").strdup();
-            let cmp = strcmp(s, b"hello\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
-            free(s as *mut libc::c_void);
-            assert_eq!(cmp, 0);
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
@@ -1,33 +1,37 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::ptr;
 use std::str::FromStr;

 use deltachat::chat::{self, Chat};
 use deltachat::chatlist::*;
 use deltachat::config;
+use deltachat::configure::*;
 use deltachat::constants::*;
 use deltachat::contact::*;
 use deltachat::context::*;
+use deltachat::dc_imex::*;
 use deltachat::dc_receive_imf::*;
 use deltachat::dc_tools::*;
 use deltachat::error::Error;
-use deltachat::imex::*;
 use deltachat::job::*;
 use deltachat::location;
 use deltachat::lot::LotState;
-use deltachat::message::{self, Message, MessageState, MsgId};
+use deltachat::message::*;
 use deltachat::peerstate::*;
 use deltachat::qr::*;
 use deltachat::sql;
-use deltachat::Event;
+use deltachat::types::*;
+use deltachat::x::*;
+use num_traits::FromPrimitive;

 /// Reset database tables. This function is called from Core cmdline.
 /// Argument is a bitmask, executing single or multiple actions in one call.
 /// e.g. bitmask 7 triggers actions definded with bits 1, 2 and 4.
-pub fn dc_reset_tables(context: &Context, bits: i32) -> i32 {
-    info!(context, "Resetting tables ({})...", bits);
+pub unsafe fn dc_reset_tables(context: &Context, bits: i32) -> i32 {
+    info!(context, 0, "Resetting tables ({})...", bits);
    if 0 != bits & 1 {
        sql::execute(context, &context.sql, "DELETE FROM jobs;", params![]).unwrap();
-        info!(context, "(1) Jobs reset.");
+        info!(context, 0, "(1) Jobs reset.");
    }
    if 0 != bits & 2 {
        sql::execute(
@@ -37,11 +41,11 @@ pub fn dc_reset_tables(context: &Context, bits: i32) -> i32 {
            params![],
        )
        .unwrap();
-        info!(context, "(2) Peerstates reset.");
+        info!(context, 0, "(2) Peerstates reset.");
    }
    if 0 != bits & 4 {
        sql::execute(context, &context.sql, "DELETE FROM keypairs;", params![]).unwrap();
-        info!(context, "(4) Private keypairs reset.");
+        info!(context, 0, "(4) Private keypairs reset.");
    }
    if 0 != bits & 8 {
        sql::execute(
@@ -80,179 +84,217 @@ pub fn dc_reset_tables(context: &Context, bits: i32) -> i32 {
        )
        .unwrap();
        sql::execute(context, &context.sql, "DELETE FROM leftgrps;", params![]).unwrap();
-        info!(context, "(8) Rest but server config reset.");
+        info!(context, 0, "(8) Rest but server config reset.");
    }

-    context.call_cb(Event::MsgsChanged {
-        chat_id: 0,
-        msg_id: MsgId::new(0),
-    });
+    context.call_cb(Event::MSGS_CHANGED, 0, 0);

    1
 }

-fn dc_poke_eml_file(context: &Context, filename: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let data = dc_read_file(context, filename)?;
-
-    if let Err(err) = dc_receive_imf(context, &data, "import", 0, 0) {
-        println!("dc_receive_imf errored: {:?}", err);
+unsafe fn dc_poke_eml_file(context: &Context, filename: *const libc::c_char) -> libc::c_int {
+    /* mainly for testing, may be called by dc_import_spec() */
+    let mut success: libc::c_int = 0i32;
+    let mut data: *mut libc::c_char = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut data_bytes: size_t = 0;
+    if !(dc_read_file(
+        context,
+        filename,
+        &mut data as *mut *mut libc::c_char as *mut *mut libc::c_void,
+        &mut data_bytes,
+    ) == 0i32)
+    {
+        dc_receive_imf(context, data, data_bytes, "import", 0, 0);
+        success = 1;
    }
-    Ok(())
+    free(data as *mut libc::c_void);
+
+    success
 }

 /// Import a file to the database.
 /// For testing, import a folder with eml-files, a single eml-file, e-mail plus public key and so on.
-/// For normal importing, use imex().
+/// For normal importing, use dc_imex().
 ///
 /// @private @memberof Context
 /// @param context The context as created by dc_context_new().
 /// @param spec The file or directory to import. NULL for the last command.
 /// @return 1=success, 0=error.
-fn poke_spec(context: &Context, spec: Option<&str>) -> libc::c_int {
+unsafe fn poke_spec(context: &Context, spec: *const libc::c_char) -> libc::c_int {
    if !context.sql.is_open() {
-        error!(context, "Import: Database not opened.");
+        error!(context, 0, "Import: Database not opened.");
        return 0;
    }

-    let mut read_cnt = 0;
-
-    let real_spec: String;
+    let ok_to_continue;
+    let mut success: libc::c_int = 0;
+    let real_spec: *mut libc::c_char;
+    let mut suffix: *mut libc::c_char = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut read_cnt: libc::c_int = 0;

    /* if `spec` is given, remember it for later usage; if it is not given, try to use the last one */
-    if let Some(spec) = spec {
-        real_spec = spec.to_string();
+    if !spec.is_null() {
+        real_spec = dc_strdup(spec);
        context
            .sql
-            .set_raw_config(context, "import_spec", Some(&real_spec))
+            .set_config(context, "import_spec", Some(as_str(real_spec)))
            .unwrap();
+        ok_to_continue = true;
    } else {
-        let rs = context.sql.get_raw_config(context, "import_spec");
+        let rs = context.sql.get_config(context, "import_spec");
        if rs.is_none() {
-            error!(context, "Import: No file or folder given.");
-            return 0;
-        }
-        real_spec = rs.unwrap();
-    }
-    if let Some(suffix) = dc_get_filesuffix_lc(&real_spec) {
-        if suffix == "eml" && dc_poke_eml_file(context, &real_spec).is_ok() {
-            read_cnt += 1
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* import a directory */
-        let dir_name = std::path::Path::new(&real_spec);
-        let dir = std::fs::read_dir(dir_name);
-        if dir.is_err() {
-            error!(context, "Import: Cannot open directory \"{}\".", &real_spec,);
-            return 0;
+            error!(context, 0, "Import: No file or folder given.");
+            ok_to_continue = false;
        } else {
-            let dir = dir.unwrap();
-            for entry in dir {
-                if entry.is_err() {
-                    break;
-                }
-                let entry = entry.unwrap();
-                let name_f = entry.file_name();
-                let name = name_f.to_string_lossy();
-                if name.ends_with(".eml") {
-                    let path_plus_name = format!("{}/{}", &real_spec, name);
-                    info!(context, "Import: {}", path_plus_name);
-                    if dc_poke_eml_file(context, path_plus_name).is_ok() {
-                        read_cnt += 1
+            ok_to_continue = true;
+        }
+        real_spec = rs.unwrap_or_default().strdup();
+    }
+    if ok_to_continue {
+        let ok_to_continue2;
+        suffix = dc_get_filesuffix_lc(as_str(real_spec));
+        if !suffix.is_null() && strcmp(suffix, b"eml\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char) == 0
+        {
+            if 0 != dc_poke_eml_file(context, real_spec) {
+                read_cnt += 1
+            }
+            ok_to_continue2 = true;
+        } else {
+            /* import a directory */
+            let dir_name = std::path::Path::new(as_str(real_spec));
+            let dir = std::fs::read_dir(dir_name);
+            if dir.is_err() {
+                error!(
+                    context,
+                    0,
+                    "Import: Cannot open directory \"{}\".",
+                    as_str(real_spec),
+                );
+                ok_to_continue2 = false;
+            } else {
+                let dir = dir.unwrap();
+                for entry in dir {
+                    if entry.is_err() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    let entry = entry.unwrap();
+                    let name_f = entry.file_name();
+                    let name = name_f.to_string_lossy();
+                    if name.ends_with(".eml") {
+                        let path_plus_name = format!("{}/{}", as_str(real_spec), name);
+                        info!(context, 0, "Import: {}", path_plus_name);
+                        let path_plus_name_c = CString::yolo(path_plus_name);
+                        if 0 != dc_poke_eml_file(context, path_plus_name_c.as_ptr()) {
+                            read_cnt += 1
+                        }
                    }
                }
+                ok_to_continue2 = true;
            }
        }
+        if ok_to_continue2 {
+            info!(
+                context,
+                0,
+                "Import: {} items read from \"{}\".",
+                read_cnt,
+                as_str(real_spec)
+            );
+            if read_cnt > 0 {
+                context.call_cb(Event::MSGS_CHANGED, 0 as uintptr_t, 0 as uintptr_t);
+            }
+            success = 1
+        }
    }
-    info!(
-        context,
-        "Import: {} items read from \"{}\".", read_cnt, &real_spec
-    );
-    if read_cnt > 0 {
-        context.call_cb(Event::MsgsChanged {
-            chat_id: 0,
-            msg_id: MsgId::new(0),
-        });
-    }
-    1
+
+    free(real_spec as *mut libc::c_void);
+    free(suffix as *mut libc::c_void);
+    success
 }

-fn log_msg(context: &Context, prefix: impl AsRef<str>, msg: &Message) {
-    let contact = Contact::get_by_id(context, msg.get_from_id()).expect("invalid contact");
+unsafe fn log_msg(context: &Context, prefix: impl AsRef<str>, msg: &Message) {
+    let contact = Contact::get_by_id(context, dc_msg_get_from_id(msg)).expect("invalid contact");
    let contact_name = contact.get_name();
    let contact_id = contact.get_id();

-    let statestr = match msg.get_state() {
+    let statestr = match dc_msg_get_state(msg) {
        MessageState::OutPending => " o",
        MessageState::OutDelivered => " √",
        MessageState::OutMdnRcvd => " √√",
        MessageState::OutFailed => " !!",
        _ => "",
    };
-    let temp2 = dc_timestamp_to_str(msg.get_timestamp());
-    let msgtext = msg.get_text();
+    let temp2 = dc_timestamp_to_str(dc_msg_get_timestamp(msg));
+    let msgtext = dc_msg_get_text(msg);
    info!(
        context,
-        "{}{}{}{}: {} (Contact#{}): {} {}{}{}{}{} [{}]",
+        0,
+        "{}#{}{}{}: {} (Contact#{}): {} {}{}{}{} [{}]",
        prefix.as_ref(),
-        msg.get_id(),
-        if msg.get_showpadlock() { "🔒" } else { "" },
-        if msg.has_location() { "📍" } else { "" },
+        dc_msg_get_id(msg) as libc::c_int,
+        if 0 != dc_msg_get_showpadlock(msg) {
+            "🔒"
+        } else {
+            ""
+        },
+        if dc_msg_has_location(msg) { "📍" } else { "" },
        &contact_name,
        contact_id,
-        msgtext.unwrap_or_default(),
-        if msg.is_starred() { "★" } else { "" },
-        if msg.get_from_id() == 1 as libc::c_uint {
+        as_str(msgtext),
+        if dc_msg_is_starred(msg) { "★" } else { "" },
+        if dc_msg_get_from_id(msg) == 1 as libc::c_uint {
            ""
-        } else if msg.get_state() == MessageState::InSeen {
+        } else if dc_msg_get_state(msg) == MessageState::InSeen {
            "[SEEN]"
-        } else if msg.get_state() == MessageState::InNoticed {
+        } else if dc_msg_get_state(msg) == MessageState::InNoticed {
            "[NOTICED]"
        } else {
            "[FRESH]"
        },
-        if msg.is_info() { "[INFO]" } else { "" },
-        if msg.is_forwarded() {
-            "[FORWARDED]"
+        if 0 != dc_msg_is_info(msg) {
+            "[INFO]"
        } else {
            ""
        },
        statestr,
        &temp2,
    );
+    free(msgtext as *mut libc::c_void);
 }

-fn log_msglist(context: &Context, msglist: &Vec<MsgId>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+unsafe fn log_msglist(context: &Context, msglist: &Vec<u32>) -> Result<(), Error> {
    let mut lines_out = 0;
    for &msg_id in msglist {
-        if msg_id.is_daymarker() {
+        if msg_id == 9 as libc::c_uint {
            info!(
                context,
+                0,
                "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
            );

            lines_out += 1
-        } else if !msg_id.is_special() {
+        } else if msg_id > 0 {
            if lines_out == 0 {
                info!(
-                    context,
+                    context, 0,
                    "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------",
                );
                lines_out += 1
            }
-            let msg = Message::load_from_db(context, msg_id)?;
-            log_msg(context, "", &msg);
+            let msg = dc_get_msg(context, msg_id)?;
+            log_msg(context, "Msg", &msg);
        }
    }
    if lines_out > 0 {
        info!(
            context,
-            "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+            0, "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
        );
    }
    Ok(())
 }

-fn log_contactlist(context: &Context, contacts: &Vec<u32>) {
+unsafe fn log_contactlist(context: &Context, contacts: &Vec<u32>) {
    let mut contacts = contacts.clone();
    if !contacts.contains(&1) {
        contacts.push(1);
@@ -263,7 +305,7 @@ fn log_contactlist(context: &Context, contacts: &Vec<u32>) {
        if let Ok(contact) = Contact::get_by_id(context, contact_id) {
            let name = contact.get_name();
            let addr = contact.get_addr();
-            let verified_state = contact.is_verified(context);
+            let verified_state = contact.is_verified();
            let verified_str = if VerifiedStatus::Unverified != verified_state {
                if verified_state == VerifiedStatus::BidirectVerified {
                    " √√"
@@ -295,7 +337,7 @@ fn log_contactlist(context: &Context, contacts: &Vec<u32>) {
                );
            }

-            info!(context, "Contact#{}: {}{}", contact_id, line, line2);
+            info!(context, 0, "Contact#{}: {}{}", contact_id, line, line2);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -304,7 +346,7 @@ fn chat_prefix(chat: &Chat) -> &'static str {
    chat.typ.into()
 }

-pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+pub unsafe fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
    let chat_id = *context.cmdline_sel_chat_id.read().unwrap();
    let mut sel_chat = if chat_id > 0 {
        Chat::load_from_db(context, chat_id).ok()
@@ -315,9 +357,18 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
    let mut args = line.splitn(3, ' ');
    let arg0 = args.next().unwrap_or_default();
    let arg1 = args.next().unwrap_or_default();
+    let arg1_c = if arg1.is_empty() {
+        std::ptr::null()
+    } else {
+        arg1.strdup() as *const _
+    };
    let arg2 = args.next().unwrap_or_default();
+    let arg2_c = if arg2.is_empty() {
+        std::ptr::null()
+    } else {
+        arg2.strdup() as *const _
+    };

-    let blobdir = context.get_blobdir();
    match arg0 {
        "help" | "?" => match arg1 {
            // TODO: reuse commands definition in main.rs.
@@ -348,7 +399,6 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                 configure\n\
                 connect\n\
                 disconnect\n\
-                 interrupt\n\
                 maybenetwork\n\
                 housekeeping\n\
                 help imex (Import/Export)\n\
@@ -374,7 +424,6 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                 sendimage <file> [<text>]\n\
                 sendfile <file> [<text>]\n\
                 draft [<text>]\n\
-                 devicemsg <text>\n\
                 listmedia\n\
                 archive <chat-id>\n\
                 unarchive <chat-id>\n\
@@ -401,32 +450,45 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                 checkqr <qr-content>\n\
                 event <event-id to test>\n\
                 fileinfo <file>\n\
-                 emptyserver <flags> (1=MVBOX 2=INBOX)\n\
                 clear -- clear screen\n\
                 exit or quit\n\
                 ============================================="
            ),
        },
-        "initiate-key-transfer" => match initiate_key_transfer(context) {
-            Ok(setup_code) => println!(
-                "Setup code for the transferred setup message: {}",
-                setup_code,
-            ),
-            Err(err) => bail!("Failed to generate setup code: {}", err),
-        },
+        "open" => {
+            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <file> missing");
+            dc_close(context);
+            ensure!(dc_open(context, arg1, None), "Open failed");
+        }
+        "close" => {
+            dc_close(context);
+        }
+        "initiate-key-transfer" => {
+            let setup_code = dc_initiate_key_transfer(context);
+            if !setup_code.is_null() {
+                println!(
+                    "Setup code for the transferred setup message: {}",
+                    as_str(setup_code),
+                );
+                free(setup_code as *mut libc::c_void);
+            } else {
+                bail!("Failed to generate setup code");
+            };
+        }
        "get-setupcodebegin" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
-            let msg_id: MsgId = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            let msg = Message::load_from_db(context, msg_id)?;
-            if msg.is_setupmessage() {
-                let setupcodebegin = msg.get_setupcodebegin(context);
+            let msg_id: u32 = arg1.parse()?;
+            let msg = dc_get_msg(context, msg_id)?;
+            if dc_msg_is_setupmessage(&msg) {
+                let setupcodebegin = dc_msg_get_setupcodebegin(&msg);
                println!(
-                    "The setup code for setup message {} starts with: {}",
+                    "The setup code for setup message Msg#{} starts with: {}",
                    msg_id,
-                    setupcodebegin.unwrap_or_default(),
+                    as_str(setupcodebegin),
                );
+                free(setupcodebegin as *mut libc::c_void);
            } else {
-                bail!("{} is no setup message.", msg_id,);
+                bail!("Msg#{} is no setup message.", msg_id,);
            }
        }
        "continue-key-transfer" => {
@@ -434,37 +496,46 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                !arg1.is_empty() && !arg2.is_empty(),
                "Arguments <msg-id> <setup-code> expected"
            );
-            continue_key_transfer(context, MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?), &arg2)?;
+            if 0 == dc_continue_key_transfer(context, arg1.parse()?, arg2_c) {
+                bail!("Continue key transfer failed");
+            }
        }
        "has-backup" => {
-            has_backup(context, blobdir)?;
+            let ret = dc_imex_has_backup(context, context.get_blobdir());
+            if ret.is_null() {
+                println!("No backup found.");
+            }
        }
        "export-backup" => {
-            imex(context, ImexMode::ExportBackup, Some(blobdir));
+            dc_imex(context, 11, context.get_blobdir(), ptr::null());
        }
        "import-backup" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <backup-file> missing.");
-            imex(context, ImexMode::ImportBackup, Some(arg1));
+            dc_imex(context, 12, arg1_c, ptr::null());
        }
        "export-keys" => {
-            imex(context, ImexMode::ExportSelfKeys, Some(blobdir));
+            dc_imex(context, 1, context.get_blobdir(), ptr::null());
        }
        "import-keys" => {
-            imex(context, ImexMode::ImportSelfKeys, Some(blobdir));
+            dc_imex(context, 2, context.get_blobdir(), ptr::null());
        }
        "export-setup" => {
-            let setup_code = create_setup_code(context);
-            let file_name = blobdir.join("autocrypt-setup-message.html");
-            let file_content = render_setup_file(context, &setup_code)?;
-            std::fs::write(&file_name, file_content)?;
+            let setup_code = dc_create_setup_code(context);
+            let file_name: *mut libc::c_char = dc_mprintf(
+                b"%s/autocrypt-setup-message.html\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+                context.get_blobdir(),
+            );
+            let file_content = dc_render_setup_file(context, &setup_code)?;
+            std::fs::write(as_str(file_name), file_content)?;
            println!(
                "Setup message written to: {}\nSetup code: {}",
-                file_name.display(),
+                as_str(file_name),
                &setup_code,
            );
+            free(file_name as *mut libc::c_void);
        }
        "poke" => {
-            ensure!(0 != poke_spec(context, Some(arg1)), "Poke failed");
+            ensure!(0 != poke_spec(context, arg1_c), "Poke failed");
        }
        "reset" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <bits> missing: 1=jobs, 2=peerstates, 4=private keys, 8=rest but server config");
@@ -473,7 +544,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(0 != dc_reset_tables(context, bits), "Reset failed");
        }
        "stop" => {
-            context.stop_ongoing();
+            dc_stop_ongoing_process(context);
        }
        "set" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <key> missing.");
@@ -488,10 +559,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            println!("{}={:?}", key, val);
        }
        "info" => {
-            println!("{:#?}", context.get_info());
-        }
-        "interrupt" => {
-            interrupt_inbox_idle(context);
+            println!("{}", to_string(dc_get_info(context)));
        }
        "maybenetwork" => {
            maybe_network(context);
@@ -511,21 +579,25 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            let cnt = chatlist.len();
            if cnt > 0 {
                info!(
-                    context,
+                    context, 0,
                    "================================================================================"
                );

                for i in (0..cnt).rev() {
                    let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, chatlist.get_chat_id(i))?;
+                    let temp_subtitle = chat.get_subtitle();
+                    let temp_name = chat.get_name();
                    info!(
                        context,
-                        "{}#{}: {} [{} fresh]",
+                        0,
+                        "{}#{}: {} [{}] [{} fresh]",
                        chat_prefix(&chat),
                        chat.get_id(),
-                        chat.get_name(),
+                        temp_name,
+                        temp_subtitle,
                        chat::get_fresh_msg_cnt(context, chat.get_id()),
                    );
-                    let lot = chatlist.get_summary(context, i, Some(&chat));
+                    let lot = chatlist.get_summary(i, Some(&chat));
                    let statestr = if chat.is_archived() {
                        " [Archived]"
                    } else {
@@ -542,6 +614,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                    let text2 = lot.get_text2();
                    info!(
                        context,
+                        0,
                        "{}{}{}{} [{}]{}",
                        text1.unwrap_or(""),
                        if text1.is_some() { ": " } else { "" },
@@ -555,13 +628,13 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                        },
                    );
                    info!(
-                        context,
+                        context, 0,
                        "================================================================================"
                    );
                }
            }
-            if location::is_sending_locations_to_chat(context, 0) {
-                info!(context, "Location streaming enabled.");
+            if location::is_sending_locations_to_chat(context, 0 as uint32_t) {
+                info!(context, 0, "Location streaming enabled.");
            }
            println!("{} chats", cnt);
        }
@@ -579,38 +652,25 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "Failed to select chat");
            let sel_chat = sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap();

-            let msglist = chat::get_chat_msgs(context, sel_chat.get_id(), 0x1, None);
-            let members = chat::get_chat_contacts(context, sel_chat.id);
-            let subtitle = if sel_chat.is_device_talk() {
-                "device-talk".to_string()
-            } else if sel_chat.get_type() == Chattype::Single && !members.is_empty() {
-                let contact = Contact::get_by_id(context, members[0])?;
-                contact.get_addr().to_string()
-            } else {
-                format!("{} member(s)", members.len())
-            };
+            let msglist = chat::get_chat_msgs(context, sel_chat.get_id(), 0x1, 0);
+            let temp2 = sel_chat.get_subtitle();
+            let temp_name = sel_chat.get_name();
            info!(
                context,
-                "{}#{}: {} [{}]{}{}",
+                0,
+                "{}#{}: {} [{}]{}",
                chat_prefix(sel_chat),
                sel_chat.get_id(),
-                sel_chat.get_name(),
-                subtitle,
+                temp_name,
+                temp2,
                if sel_chat.is_sending_locations() {
                    "📍"
                } else {
                    ""
                },
-                match sel_chat.get_profile_image(context) {
-                    Some(icon) => match icon.to_str() {
-                        Some(icon) => format!(" Icon: {}", icon),
-                        _ => " Icon: Err".to_string(),
-                    },
-                    _ => "".to_string(),
-                },
            );
            log_msglist(context, &msglist)?;
-            if let Some(draft) = chat::get_draft(context, sel_chat.get_id())? {
+            if let Ok(draft) = chat::get_draft(context, sel_chat.get_id()) {
                log_msg(context, "Draft", &draft);
            }

@@ -623,13 +683,13 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
        "createchat" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <contact-id> missing.");
            let contact_id: libc::c_int = arg1.parse()?;
-            let chat_id = chat::create_by_contact_id(context, contact_id as u32)?;
+            let chat_id = chat::create_by_contact_id(context, contact_id as uint32_t)?;

            println!("Single#{} created successfully.", chat_id,);
        }
        "createchatbymsg" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing");
-            let msg_id = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
+            let msg_id: u32 = arg1.parse()?;
            let chat_id = chat::create_by_msg_id(context, msg_id)?;
            let chat = Chat::load_from_db(context, chat_id)?;

@@ -652,10 +712,10 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <contact-id> missing.");

            let contact_id_0: libc::c_int = arg1.parse()?;
-            if chat::add_contact_to_chat(
+            if 0 != chat::add_contact_to_chat(
                context,
                sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id(),
-                contact_id_0 as u32,
+                contact_id_0 as uint32_t,
            ) {
                println!("Contact added to chat.");
            } else {
@@ -669,7 +729,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            chat::remove_contact_from_chat(
                context,
                sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id(),
-                contact_id_1 as u32,
+                contact_id_1 as uint32_t,
            )?;

            println!("Contact added to chat.");
@@ -693,7 +753,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "No chat selected.");

            let contacts = chat::get_chat_contacts(context, sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id());
-            info!(context, "Memberlist:");
+            info!(context, 0, "Memberlist:");

            log_contactlist(context, &contacts);
            println!(
@@ -721,7 +781,8 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                let marker = location.marker.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default_marker);
                info!(
                    context,
-                    "Loc#{}: {}: lat={} lng={} acc={} Chat#{} Contact#{} {} {}",
+                    0,
+                    "Loc#{}: {}: lat={} lng={} acc={} Chat#{} Contact#{} Msg#{} {}",
                    location.location_id,
                    dc_timestamp_to_str(location.timestamp),
                    location.latitude,
@@ -734,7 +795,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                );
            }
            if locations.is_empty() {
-                info!(context, "No locations.");
+                info!(context, 0, "No locations.");
            }
        }
        "sendlocations" => {
@@ -758,7 +819,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            let longitude = arg2.parse()?;

            let continue_streaming = location::set(context, latitude, longitude, 0.);
-            if continue_streaming {
+            if 0 != continue_streaming {
                println!("Success, streaming should be continued.");
            } else {
                println!("Success, streaming can be stoppped.");
@@ -783,14 +844,17 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "No chat selected.");
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "No file given.");

-            let mut msg = Message::new(if arg0 == "sendimage" {
-                Viewtype::Image
-            } else {
-                Viewtype::File
-            });
-            msg.set_file(arg1, None);
+            let mut msg = dc_msg_new(
+                context,
+                if arg0 == "sendimage" {
+                    Viewtype::Image
+                } else {
+                    Viewtype::File
+                },
+            );
+            dc_msg_set_file(&mut msg, arg1_c, ptr::null());
            if !arg2.is_empty() {
-                msg.set_text(Some(arg2.to_string()));
+                dc_msg_set_text(&mut msg, arg2_c);
            }
            chat::send_msg(context, sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id(), &mut msg)?;
        }
@@ -803,7 +867,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                0 as libc::c_uint
            };

-            let msglist = context.search_msgs(chat, arg1);
+            let msglist = dc_search_msgs(context, chat, arg1_c);

            log_msglist(context, &msglist)?;
            println!("{} messages.", msglist.len());
@@ -812,8 +876,8 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "No chat selected.");

            if !arg1.is_empty() {
-                let mut draft = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
-                draft.set_text(Some(arg1.to_string()));
+                let mut draft = dc_msg_new(context, Viewtype::Text);
+                dc_msg_set_text(&mut draft, arg1_c);
                chat::set_draft(
                    context,
                    sel_chat.as_ref().unwrap().get_id(),
@@ -825,18 +889,6 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                println!("Draft deleted.");
            }
        }
-        "devicemsg" => {
-            ensure!(
-                !arg1.is_empty(),
-                "Please specify text to add as device message."
-            );
-            let mut msg = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
-            msg.set_text(Some(arg1.to_string()));
-            chat::add_device_msg(context, None, Some(&mut msg))?;
-        }
-        "updatedevicechats" => {
-            context.update_device_chats()?;
-        }
        "listmedia" => {
            ensure!(sel_chat.is_some(), "No chat selected.");

@@ -850,9 +902,9 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            println!("{} images or videos: ", images.len());
            for (i, data) in images.iter().enumerate() {
                if 0 == i {
-                    print!("{}", data);
+                    print!("Msg#{}", data);
                } else {
-                    print!(", {}", data);
+                    print!(", Msg#{}", data);
                }
            }
            print!("\n");
@@ -860,7 +912,11 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
        "archive" | "unarchive" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <chat-id> missing.");
            let chat_id = arg1.parse()?;
-            chat::archive(context, chat_id, arg0 == "archive")?;
+            chat::archive(
+                context,
+                chat_id,
+                if arg0 == "archive" { true } else { false },
+            )?;
        }
        "delchat" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <chat-id> missing.");
@@ -869,44 +925,49 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
        }
        "msginfo" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
-            let id = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            let res = message::get_msg_info(context, id);
-            println!("{}", res);
+            let id = arg1.parse()?;
+            let res = dc_get_msg_info(context, id);
+            println!("{}", as_str(res));
        }
        "listfresh" => {
-            let msglist = context.get_fresh_msgs();
+            let msglist = dc_get_fresh_msgs(context);

            log_msglist(context, &msglist)?;
            print!("{} fresh messages.", msglist.len());
        }
        "forward" => {
            ensure!(
-                !arg1.is_empty() && !arg2.is_empty(),
+                !arg1.is_empty() && arg2.is_empty(),
                "Arguments <msg-id> <chat-id> expected"
            );

-            let mut msg_ids = [MsgId::new(0); 1];
+            let mut msg_ids = [0; 1];
            let chat_id = arg2.parse()?;
-            msg_ids[0] = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            chat::forward_msgs(context, &msg_ids, chat_id)?;
+            msg_ids[0] = arg1.parse()?;
+            chat::forward_msgs(context, msg_ids.as_mut_ptr(), 1, chat_id);
        }
        "markseen" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
-            let mut msg_ids = [MsgId::new(0); 1];
-            msg_ids[0] = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            message::markseen_msgs(context, &msg_ids);
+            let mut msg_ids = [0; 1];
+            msg_ids[0] = arg1.parse()?;
+            dc_markseen_msgs(context, msg_ids.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
        }
        "star" | "unstar" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
-            let mut msg_ids = [MsgId::new(0); 1];
-            msg_ids[0] = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            message::star_msgs(context, &msg_ids, arg0 == "star");
+            let mut msg_ids = [0; 1];
+            msg_ids[0] = arg1.parse()?;
+            dc_star_msgs(
+                context,
+                msg_ids.as_mut_ptr(),
+                1,
+                if arg0 == "star" { 1 } else { 0 },
+            );
        }
        "delmsg" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
-            let mut ids = [MsgId::new(0); 1];
-            ids[0] = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
-            message::delete_msgs(context, &ids);
+            let mut ids = [0; 1];
+            ids[0] = arg1.parse()?;
+            dc_delete_msgs(context, ids.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
        }
        "listcontacts" | "contacts" | "listverified" => {
            let contacts = Contact::get_all(
@@ -938,14 +999,7 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
            let contact = Contact::get_by_id(context, contact_id)?;
            let name_n_addr = contact.get_name_n_addr();

-            let mut res = format!(
-                "Contact info for: {}:\nIcon: {}\n",
-                name_n_addr,
-                match contact.get_profile_image(context) {
-                    Some(image) => image.to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
-                    None => "NoIcon".to_string(),
-                }
-            );
+            let mut res = format!("Contact info for: {}:\n\n", name_n_addr);

            res += &Contact::get_encrinfo(context, contact_id)?;

@@ -982,35 +1036,32 @@ pub fn dc_cmdline(context: &Context, line: &str) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                res.get_text2()
            );
        }
-        // TODO: implement this again, unclear how to match this through though, without writing a parser.
-        // "event" => {
-        //     ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <id> missing.");
-        //     let event = arg1.parse()?;
-        //     let event = Event::from_u32(event).ok_or(format_err!("Event::from_u32({})", event))?;
-        //     let r = context.call_cb(event, 0 as libc::uintptr_t, 0 as libc::uintptr_t);
-        //     println!(
-        //         "Sending event {:?}({}), received value {}.",
-        //         event, event as usize, r as libc::c_int,
-        //     );
-        // }
+        "event" => {
+            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <id> missing.");
+            let event = arg1.parse()?;
+            let event = Event::from_u32(event).ok_or(format_err!("Event::from_u32({})", event))?;
+            let r = context.call_cb(event, 0 as uintptr_t, 0 as uintptr_t);
+            println!(
+                "Sending event {:?}({}), received value {}.",
+                event, event as usize, r as libc::c_int,
+            );
+        }
        "fileinfo" => {
            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <file> missing.");

-            if let Ok(buf) = dc_read_file(context, &arg1) {
+            if let Some(buf) = dc_read_file_safe(context, &arg1) {
                let (width, height) = dc_get_filemeta(&buf)?;
                println!("width={}, height={}", width, height);
            } else {
                bail!("Command failed.");
            }
        }
-        "emptyserver" => {
-            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <flags> missing");
-
-            message::dc_empty_server(context, arg1.parse()?);
-        }
        "" => (),
        _ => bail!("Unknown command: \"{}\" type ? for help.", arg0),
    }

+    free(arg1_c as *mut _);
+    free(arg2_c as *mut _);
+
    Ok(())
 }
--- a/examples/repl/main.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/main.rs
@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@ extern crate rusqlite;

 use std::borrow::Cow::{self, Borrowed, Owned};
 use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};

 use deltachat::config;
 use deltachat::configure::*;
+use deltachat::constants::*;
 use deltachat::context::*;
+use deltachat::dc_tools::*;
 use deltachat::job::*;
 use deltachat::oauth2::*;
 use deltachat::securejoin::*;
-use deltachat::Event;
+use deltachat::types::*;
+use deltachat::x::*;
 use rustyline::completion::{Completer, FilenameCompleter, Pair};
 use rustyline::config::OutputStreamType;
 use rustyline::error::ReadlineError;
@@ -41,74 +44,96 @@ use self::cmdline::*;

 // Event Handler

-fn receive_event(_context: &Context, event: Event) -> libc::uintptr_t {
+unsafe extern "C" fn receive_event(
+    _context: &Context,
+    event: Event,
+    data1: uintptr_t,
+    data2: uintptr_t,
+) -> uintptr_t {
    match event {
-        Event::Info(msg) => {
+        Event::GET_STRING => {}
+        Event::INFO => {
            /* do not show the event as this would fill the screen */
-            println!("{}", msg);
+            println!("{}", to_string(data2 as *const _),);
        }
-        Event::SmtpConnected(msg) => {
-            println!("[DC_EVENT_SMTP_CONNECTED] {}", msg);
+        Event::SMTP_CONNECTED => {
+            println!("[DC_EVENT_SMTP_CONNECTED] {}", to_string(data2 as *const _));
        }
-        Event::ImapConnected(msg) => {
-            println!("[DC_EVENT_IMAP_CONNECTED] {}", msg);
+        Event::IMAP_CONNECTED => {
+            println!("[DC_EVENT_IMAP_CONNECTED] {}", to_string(data2 as *const _),);
        }
-        Event::SmtpMessageSent(msg) => {
-            println!("[DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT] {}", msg);
-        }
-        Event::Warning(msg) => {
-            println!("[Warning] {}", msg);
-        }
-        Event::Error(msg) => {
-            println!("\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR] {}\x1b[0m", msg);
-        }
-        Event::ErrorNetwork(msg) => {
-            println!("\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK] msg={}\x1b[0m", msg);
-        }
-        Event::ErrorSelfNotInGroup(msg) => {
-            println!("\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP] {}\x1b[0m", msg);
-        }
-        Event::MsgsChanged { chat_id, msg_id } => {
-            print!(
-                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED(chat_id={}, msg_id={})}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                chat_id, msg_id,
+        Event::SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT => {
+            println!(
+                "[DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT] {}",
+                to_string(data2 as *const _),
            );
        }
-        Event::ContactsChanged(_) => {
+        Event::WARNING => {
+            println!("[Warning] {}", to_string(data2 as *const _),);
+        }
+        Event::ERROR => {
+            println!(
+                "\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR] {}\x1b[0m",
+                to_string(data2 as *const _),
+            );
+        }
+        Event::ERROR_NETWORK => {
+            println!(
+                "\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK] first={}, msg={}\x1b[0m",
+                data1 as usize,
+                to_string(data2 as *const _),
+            );
+        }
+        Event::ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP => {
+            println!(
+                "\x1b[31m[DC_EVENT_ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP] {}\x1b[0m",
+                to_string(data2 as *const _),
+            );
+        }
+        Event::MSGS_CHANGED => {
+            print!(
+                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED({}, {})}}\n\x1b[0m",
+                data1 as usize, data2 as usize,
+            );
+        }
+        Event::CONTACTS_CHANGED => {
            print!("\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_CONTACTS_CHANGED()}}\n\x1b[0m");
        }
-        Event::LocationChanged(contact) => {
+        Event::LOCATION_CHANGED => {
            print!(
-                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED(contact={:?})}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                contact,
+                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED(contact={})}}\n\x1b[0m",
+                data1 as usize,
            );
        }
-        Event::ConfigureProgress(progress) => {
+        Event::CONFIGURE_PROGRESS => {
            print!(
                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_CONFIGURE_PROGRESS({} ‰)}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                progress,
+                data1 as usize,
            );
        }
-        Event::ImexProgress(progress) => {
+        Event::IMEX_PROGRESS => {
            print!(
                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_IMEX_PROGRESS({} ‰)}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                progress,
+                data1 as usize,
            );
        }
-        Event::ImexFileWritten(file) => {
+        Event::IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN => {
            print!(
                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN({})}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                file.display()
+                to_string(data1 as *const _)
            );
        }
-        Event::ChatModified(chat) => {
+        Event::CHAT_MODIFIED => {
            print!(
                "\x1b[33m{{Received DC_EVENT_CHAT_MODIFIED({})}}\n\x1b[0m",
-                chat
+                data1 as usize,
            );
        }
        _ => {
-            print!("\x1b[33m{{Received {:?}}}\n\x1b[0m", event);
+            print!(
+                "\x1b[33m{{Received {:?}({}, {})}}\n\x1b[0m",
+                event, data1 as usize, data2 as usize,
+            );
        }
    }

@@ -150,11 +175,11 @@ fn start_threads(c: Arc<RwLock<Context>>) {
    let ctx = c.clone();
    let handle_imap = std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
        while_running!({
-            perform_inbox_jobs(&ctx.read().unwrap());
-            perform_inbox_fetch(&ctx.read().unwrap());
+            perform_imap_jobs(&ctx.read().unwrap());
+            perform_imap_fetch(&ctx.read().unwrap());
            while_running!({
                let context = ctx.read().unwrap();
-                perform_inbox_idle(&context);
+                perform_imap_idle(&context);
            });
        });
    });
@@ -202,7 +227,7 @@ fn stop_threads(context: &Context) {
        println!("Stopping threads");
        IS_RUNNING.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);

-        interrupt_inbox_idle(context);
+        interrupt_imap_idle(context);
        interrupt_mvbox_idle(context);
        interrupt_sentbox_idle(context);
        interrupt_smtp_idle(context);
@@ -235,7 +260,7 @@ impl Completer for DcHelper {
    }
 }

-const IMEX_COMMANDS: [&str; 12] = [
+const IMEX_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 12] = [
    "initiate-key-transfer",
    "get-setupcodebegin",
    "continue-key-transfer",
@@ -250,7 +275,7 @@ const IMEX_COMMANDS: [&str; 12] = [
    "stop",
 ];

-const DB_COMMANDS: [&str; 11] = [
+const DB_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 11] = [
    "info",
    "open",
    "close",
@@ -264,7 +289,7 @@ const DB_COMMANDS: [&str; 11] = [
    "housekeeping",
 ];

-const CHAT_COMMANDS: [&str; 24] = [
+const CHAT_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 24] = [
    "listchats",
    "listarchived",
    "chat",
@@ -290,7 +315,7 @@ const CHAT_COMMANDS: [&str; 24] = [
    "unarchive",
    "delchat",
 ];
-const MESSAGE_COMMANDS: [&str; 8] = [
+const MESSAGE_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 8] = [
    "listmsgs",
    "msginfo",
    "listfresh",
@@ -300,7 +325,7 @@ const MESSAGE_COMMANDS: [&str; 8] = [
    "unstar",
    "delmsg",
 ];
-const CONTACT_COMMANDS: [&str; 6] = [
+const CONTACT_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 6] = [
    "listcontacts",
    "listverified",
    "addcontact",
@@ -308,7 +333,7 @@ const CONTACT_COMMANDS: [&str; 6] = [
    "delcontact",
    "cleanupcontacts",
 ];
-const MISC_COMMANDS: [&str; 9] = [
+const MISC_COMMANDS: [&'static str; 9] = [
    "getqr", "getbadqr", "checkqr", "event", "fileinfo", "clear", "exit", "quit", "help",
 ];

@@ -334,8 +359,8 @@ impl Hinter for DcHelper {
    }
 }

-static COLORED_PROMPT: &str = "\x1b[1;32m> \x1b[0m";
-static PROMPT: &str = "> ";
+static COLORED_PROMPT: &'static str = "\x1b[1;32m> \x1b[0m";
+static PROMPT: &'static str = "> ";

 impl Highlighter for DcHelper {
    fn highlight_prompt<'p>(&self, prompt: &'p str) -> Cow<'p, str> {
@@ -362,15 +387,15 @@ impl Highlighter for DcHelper {
 impl Helper for DcHelper {}

 fn main_0(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
-    if args.len() < 2 {
+    let mut context = dc_context_new(Some(receive_event), ptr::null_mut(), Some("CLI".into()));
+
+    if args.len() == 2 {
+        if unsafe { !dc_open(&mut context, &args[1], None) } {
+            println!("Error: Cannot open {}.", args[0],);
+        }
+    } else if args.len() != 1 {
        println!("Error: Bad arguments, expected [db-name].");
-        return Err(format_err!("No db-name specified"));
    }
-    let context = Context::new(
-        Box::new(receive_event),
-        "CLI".into(),
-        Path::new(&args[1]).to_path_buf(),
-    )?;

    println!("Delta Chat Core is awaiting your commands.");

@@ -403,7 +428,7 @@ fn main_0(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
                // TODO: ignore "set mail_pw"
                rl.add_history_entry(line.as_str());
                let ctx = ctx.clone();
-                match handle_cmd(line.trim(), ctx) {
+                match unsafe { handle_cmd(line.trim(), ctx) } {
                    Ok(ExitResult::Continue) => {}
                    Ok(ExitResult::Exit) => break,
                    Err(err) => println!("Error: {}", err),
@@ -434,10 +459,15 @@ enum ExitResult {
    Exit,
 }

-fn handle_cmd(line: &str, ctx: Arc<RwLock<Context>>) -> Result<ExitResult, failure::Error> {
+unsafe fn handle_cmd(line: &str, ctx: Arc<RwLock<Context>>) -> Result<ExitResult, failure::Error> {
    let mut args = line.splitn(2, ' ');
    let arg0 = args.next().unwrap_or_default();
    let arg1 = args.next().unwrap_or_default();
+    let arg1_c = if arg1.is_empty() {
+        std::ptr::null()
+    } else {
+        arg1.strdup()
+    };

    match arg0 {
        "connect" => {
@@ -455,9 +485,9 @@ fn handle_cmd(line: &str, ctx: Arc<RwLock<Context>>) -> Result<ExitResult, failu
        }
        "imap-jobs" => {
            if HANDLE.clone().lock().unwrap().is_some() {
-                println!("inbox-jobs are already running in a thread.");
+                println!("imap-jobs are already running in a thread.");
            } else {
-                perform_inbox_jobs(&ctx.read().unwrap());
+                perform_imap_jobs(&ctx.read().unwrap());
            }
        }
        "configure" => {
@@ -513,6 +543,8 @@ fn handle_cmd(line: &str, ctx: Arc<RwLock<Context>>) -> Result<ExitResult, failu
        _ => dc_cmdline(&ctx.read().unwrap(), line)?,
    }

+    free(arg1_c as *mut _);
+
    Ok(ExitResult::Continue)
 }

--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 extern crate deltachat;

+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::{thread, time};
 use tempfile::tempdir;
@@ -8,108 +9,127 @@ use deltachat::chat;
 use deltachat::chatlist::*;
 use deltachat::config;
 use deltachat::configure::*;
+use deltachat::constants::Event;
 use deltachat::contact::*;
 use deltachat::context::*;
 use deltachat::job::{
-    perform_inbox_fetch, perform_inbox_idle, perform_inbox_jobs, perform_smtp_idle,
-    perform_smtp_jobs,
+    perform_imap_fetch, perform_imap_idle, perform_imap_jobs, perform_smtp_idle, perform_smtp_jobs,
 };
-use deltachat::Event;

-fn cb(_ctx: &Context, event: Event) -> usize {
-    print!("[{:?}]", event);
+extern "C" fn cb(_ctx: &Context, event: Event, data1: usize, data2: usize) -> usize {
+    println!("[{:?}]", event);

    match event {
-        Event::ConfigureProgress(progress) => {
-            print!("  progress: {}\n", progress);
+        Event::CONFIGURE_PROGRESS => {
+            println!("  progress: {}", data1);
            0
        }
-        Event::Info(msg) | Event::Warning(msg) | Event::Error(msg) | Event::ErrorNetwork(msg) => {
-            print!("  {}\n", msg);
-            0
-        }
-        _ => {
-            print!("\n");
+        Event::INFO | Event::WARNING | Event::ERROR | Event::ERROR_NETWORK => {
+            println!(
+                "  {}",
+                unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(data2 as *const _) }
+                    .to_str()
+                    .unwrap()
+            );
            0
        }
+        _ => 0,
    }
 }

 fn main() {
-    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
-    let dbfile = dir.path().join("db.sqlite");
-    println!("creating database {:?}", dbfile);
-    let ctx =
-        Context::new(Box::new(cb), "FakeOs".into(), dbfile).expect("Failed to create context");
-    let running = Arc::new(RwLock::new(true));
-    let info = ctx.get_info();
-    let duration = time::Duration::from_millis(4000);
-    println!("info: {:#?}", info);
-
-    let ctx = Arc::new(ctx);
-    let ctx1 = ctx.clone();
-    let r1 = running.clone();
-    let t1 = thread::spawn(move || {
-        while *r1.read().unwrap() {
-            perform_inbox_jobs(&ctx1);
-            if *r1.read().unwrap() {
-                perform_inbox_fetch(&ctx1);
+    unsafe {
+        let ctx = dc_context_new(Some(cb), std::ptr::null_mut(), None);
+        let running = Arc::new(RwLock::new(true));
+        let info = dc_get_info(&ctx);
+        let info_s = CStr::from_ptr(info);
+        let duration = time::Duration::from_millis(4000);
+        println!("info: {}", info_s.to_str().unwrap());

+        let ctx = Arc::new(ctx);
+        let ctx1 = ctx.clone();
+        let r1 = running.clone();
+        let t1 = thread::spawn(move || {
+            while *r1.read().unwrap() {
+                perform_imap_jobs(&ctx1);
                if *r1.read().unwrap() {
-                    perform_inbox_idle(&ctx1);
+                    perform_imap_fetch(&ctx1);
+
+                    if *r1.read().unwrap() {
+                        perform_imap_idle(&ctx1);
+                    }
                }
            }
-        }
-    });
+        });

-    let ctx1 = ctx.clone();
-    let r1 = running.clone();
-    let t2 = thread::spawn(move || {
-        while *r1.read().unwrap() {
-            perform_smtp_jobs(&ctx1);
-            if *r1.read().unwrap() {
-                perform_smtp_idle(&ctx1);
+        let ctx1 = ctx.clone();
+        let r1 = running.clone();
+        let t2 = thread::spawn(move || {
+            while *r1.read().unwrap() {
+                perform_smtp_jobs(&ctx1);
+                if *r1.read().unwrap() {
+                    perform_smtp_idle(&ctx1);
+                }
            }
+        });
+
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let dbfile = dir.path().join("db.sqlite");
+
+        println!("opening database {:?}", dbfile);
+
+        assert!(dc_open(&ctx, dbfile.to_str().unwrap(), None));
+
+        println!("configuring");
+        let args = std::env::args().collect::<Vec<String>>();
+        assert_eq!(args.len(), 2, "missing password");
+        let pw = args[1].clone();
+        ctx.set_config(config::Config::Addr, Some("d@testrun.org"))
+            .unwrap();
+        ctx.set_config(config::Config::MailPw, Some(&pw)).unwrap();
+        configure(&ctx);
+
+        thread::sleep(duration);
+
+        println!("sending a message");
+        let contact_id =
+            Contact::create(&ctx, "dignifiedquire", "dignifiedquire@gmail.com").unwrap();
+        let chat_id = chat::create_by_contact_id(&ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
+        chat::send_text_msg(&ctx, chat_id, "Hi, here is my first message!".into()).unwrap();
+
+        println!("fetching chats..");
+        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&ctx, 0, None, None).unwrap();
+
+        for i in 0..chats.len() {
+            let summary = chats.get_summary(0, None);
+            let text1 = summary.get_text1();
+            let text2 = summary.get_text2();
+            println!("chat: {} - {:?} - {:?}", i, text1, text2,);
        }
-    });

-    println!("configuring");
-    let args = std::env::args().collect::<Vec<String>>();
-    assert_eq!(args.len(), 2, "missing password");
-    let pw = args[1].clone();
-    ctx.set_config(config::Config::Addr, Some("d@testrun.org"))
-        .unwrap();
-    ctx.set_config(config::Config::MailPw, Some(&pw)).unwrap();
-    configure(&ctx);
+        thread::sleep(duration);

-    thread::sleep(duration);
+        // let msglist = dc_get_chat_msgs(&ctx, chat_id, 0, 0);
+        // for i in 0..dc_array_get_cnt(msglist) {
+        //     let msg_id = dc_array_get_id(msglist, i);
+        //     let msg = dc_get_msg(context, msg_id);
+        //     let text = CStr::from_ptr(dc_msg_get_text(msg)).unwrap();
+        //     println!("Message {}: {}\n", i + 1, text.to_str().unwrap());
+        //     dc_msg_unref(msg);
+        // }
+        // dc_array_unref(msglist);

-    println!("sending a message");
-    let contact_id = Contact::create(&ctx, "dignifiedquire", "dignifiedquire@gmail.com").unwrap();
-    let chat_id = chat::create_by_contact_id(&ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-    chat::send_text_msg(&ctx, chat_id, "Hi, here is my first message!".into()).unwrap();
+        println!("stopping threads");

-    println!("fetching chats..");
-    let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&ctx, 0, None, None).unwrap();
+        *running.clone().write().unwrap() = false;
+        deltachat::job::interrupt_imap_idle(&ctx);
+        deltachat::job::interrupt_smtp_idle(&ctx);

-    for i in 0..chats.len() {
-        let summary = chats.get_summary(&ctx, 0, None);
-        let text1 = summary.get_text1();
-        let text2 = summary.get_text2();
-        println!("chat: {} - {:?} - {:?}", i, text1, text2,);
+        println!("joining");
+        t1.join().unwrap();
+        t2.join().unwrap();
+
+        println!("closing");
+        dc_close(&ctx);
    }
-
-    thread::sleep(duration);
-
-    println!("stopping threads");
-
-    *running.write().unwrap() = false;
-    deltachat::job::interrupt_inbox_idle(&ctx);
-    deltachat::job::interrupt_smtp_idle(&ctx);
-
-    println!("joining");
-    t1.join().unwrap();
-    t2.join().unwrap();
-
-    println!("closing");
 }
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "misc.h"
+
+
+static char* internal_dc_strdup(const char* s) /* strdup(NULL) is undefined, save_strdup(NULL) returns an empty string in this case */
+{
+	char* ret = NULL;
+	if (s) {
+		if ((ret=strdup(s))==NULL) {
+			exit(16); /* cannot allocate (little) memory, unrecoverable error */
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		if ((ret=(char*)calloc(1, 1))==NULL) {
+			exit(17); /* cannot allocate little memory, unrecoverable error */
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+char* dc_mprintf(const char* format, ...)
+{
+	char  testbuf[1];
+	char* buf = NULL;
+	int   char_cnt_without_zero = 0;
+
+	va_list argp;
+	va_list argp_copy;
+	va_start(argp, format);
+	va_copy(argp_copy, argp);
+
+	char_cnt_without_zero = vsnprintf(testbuf, 0, format, argp);
+	va_end(argp);
+	if (char_cnt_without_zero < 0) {
+		va_end(argp_copy);
+		return internal_dc_strdup("ErrFmt");
+	}
+
+	buf = malloc(char_cnt_without_zero+2 /* +1 would be enough, however, protect against off-by-one-errors */);
+	if (buf==NULL) {
+		va_end(argp_copy);
+		return internal_dc_strdup("ErrMem");
+	}
+
+	vsnprintf(buf, char_cnt_without_zero+1, format, argp_copy);
+	va_end(argp_copy);
+	return buf;
+}
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+char* dc_mprintf                 (const char* format, ...); /* The result must be free()'d. */
--- a/proptest-regressions/dc_mimeparser.txt
+++ b/proptest-regressions/dc_mimeparser.txt
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Seeds for failure cases proptest has generated in the past. It is
-# automatically read and these particular cases re-run before any
-# novel cases are generated.
-#
-# It is recommended to check this file in to source control so that
-# everyone who runs the test benefits from these saved cases.
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--- a/proptest-regressions/dc_strencode.txt
+++ b/proptest-regressions/dc_strencode.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
 # It is recommended to check this file in to source control so that
 # everyone who runs the test benefits from these saved cases.
 cc 679506fe9ac59df773f8cfa800fdab5f0a32fe49d2ab370394000a1aa5bc2a72 # shrinks to buf = "%0A"
-cc e34960438edb2426904b44fb4215154e7e2880f2fd1c3183b98bfcc76fec4882 # shrinks to input = " 0"
--- a/python/README.rst
+++ b/python/README.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Afterwards ``which python`` tells you that it comes out of the "venv"
 directory that contains all python install artifacts. Let's first
 install test tools::

-    pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-rerunfailures requests
+    pip install pytest pytest-timeout requests

 then cargo-build and install the deltachat bindings::

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ If you want to run "liveconfig" functional tests you can set
  chat devs.

 - or the path of a file that contains two lines, each describing
-  via "addr=... mail_pw=..." a test account login that will
+  via "addr=... mail_pwd=..." a test account login that will
  be used for the live tests.

 With ``DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG`` set pytest invocations will use real
--- a/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html
+++ b/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  <li><a href="{{ pathto('install') }}">install</a></li>
  <li><a href="{{ pathto('api') }}">high level API</a></li>
  <li><a href="{{ pathto('lapi') }}">low level API</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('capi') }}">C deltachat.h</a></li>
 </ul>
 <b>external links:</b>
 <ul>
--- a/python/doc/api.rst
+++ b/python/doc/api.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ high level API reference

 - :class:`deltachat.account.Account` (your main entry point, creates the
  other classes)
- :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact`
- :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat`
+- :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact`
+- :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat`
 - :class:`deltachat.message.Message`

 Account
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ Account
 Contact
 -------

-.. autoclass:: deltachat.contact.Contact
+.. autoclass:: deltachat.chatting.Contact
    :members:

 Chat
 ----

-.. autoclass:: deltachat.chat.Chat
+.. autoclass:: deltachat.chatting.Chat
    :members:

 Message
--- a/python/doc/lapi.rst
+++ b/python/doc/lapi.rst
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 low level API reference
 ===================================

-for full doxygen-generated C-docs, defines and functions please checkout
-
-https://c.delta.chat
-
-
-Python low-level capi calls
---------------------------
+for full C-docs, defines and function checkout :doc:`capi`


 .. automodule:: deltachat.capi.lib
--- a/python/install_python_bindings.py
+++ b/python/install_python_bindings.py
@@ -6,26 +6,20 @@

 import os
 import subprocess
-import sys
+import os

 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    target = os.environ.get("DCC_RS_TARGET")
-    if target is None:
-        os.environ["DCC_RS_TARGET"] = target = "release"
+    os.environ["DCC_RS_TARGET"] = target = "release"
    if "DCC_RS_DEV" not in os.environ:
        dn = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
        os.environ["DCC_RS_DEV"] = dn

-    # build the core library  in release + debug mode because
-    # as of Nov 2019 rPGP generates RSA keys which take
-    # prohibitively long for non-release installs
    os.environ["RUSTFLAGS"] = "-g"
    subprocess.check_call([
        "cargo", "build", "-p", "deltachat_ffi", "--" + target
    ])
    subprocess.check_call("rm -rf build/ src/deltachat/*.so" , shell=True)

-    if len(sys.argv) <= 1 or sys.argv[1] != "onlybuild":
-        subprocess.check_call([
-            sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "-e", "."
-        ])
+    subprocess.check_call([
+        "pip", "install", "-e", "."
+    ])
--- a/python/src/deltachat/_build.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/_build.py
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ def ffibuilder():
            extra_link_args = []
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError("Compilation not supported yet on Windows, can you help?")
-        target_dir = os.environ.get("CARGO_TARGET_DIR")
-        if target_dir is None:
-            target_dir = os.path.join(projdir, 'target')
-        objs = [os.path.join(target_dir, target, 'libdeltachat.a')]
+        objs = [os.path.join(projdir, 'target', target, 'libdeltachat.a')]
        assert os.path.exists(objs[0]), objs
        incs = [os.path.join(projdir, 'deltachat-ffi')]
    else:
--- a/python/src/deltachat/account.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/account.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """ Account class implementation. """

 from __future__ import print_function
-import atexit
 import threading
 import os
 import re
@@ -16,17 +15,15 @@ import deltachat
 from . import const
 from .capi import ffi, lib
 from .cutil import as_dc_charpointer, from_dc_charpointer, iter_array, DCLot
-from .chat import Chat
-from .message import Message
-from .contact import Contact
+from .chatting import Contact, Chat, Message


 class Account(object):
    """ Each account is tied to a sqlite database file which is fully managed
-    by the underlying deltachat core library.  All public Account methods are
+    by the underlying deltachat c-library.  All public Account methods are
    meant to be memory-safe and return memory-safe objects.
    """
-    def __init__(self, db_path, logid=None, eventlogging=True, os_name=None, debug=True):
+    def __init__(self, db_path, logid=None, eventlogging=True):
        """ initialize account object.

        :param db_path: a path to the account database. The database
@@ -34,15 +31,13 @@ class Account(object):
        :param logid: an optional logging prefix that should be used with
                      the default internal logging.
        :param eventlogging: if False no eventlogging and no context callback will be configured
-        :param os_name: this will be put to the X-Mailer header in outgoing messages
-        :param debug: turn on debug logging for events.
        """
        self._dc_context = ffi.gc(
-            lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, as_dc_charpointer(os_name)),
+            lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
            _destroy_dc_context,
        )
        if eventlogging:
-            self._evlogger = EventLogger(self._dc_context, logid, debug)
+            self._evlogger = EventLogger(self._dc_context, logid)
            deltachat.set_context_callback(self._dc_context, self._process_event)
            self._threads = IOThreads(self._dc_context, self._evlogger._log_event)
        else:
@@ -53,9 +48,9 @@ class Account(object):
        if not lib.dc_open(self._dc_context, db_path, ffi.NULL):
            raise ValueError("Could not dc_open: {}".format(db_path))
        self._configkeys = self.get_config("sys.config_keys").split()
-        self._imex_events = Queue()
-        atexit.register(self.shutdown)
+        self._imex_completed = threading.Event()

+    # XXX this can cause "illegal instructions" at test ends so we omit it for now
    # def __del__(self):
    #    self.shutdown()

@@ -75,18 +70,6 @@ class Account(object):
            d[key.lower()] = value
        return d

-    def set_stock_translation(self, id, string):
-        """ set stock translation string.
-
-        :param id: id of stock string (const.DC_STR_*)
-        :param value: string to set as new transalation
-        :returns: None
-        """
-        string = string.encode("utf8")
-        res = lib.dc_set_stock_translation(self._dc_context, id, string)
-        if res == 0:
-            raise ValueError("could not set translation string")
-
    def set_config(self, name, value):
        """ set configuration values.

@@ -96,12 +79,9 @@ class Account(object):
        """
        self._check_config_key(name)
        name = name.encode("utf8")
+        value = value.encode("utf8")
        if name == b"addr" and self.is_configured():
            raise ValueError("can not change 'addr' after account is configured.")
-        if value is not None:
-            value = value.encode("utf8")
-        else:
-            value = ffi.NULL
        lib.dc_set_config(self._dc_context, name, value)

    def get_config(self, name):
@@ -137,47 +117,16 @@ class Account(object):
        """
        return lib.dc_is_configured(self._dc_context)

-    def set_avatar(self, img_path):
-        """Set self avatar.
-
-        :raises ValueError: if profile image could not be set
-        :returns: None
-        """
-        if img_path is None:
-            self.set_config("selfavatar", None)
-        else:
-            assert os.path.exists(img_path), img_path
-            self.set_config("selfavatar", img_path)
-
    def check_is_configured(self):
        """ Raise ValueError if this account is not configured. """
        if not self.is_configured():
            raise ValueError("need to configure first")

-    def empty_server_folders(self, inbox=False, mvbox=False):
-        """ empty server folders. """
-        flags = 0
-        if inbox:
-            flags |= const.DC_EMPTY_INBOX
-        if mvbox:
-            flags |= const.DC_EMPTY_MVBOX
-        if not flags:
-            raise ValueError("no flags set")
-        lib.dc_empty_server(self._dc_context, flags)
-
    def get_infostring(self):
        """ return info of the configured account. """
        self.check_is_configured()
        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_get_info(self._dc_context))

-    def get_latest_backupfile(self, backupdir):
-        """ return the latest backup file in a given directory.
-        """
-        res = lib.dc_imex_has_backup(self._dc_context, as_dc_charpointer(backupdir))
-        if res == ffi.NULL:
-            return None
-        return from_dc_charpointer(res)
-
    def get_blobdir(self):
        """ return the directory for files.

@@ -187,9 +136,9 @@ class Account(object):
        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_get_blobdir(self._dc_context))

    def get_self_contact(self):
-        """ return this account's identity as a :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact`.
+        """ return this account's identity as a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact`.

-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact`
+        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact`
        """
        self.check_is_configured()
        return Contact(self._dc_context, const.DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF)
@@ -201,7 +150,7 @@ class Account(object):

        :param email: email-address (text type)
        :param name: display name for this contact (optional)
-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact` instance.
+        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact` instance.
        """
        name = as_dc_charpointer(name)
        email = as_dc_charpointer(email)
@@ -227,7 +176,7 @@ class Account(object):
                      whose name or e-mail matches query.
        :param only_verified: if true only return verified contacts.
        :param with_self: if true the self-contact is also returned.
-        :returns: list of :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact` objects.
+        :returns: list of :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact` objects.
        """
        flags = 0
        query = as_dc_charpointer(query)
@@ -245,7 +194,7 @@ class Account(object):
        """ create or get an existing 1:1 chat object for the specified contact or contact id.

        :param contact: chat_id (int) or contact object.
-        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` object.
+        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` object.
        """
        if hasattr(contact, "id"):
            if contact._dc_context != self._dc_context:
@@ -262,7 +211,7 @@ class Account(object):
        the specified message.

        :param message: messsage id or message instance.
-        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` object.
+        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` object.
        """
        if hasattr(message, "id"):
            if self._dc_context != message._dc_context:
@@ -280,16 +229,16 @@ class Account(object):
        Chats are unpromoted until the first message is sent.

        :param verified: if true only verified contacts can be added.
-        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` object.
+        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` object.
        """
        bytes_name = name.encode("utf8")
-        chat_id = lib.dc_create_group_chat(self._dc_context, int(verified), bytes_name)
+        chat_id = lib.dc_create_group_chat(self._dc_context, verified, bytes_name)
        return Chat(self, chat_id)

    def get_chats(self):
        """ return list of chats.

-        :returns: a list of :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` objects.
+        :returns: a list of :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` objects.
        """
        dc_chatlist = ffi.gc(
            lib.dc_get_chatlist(self._dc_context, 0, ffi.NULL, 0),
@@ -307,24 +256,9 @@ class Account(object):
        return Chat(self, const.DC_CHAT_ID_DEADDROP)

    def get_message_by_id(self, msg_id):
-        """ return Message instance.
-        :param msg_id: integer id of this message.
-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.message.Message` instance.
-        """
+        """ return Message instance. """
        return Message.from_db(self, msg_id)

-    def get_chat_by_id(self, chat_id):
-        """ return Chat instance.
-        :param chat_id: integer id of this chat.
-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` instance.
-        :raises: ValueError if chat does not exist.
-        """
-        res = lib.dc_get_chat(self._dc_context, chat_id)
-        if res == ffi.NULL:
-            raise ValueError("cannot get chat with id={}".format(chat_id))
-        lib.dc_chat_unref(res)
-        return Chat(self, chat_id)
-
    def mark_seen_messages(self, messages):
        """ mark the given set of messages as seen.

@@ -341,7 +275,7 @@ class Account(object):
        """ Forward list of messages to a chat.

        :param messages: list of :class:`deltachat.message.Message` object.
-        :param chat: :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` object.
+        :param chat: :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` object.
        :returns: None
        """
        msg_ids = [msg.id for msg in messages]
@@ -356,64 +290,31 @@ class Account(object):
        msg_ids = [msg.id for msg in messages]
        lib.dc_delete_msgs(self._dc_context, msg_ids, len(msg_ids))

-    def export_self_keys(self, path):
-        """ export public and private keys to the specified directory. """
-        return self._export(path, imex_cmd=1)
-
-    def export_all(self, path):
-        """return new file containing a backup of all database state
-        (chats, contacts, keys, media, ...). The file is created in the
-        the `path` directory.
+    def export_to_dir(self, backupdir):
+        """return after all delta chat state is exported to a new file in
+        the specified directory.
        """
-        export_files = self._export(path, 11)
-        if len(export_files) != 1:
-            raise RuntimeError("found more than one new file")
-        return export_files[0]
-
-    def _imex_events_clear(self):
-        try:
-            while True:
-                self._imex_events.get_nowait()
-        except Empty:
-            pass
-
-    def _export(self, path, imex_cmd):
-        self._imex_events_clear()
-        lib.dc_imex(self._dc_context, imex_cmd, as_dc_charpointer(path), ffi.NULL)
+        snap_files = os.listdir(backupdir)
+        self._imex_completed.clear()
+        lib.dc_imex(self._dc_context, 11, as_dc_charpointer(backupdir), ffi.NULL)
        if not self._threads.is_started():
            lib.dc_perform_imap_jobs(self._dc_context)
-        files_written = []
-        while True:
-            ev = self._imex_events.get()
-            if isinstance(ev, str):
-                files_written.append(ev)
-            elif isinstance(ev, bool):
-                if not ev:
-                    raise ValueError("export failed, exp-files: {}".format(files_written))
-                return files_written
+        self._imex_completed.wait()
+        for x in os.listdir(backupdir):
+            if x not in snap_files:
+                return os.path.join(backupdir, x)

-    def import_self_keys(self, path):
-        """ Import private keys found in the `path` directory.
-        The last imported key is made the default keys unless its name
-        contains the string legacy. Public keys are not imported.
-        """
-        self._import(path, imex_cmd=2)
-
-    def import_all(self, path):
-        """import delta chat state from the specified backup `path` (a file).
+    def import_from_file(self, path):
+        """import delta chat state from the specified backup file.

        The account must be in unconfigured state for import to attempted.
        """
        assert not self.is_configured(), "cannot import into configured account"
-        self._import(path, imex_cmd=12)
-
-    def _import(self, path, imex_cmd):
-        self._imex_events_clear()
-        lib.dc_imex(self._dc_context, imex_cmd, as_dc_charpointer(path), ffi.NULL)
+        self._imex_completed.clear()
+        lib.dc_imex(self._dc_context, 12, as_dc_charpointer(path), ffi.NULL)
        if not self._threads.is_started():
            lib.dc_perform_imap_jobs(self._dc_context)
-        if not self._imex_events.get():
-            raise ValueError("import from path '{}' failed".format(path))
+        self._imex_completed.wait()

    def initiate_key_transfer(self):
        """return setup code after a Autocrypt setup message
@@ -453,7 +354,7 @@ class Account(object):
        """ setup contact and return a Chat after contact is established.

        Note that this function may block for a long time as messages are exchanged
-        with the emitter of the QR code.  On success a :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` instance
+        with the emitter of the QR code.  On success a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` instance
        is returned.
        :param qr: valid "setup contact" QR code (all other QR codes will result in an exception)
        """
@@ -467,7 +368,7 @@ class Account(object):
        """ join a chat group through a QR code.

        Note that this function may block for a long time as messages are exchanged
-        with the emitter of the QR code.  On success a :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` instance
+        with the emitter of the QR code.  On success a :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` instance
        is returned which is the chat that we just joined.

        :param qr: valid "join-group" QR code (all other QR codes will result in an exception)
@@ -478,19 +379,7 @@ class Account(object):
            raise ValueError("could not join group")
        return Chat(self, chat_id)

-    def stop_ongoing(self):
-        lib.dc_stop_ongoing_process(self._dc_context)
-
-    #
-    # meta API for start/stop and event based processing
-    #
-
-    def wait_next_incoming_message(self):
-        """ wait for and return next incoming message. """
-        ev = self._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")
-        return self.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-
-    def start_threads(self, mvbox=False, sentbox=False):
+    def start_threads(self):
        """ start IMAP/SMTP threads (and configure account if it hasn't happened).

        :raises: ValueError if 'addr' or 'mail_pw' are not configured.
@@ -498,24 +387,21 @@ class Account(object):
        """
        if not self.is_configured():
            self.configure()
-        self._threads.start(mvbox=mvbox, sentbox=sentbox)
+        self._threads.start()

    def stop_threads(self, wait=True):
        """ stop IMAP/SMTP threads. """
-        if self._threads.is_started():
-            self.stop_ongoing()
-            self._threads.stop(wait=wait)
+        lib.dc_stop_ongoing_process(self._dc_context)
+        self._threads.stop(wait=wait)

    def shutdown(self, wait=True):
        """ stop threads and close and remove underlying dc_context and callbacks. """
        if hasattr(self, "_dc_context") and hasattr(self, "_threads"):
-            # print("SHUTDOWN", self)
-            self.stop_threads(wait=False)
+            self.stop_threads(wait=False)  # to interrupt idle and tell python threads to stop
            lib.dc_close(self._dc_context)
            self.stop_threads(wait=wait)  # to wait for threads
            deltachat.clear_context_callback(self._dc_context)
            del self._dc_context
-            atexit.unregister(self.shutdown)

    def _process_event(self, ctx, evt_name, data1, data2):
        assert ctx == self._dc_context
@@ -528,26 +414,7 @@ class Account(object):

    def on_dc_event_imex_progress(self, data1, data2):
        if data1 == 1000:
-            self._imex_events.put(True)
-        elif data1 == 0:
-            self._imex_events.put(False)
-
-    def on_dc_event_imex_file_written(self, data1, data2):
-        self._imex_events.put(data1)
-
-    def set_location(self, latitude=0.0, longitude=0.0, accuracy=0.0):
-        """set a new location. It effects all chats where we currently
-        have enabled location streaming.
-
-        :param latitude: float (use 0.0 if not known)
-        :param longitude: float (use 0.0 if not known)
-        :param accuracy: float (use 0.0 if not known)
-        :raises: ValueError if no chat is currently streaming locations
-        :returns: None
-        """
-        dc_res = lib.dc_set_location(self._dc_context, latitude, longitude, accuracy)
-        if dc_res == 0:
-            raise ValueError("no chat is streaming locations")
+            self._imex_completed.set()


 class IOThreads:
@@ -560,14 +427,10 @@ class IOThreads:
    def is_started(self):
        return len(self._name2thread) > 0

-    def start(self, imap=True, smtp=True, mvbox=False, sentbox=False):
+    def start(self, imap=True, smtp=True):
        assert not self.is_started()
        if imap:
-            self._start_one_thread("inbox", self.imap_thread_run)
-        if mvbox:
-            self._start_one_thread("mvbox", self.mvbox_thread_run)
-        if sentbox:
-            self._start_one_thread("sentbox", self.sentbox_thread_run)
+            self._start_one_thread("imap", self.imap_thread_run)
        if smtp:
            self._start_one_thread("smtp", self.smtp_thread_run)

@@ -580,37 +443,17 @@ class IOThreads:
        self._thread_quitflag = True
        lib.dc_interrupt_imap_idle(self._dc_context)
        lib.dc_interrupt_smtp_idle(self._dc_context)
-        lib.dc_interrupt_mvbox_idle(self._dc_context)
-        lib.dc_interrupt_sentbox_idle(self._dc_context)
        if wait:
            for name, thread in self._name2thread.items():
                thread.join()

    def imap_thread_run(self):
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "INBOX THREAD START")
+        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "IMAP THREAD START")
        while not self._thread_quitflag:
            lib.dc_perform_imap_jobs(self._dc_context)
-            if not self._thread_quitflag:
-                lib.dc_perform_imap_fetch(self._dc_context)
-            if not self._thread_quitflag:
-                lib.dc_perform_imap_idle(self._dc_context)
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "INBOX THREAD FINISHED")
-
-    def mvbox_thread_run(self):
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "MVBOX THREAD START")
-        while not self._thread_quitflag:
-            lib.dc_perform_mvbox_jobs(self._dc_context)
-            lib.dc_perform_mvbox_fetch(self._dc_context)
-            lib.dc_perform_mvbox_idle(self._dc_context)
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "MVBOX THREAD FINISHED")
-
-    def sentbox_thread_run(self):
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "SENTBOX THREAD START")
-        while not self._thread_quitflag:
-            lib.dc_perform_sentbox_jobs(self._dc_context)
-            lib.dc_perform_sentbox_fetch(self._dc_context)
-            lib.dc_perform_sentbox_idle(self._dc_context)
-        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "SENTBOX THREAD FINISHED")
+            lib.dc_perform_imap_fetch(self._dc_context)
+            lib.dc_perform_imap_idle(self._dc_context)
+        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "IMAP THREAD FINISHED")

    def smtp_thread_run(self):
        self._log_event("py-bindings-info", 0, "SMTP THREAD START")
@@ -662,11 +505,11 @@ class EventLogger:
            else:
                assert not rex.match(ev[0]), "event found {}".format(ev)

-    def get_matching(self, event_name_regex, check_error=True, timeout=None):
+    def get_matching(self, event_name_regex, check_error=True):
        self._log("-- waiting for event with regex: {} --".format(event_name_regex))
        rex = re.compile("(?:{}).*".format(event_name_regex))
        while 1:
-            ev = self.get(timeout=timeout, check_error=check_error)
+            ev = self.get()
            if rex.match(ev[0]):
                return ev

--- a/python/src/deltachat/chatting.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/chatting.py
@@ -1,16 +1,58 @@
-""" Chat and Location related API. """
+""" chatting related objects: Contact, Chat, Message. """

 import mimetypes
-import calendar
-import json
-from datetime import datetime
 import os
+from . import props
 from .cutil import as_dc_charpointer, from_dc_charpointer, iter_array
 from .capi import lib, ffi
 from . import const
 from .message import Message


+class Contact(object):
+    """ Delta-Chat Contact.
+
+    You obtain instances of it through :class:`deltachat.account.Account`.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, dc_context, id):
+        self._dc_context = dc_context
+        self.id = id
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self._dc_context == other._dc_context and self.id == other.id
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not (self == other)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Contact id={} addr={} dc_context={}>".format(self.id, self.addr, self._dc_context)
+
+    @property
+    def _dc_contact(self):
+        return ffi.gc(
+            lib.dc_get_contact(self._dc_context, self.id),
+            lib.dc_contact_unref
+        )
+
+    @props.with_doc
+    def addr(self):
+        """ normalized e-mail address for this account. """
+        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_contact_get_addr(self._dc_contact))
+
+    @props.with_doc
+    def display_name(self):
+        """ display name for this contact. """
+        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_contact_get_display_name(self._dc_contact))
+
+    def is_blocked(self):
+        """ Return True if the contact is blocked. """
+        return lib.dc_contact_is_blocked(self._dc_contact)
+
+    def is_verified(self):
+        """ Return True if the contact is verified. """
+        return lib.dc_contact_is_verified(self._dc_contact)
+
+
 class Chat(object):
    """ Chat object which manages members and through which you can send and retrieve messages.

@@ -67,13 +109,6 @@ class Chat(object):
        """
        return not lib.dc_chat_is_unpromoted(self._dc_chat)

-    def is_verified(self):
-        """ return True if this chat is a verified group.
-
-        :returns: True if chat is verified, False otherwise.
-        """
-        return lib.dc_chat_is_verified(self._dc_chat)
-
    def get_name(self):
        """ return name of this chat.

@@ -109,30 +144,6 @@ class Chat(object):

    # ------  chat messaging API ------------------------------

-    def send_msg(self, msg):
-        """send a message by using a ready Message object.
-
-        :param msg: a :class:`deltachat.message.Message` instance
-           previously returned by
-           e.g. :meth:`deltachat.message.Message.new_empty` or
-           :meth:`prepare_file`.
-        :raises ValueError: if message can not be sent.
-
-        :returns: a :class:`deltachat.message.Message` instance as
-           sent out.  This is the same object as was passed in, which
-           has been modified with the new state of the core.
-        """
-        if msg.is_out_preparing():
-            assert msg.id != 0
-            # get a fresh copy of dc_msg, the core needs it
-            msg = Message.from_db(self.account, msg.id)
-        sent_id = lib.dc_send_msg(self._dc_context, self.id, msg._dc_msg)
-        if sent_id == 0:
-            raise ValueError("message could not be sent")
-        # modify message in place to avoid bad state for the caller
-        msg._dc_msg = Message.from_db(self.account, sent_id)._dc_msg
-        return msg
-
    def send_text(self, text):
        """ send a text message and return the resulting Message instance.

@@ -154,12 +165,9 @@ class Chat(object):
        :raises ValueError: if message can not be send/chat does not exist.
        :returns: the resulting :class:`deltachat.message.Message` instance
        """
-        msg = Message.new_empty(self.account, view_type="file")
-        msg.set_file(path, mime_type)
-        sent_id = lib.dc_send_msg(self._dc_context, self.id, msg._dc_msg)
-        if sent_id == 0:
-            raise ValueError("message could not be sent")
-        return Message.from_db(self.account, sent_id)
+        msg = self.prepare_message_file(path=path, mime_type=mime_type)
+        self.send_prepared(msg)
+        return msg

    def send_image(self, path):
        """ send an image message and return the resulting Message instance.
@@ -169,12 +177,9 @@ class Chat(object):
        :returns: the resulting :class:`deltachat.message.Message` instance
        """
        mime_type = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0]
-        msg = Message.new_empty(self.account, view_type="image")
-        msg.set_file(path, mime_type)
-        sent_id = lib.dc_send_msg(self._dc_context, self.id, msg._dc_msg)
-        if sent_id == 0:
-            raise ValueError("message could not be sent")
-        return Message.from_db(self.account, sent_id)
+        msg = self.prepare_message_file(path=path, mime_type=mime_type, view_type="image")
+        self.send_prepared(msg)
+        return msg

    def prepare_message(self, msg):
        """ create a new prepared message.
@@ -273,12 +278,6 @@ class Chat(object):
        """
        return lib.dc_marknoticed_chat(self._dc_context, self.id)

-    def get_summary(self):
-        """ return dictionary with summary information. """
-        dc_res = lib.dc_chat_get_info_json(self._dc_context, self.id)
-        s = from_dc_charpointer(dc_res)
-        return json.loads(s)
-
    # ------  group management API ------------------------------

    def add_contact(self, contact):
@@ -306,10 +305,10 @@ class Chat(object):
    def get_contacts(self):
        """ get all contacts for this chat.
        :params: contact object.
-        :returns: list of :class:`deltachat.contact.Contact` objects for this chat
+        :raises ValueError: if contact could not be added
+        :returns: list of :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact` objects for this chat

        """
-        from .contact import Contact
        dc_array = ffi.gc(
            lib.dc_get_chat_contacts(self._dc_context, self.id),
            lib.dc_array_unref
@@ -360,80 +359,3 @@ class Chat(object):
        if dc_res == ffi.NULL:
            return None
        return from_dc_charpointer(dc_res)
-
-    def get_color(self):
-        """return the color of the chat.
-        :returns: color as 0x00rrggbb
-        """
-        return lib.dc_chat_get_color(self._dc_chat)
-
-    def get_subtitle(self):
-        """return the subtitle of the chat
-        :returns: the subtitle
-        """
-        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_chat_get_subtitle(self._dc_chat))
-
-    # ------  location streaming API ------------------------------
-
-    def is_sending_locations(self):
-        """return True if this chat has location-sending enabled currently.
-        :returns: True if location sending is enabled.
-        """
-        return lib.dc_is_sending_locations_to_chat(self._dc_context, self.id)
-
-    def is_archived(self):
-        """return True if this chat is archived.
-        :returns: True if archived.
-        """
-        return lib.dc_chat_get_archived(self._dc_chat)
-
-    def enable_sending_locations(self, seconds):
-        """enable sending locations for this chat.
-
-        all subsequent messages will carry a location with them.
-        """
-        lib.dc_send_locations_to_chat(self._dc_context, self.id, seconds)
-
-    def get_locations(self, contact=None, timestamp_from=None, timestamp_to=None):
-        """return list of locations for the given contact in the given timespan.
-
-        :param contact: the contact for which locations shall be returned.
-        :param timespan_from: a datetime object or None (indicating "since beginning")
-        :param timespan_to: a datetime object or None (indicating up till now)
-        :returns: list of :class:`deltachat.chat.Location` objects.
-        """
-        if timestamp_from is None:
-            time_from = 0
-        else:
-            time_from = calendar.timegm(timestamp_from.utctimetuple())
-        if timestamp_to is None:
-            time_to = 0
-        else:
-            time_to = calendar.timegm(timestamp_to.utctimetuple())
-
-        if contact is None:
-            contact_id = 0
-        else:
-            contact_id = contact.id
-
-        dc_array = lib.dc_get_locations(self._dc_context, self.id, contact_id, time_from, time_to)
-        return [
-            Location(
-                latitude=lib.dc_array_get_latitude(dc_array, i),
-                longitude=lib.dc_array_get_longitude(dc_array, i),
-                accuracy=lib.dc_array_get_accuracy(dc_array, i),
-                timestamp=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(lib.dc_array_get_timestamp(dc_array, i)))
-            for i in range(lib.dc_array_get_cnt(dc_array))
-        ]
-
-
-class Location:
-    def __init__(self, latitude, longitude, accuracy, timestamp):
-        assert isinstance(timestamp, datetime)
-        self.latitude = latitude
-        self.longitude = longitude
-        self.accuracy = accuracy
-        self.timestamp = timestamp
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
--- a/python/src/deltachat/const.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/const.py
@@ -47,39 +47,19 @@ DC_STATE_OUT_FAILED = 24
 DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED = 26
 DC_STATE_OUT_MDN_RCVD = 28
 DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF = 1
-DC_CONTACT_ID_INFO = 2
-DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE = 5
+DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE = 2
 DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL = 9
 DC_MSG_TEXT = 10
 DC_MSG_IMAGE = 20
 DC_MSG_GIF = 21
-DC_MSG_STICKER = 23
 DC_MSG_AUDIO = 40
 DC_MSG_VOICE = 41
 DC_MSG_VIDEO = 50
 DC_MSG_FILE = 60
-DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2 = 0x2
-DC_LP_AUTH_NORMAL = 0x4
-DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_STARTTLS = 0x100
-DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL = 0x200
-DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN = 0x400
-DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_STARTTLS = 0x10000
-DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL = 0x20000
-DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN = 0x40000
-DC_CERTCK_AUTO = 0
-DC_CERTCK_STRICT = 1
-DC_CERTCK_ACCEPT_INVALID_CERTIFICATES = 3
-DC_EMPTY_MVBOX = 0x01
-DC_EMPTY_INBOX = 0x02
 DC_EVENT_INFO = 100
 DC_EVENT_SMTP_CONNECTED = 101
 DC_EVENT_IMAP_CONNECTED = 102
 DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT = 103
-DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_DELETED = 104
-DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED = 105
-DC_EVENT_IMAP_FOLDER_EMPTIED = 106
-DC_EVENT_NEW_BLOB_FILE = 150
-DC_EVENT_DELETED_BLOB_FILE = 151
 DC_EVENT_WARNING = 300
 DC_EVENT_ERROR = 400
 DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK = 401
@@ -97,67 +77,14 @@ DC_EVENT_IMEX_PROGRESS = 2051
 DC_EVENT_IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN = 2052
 DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_INVITER_PROGRESS = 2060
 DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_JOINER_PROGRESS = 2061
-DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_MEMBER_ADDED = 2062
+DC_EVENT_GET_STRING = 2091
 DC_EVENT_FILE_COPIED = 2055
 DC_EVENT_IS_OFFLINE = 2081
-DC_EVENT_GET_STRING = 2091
-DC_STR_SELFNOTINGRP = 21
-DC_PROVIDER_STATUS_OK = 1
-DC_PROVIDER_STATUS_PREPARATION = 2
-DC_PROVIDER_STATUS_BROKEN = 3
-DC_STR_NOMESSAGES = 1
-DC_STR_SELF = 2
-DC_STR_DRAFT = 3
-DC_STR_MEMBER = 4
-DC_STR_CONTACT = 6
-DC_STR_VOICEMESSAGE = 7
-DC_STR_DEADDROP = 8
-DC_STR_IMAGE = 9
-DC_STR_VIDEO = 10
-DC_STR_AUDIO = 11
-DC_STR_FILE = 12
-DC_STR_STATUSLINE = 13
-DC_STR_NEWGROUPDRAFT = 14
-DC_STR_MSGGRPNAME = 15
-DC_STR_MSGGRPIMGCHANGED = 16
-DC_STR_MSGADDMEMBER = 17
-DC_STR_MSGDELMEMBER = 18
-DC_STR_MSGGROUPLEFT = 19
-DC_STR_GIF = 23
-DC_STR_ENCRYPTEDMSG = 24
-DC_STR_E2E_AVAILABLE = 25
-DC_STR_ENCR_TRANSP = 27
-DC_STR_ENCR_NONE = 28
-DC_STR_CANTDECRYPT_MSG_BODY = 29
-DC_STR_FINGERPRINTS = 30
-DC_STR_READRCPT = 31
-DC_STR_READRCPT_MAILBODY = 32
-DC_STR_MSGGRPIMGDELETED = 33
-DC_STR_E2E_PREFERRED = 34
-DC_STR_CONTACT_VERIFIED = 35
-DC_STR_CONTACT_NOT_VERIFIED = 36
-DC_STR_CONTACT_SETUP_CHANGED = 37
-DC_STR_ARCHIVEDCHATS = 40
-DC_STR_STARREDMSGS = 41
-DC_STR_AC_SETUP_MSG_SUBJECT = 42
-DC_STR_AC_SETUP_MSG_BODY = 43
-DC_STR_SELFTALK_SUBTITLE = 50
-DC_STR_CANNOT_LOGIN = 60
-DC_STR_SERVER_RESPONSE = 61
-DC_STR_MSGACTIONBYUSER = 62
-DC_STR_MSGACTIONBYME = 63
-DC_STR_MSGLOCATIONENABLED = 64
-DC_STR_MSGLOCATIONDISABLED = 65
-DC_STR_LOCATION = 66
-DC_STR_STICKER = 67
-DC_STR_DEVICE_MESSAGES = 68
-DC_STR_COUNT = 68
 # end const generated


 def read_event_defines(f):
-    rex = re.compile(r'#define\s+((?:DC_EVENT|DC_QR|DC_MSG|DC_LP|DC_EMPTY|DC_CERTCK|DC_STATE|DC_STR|'
-                     r'DC_CONTACT_ID|DC_GCL|DC_CHAT|DC_PROVIDER)_\S+)\s+([x\d]+).*')
+    rex = re.compile(r'#define\s+((?:DC_EVENT_|DC_QR|DC_MSG|DC_STATE_|DC_CONTACT_ID_|DC_GCL|DC_CHAT)\S+)\s+([x\d]+).*')
    for line in f:
        m = rex.match(line)
        if m:
--- a/python/src/deltachat/contact.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/contact.py
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-""" Contact object. """
-
-from . import props
-from .cutil import from_dc_charpointer
-from .capi import lib, ffi
-
-
-class Contact(object):
-    """ Delta-Chat Contact.
-
-    You obtain instances of it through :class:`deltachat.account.Account`.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, dc_context, id):
-        self._dc_context = dc_context
-        self.id = id
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self._dc_context == other._dc_context and self.id == other.id
-
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not (self == other)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<Contact id={} addr={} dc_context={}>".format(self.id, self.addr, self._dc_context)
-
-    @property
-    def _dc_contact(self):
-        return ffi.gc(
-            lib.dc_get_contact(self._dc_context, self.id),
-            lib.dc_contact_unref
-        )
-
-    @props.with_doc
-    def addr(self):
-        """ normalized e-mail address for this account. """
-        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_contact_get_addr(self._dc_contact))
-
-    @props.with_doc
-    def display_name(self):
-        """ display name for this contact. """
-        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_contact_get_display_name(self._dc_contact))
-
-    def is_blocked(self):
-        """ Return True if the contact is blocked. """
-        return lib.dc_contact_is_blocked(self._dc_contact)
-
-    def is_verified(self):
-        """ Return True if the contact is verified. """
-        return lib.dc_contact_is_verified(self._dc_contact)
-
-    def get_profile_image(self):
-        """Get contact profile image.
-
-        :returns: path to profile image, None if no profile image exists.
-        """
-        dc_res = lib.dc_contact_get_profile_image(self._dc_contact)
-        if dc_res == ffi.NULL:
-            return None
-        return from_dc_charpointer(dc_res)
--- a/python/src/deltachat/message.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/message.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-""" The Message object. """
+""" chatting related objects: Contact, Chat, Message. """

 import os
+import shutil
 from . import props
 from .cutil import from_dc_charpointer, as_dc_charpointer
 from .capi import lib, ffi
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class Message(object):
    """ Message object.

    You obtain instances of it through :class:`deltachat.account.Account` or
-    :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat`.
+    :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat`.
    """
    def __init__(self, account, dc_msg):
        self.account = account
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ class Message(object):

    def set_text(self, text):
        """set text of this message. """
+        assert self.id > 0, "message not prepared"
+        assert self.is_out_preparing()
        lib.dc_msg_set_text(self._dc_msg, as_dc_charpointer(text))

    @props.with_doc
@@ -69,6 +72,19 @@ class Message(object):
        mtype = ffi.NULL if mime_type is None else as_dc_charpointer(mime_type)
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            raise ValueError("path does not exist: {!r}".format(path))
+        blobdir = self.account.get_blobdir()
+        if not path.startswith(blobdir):
+            for i in range(50):
+                ext = "" if i == 0 else "-" + str(i)
+                dest = os.path.join(blobdir, os.path.basename(path) + ext)
+                if os.path.exists(dest):
+                    continue
+                shutil.copyfile(path, dest)
+                break
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("could not create blobdir-path for {}".format(path))
+            path = dest
+        assert path.startswith(blobdir), path
        lib.dc_msg_set_file(self._dc_msg, as_dc_charpointer(path), mtype)

    @props.with_doc
@@ -85,18 +101,6 @@ class Message(object):
        """ return True if this message is a setup message. """
        return lib.dc_msg_is_setupmessage(self._dc_msg)

-    def get_setupcodebegin(self):
-        """ return the first characters of a setup code in a setup message. """
-        return from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_msg_get_setupcodebegin(self._dc_msg))
-
-    def is_encrypted(self):
-        """ return True if this message was encrypted. """
-        return bool(lib.dc_msg_get_showpadlock(self._dc_msg))
-
-    def is_forwarded(self):
-        """ return True if this message was forwarded. """
-        return bool(lib.dc_msg_is_forwarded(self._dc_msg))
-
    def get_message_info(self):
        """ Return informational text for a single message.

@@ -106,13 +110,7 @@ class Message(object):

    def continue_key_transfer(self, setup_code):
        """ extract key and use it as primary key for this account. """
-        res = lib.dc_continue_key_transfer(
-                self._dc_context,
-                self.id,
-                as_dc_charpointer(setup_code)
-        )
-        if res == 0:
-            raise ValueError("could not decrypt")
+        lib.dc_continue_key_transfer(self._dc_context, self.id, as_dc_charpointer(setup_code))

    @props.with_doc
    def time_sent(self):
@@ -146,25 +144,25 @@ class Message(object):
        if mime_headers:
            s = ffi.string(ffi.gc(mime_headers, lib.dc_str_unref))
            if isinstance(s, bytes):
-                return email.message_from_bytes(s)
+                s = s.decode("ascii")
            return email.message_from_string(s)

    @property
    def chat(self):
        """chat this message was posted in.

-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chat.Chat` object
+        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chatting.Chat` object
        """
-        from .chat import Chat
+        from .chatting import Chat
        chat_id = lib.dc_msg_get_chat_id(self._dc_msg)
        return Chat(self.account, chat_id)

    def get_sender_contact(self):
        """return the contact of who wrote the message.

-        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chat.Contact` instance
+        :returns: :class:`deltachat.chatting.Contact` instance
        """
-        from .contact import Contact
+        from .chatting import Contact
        contact_id = lib.dc_msg_get_from_id(self._dc_msg)
        return Contact(self._dc_context, contact_id)

@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ class Message(object):
    @property
    def _msgstate(self):
        if self.id == 0:
-            dc_msg = self._dc_msg
+            dc_msg = self.message._dc_msg
        else:
            # load message from db to get a fresh/current state
            dc_msg = ffi.gc(
--- a/python/src/deltachat/provider.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/provider.py
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-"""Provider info class."""
-
-from .capi import lib
-from .cutil import as_dc_charpointer, from_dc_charpointer
-import json
-
-
-class ProviderNotFoundError(Exception):
-    """The provider information was not found."""
-
-
-class Provider(object):
-    """Provider information.
-
-    :param domain: The domain to get the provider info for, this is
-    normally the part following the `@` of the domain.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, domain):
-        provider = from_dc_charpointer(
-            lib.dc_provider_json_from_domain(as_dc_charpointer(domain))
-        )
-        if provider == "":
-            raise ProviderNotFoundError("Provider not found")
-        self._provider = json.loads(provider)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_email(cls, email):
-        """Create provider info from an email address.
-
-        :param email: Email address to get provider info for.
-        """
-        return cls(email.split('@')[-1])
-
-    @property
-    def overview_page(self):
-        """URL to the overview page of the provider on providers.delta.chat."""
-        return "https://providers.delta.chat/" + self._provider['overview_page']
-
-    @property
-    def name(self):
-        """The name of the provider."""
-        return self._provider['name']
-
-    @property
-    def markdown(self):
-        """Content of the information page, formatted as markdown."""
-        return self._provider['markdown']
-
-    @property
-    def status_date(self):
-        """The date the provider info was last updated, as a string."""
-        return self._provider['status']['date']
-
-    @property
-    def status(self):
-        """The status of the provider information.
-
-        This is
-        :attr:`"OK"`,
-        :attr:`"PREPARATION"` or
-        :attr:`"BROKEN"`.
-        """
-        return self._provider['status']['state']
--- a/python/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/python/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import pytest
 import requests
 import time
 from deltachat import Account
-from deltachat import const
 from deltachat.capi import lib
 import tempfile

@@ -25,6 +24,17 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
            config.option.liveconfig = cfg


+@pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True)
+def pytest_runtest_call(item):
+    # perform early finalization because we otherwise get cloberred
+    # output from concurrent threads printing between execution
+    # of the test function and the teardown phase of that test function
+    if "acfactory" in item.funcargs:
+        print("*"*30, "finalizing", "*"*30)
+        acfactory = item.funcargs["acfactory"]
+        acfactory.finalize()
+
+
 def pytest_report_header(config, startdir):
    summary = []

@@ -85,21 +95,16 @@ class SessionLiveConfigFromFile:
 class SessionLiveConfigFromURL:
    def __init__(self, url, create_token):
        self.configlist = []
-        self.url = url
-        self.create_token = create_token
-
-    def get(self, index):
-        try:
-            return self.configlist[index]
-        except IndexError:
-            assert index == len(self.configlist), index
-            res = requests.post(self.url, json={"token_create_user": int(self.create_token)})
+        for i in range(2):
+            res = requests.post(url, json={"token_create_user": int(create_token)})
            if res.status_code != 200:
                pytest.skip("creating newtmpuser failed {!r}".format(res))
            d = res.json()
            config = dict(addr=d["email"], mail_pw=d["password"])
            self.configlist.append(config)
-            return config
+
+    def get(self, index):
+        return self.configlist[index]

    def exists(self):
        return bool(self.configlist)
@@ -131,17 +136,13 @@ def acfactory(pytestconfig, tmpdir, request, session_liveconfig):
                fin = self._finalizers.pop()
                fin()

-        def make_account(self, path, logid):
-            ac = Account(path, logid=logid)
-            self._finalizers.append(ac.shutdown)
-            return ac
-
        def get_unconfigured_account(self):
            self.offline_count += 1
            tmpdb = tmpdir.join("offlinedb%d" % self.offline_count)
-            ac = self.make_account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.offline_count))
+            ac = Account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.offline_count))
            ac._evlogger.init_time = self.init_time
            ac._evlogger.set_timeout(2)
+            self._finalizers.append(ac.shutdown)
            return ac

        def get_configured_offline_account(self):
@@ -156,63 +157,34 @@ def acfactory(pytestconfig, tmpdir, request, session_liveconfig):
            lib.dc_set_config(ac._dc_context, b"configured", b"1")
            return ac

-        def peek_online_config(self):
-            if not session_liveconfig:
-                pytest.skip("specify DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG or --liveconfig")
-            return session_liveconfig.get(self.live_count)
-
-        def get_online_config(self):
+        def get_online_configuring_account(self):
            if not session_liveconfig:
                pytest.skip("specify DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG or --liveconfig")
            configdict = session_liveconfig.get(self.live_count)
            self.live_count += 1
            if "e2ee_enabled" not in configdict:
                configdict["e2ee_enabled"] = "1"
-
-            # Enable strict certificate checks for online accounts
-            configdict["imap_certificate_checks"] = str(const.DC_CERTCK_STRICT)
-            configdict["smtp_certificate_checks"] = str(const.DC_CERTCK_STRICT)
-
            tmpdb = tmpdir.join("livedb%d" % self.live_count)
-            ac = self.make_account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.live_count))
+            ac = Account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.live_count))
            ac._evlogger.init_time = self.init_time
            ac._evlogger.set_timeout(30)
-            return ac, dict(configdict)
-
-        def get_online_configuring_account(self, mvbox=False, sentbox=False):
-            ac, configdict = self.get_online_config()
            ac.configure(**configdict)
-            ac.start_threads(mvbox=mvbox, sentbox=sentbox)
+            ac.start_threads()
+            self._finalizers.append(ac.shutdown)
            return ac

-        def get_one_online_account(self):
-            ac1 = self.get_online_configuring_account()
-            wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
-            wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-            return ac1
-
-        def get_two_online_accounts(self):
-            ac1 = self.get_online_configuring_account()
-            ac2 = self.get_online_configuring_account()
-            wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
-            wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-            wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac2)
-            wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
-            return ac1, ac2
-
        def clone_online_account(self, account):
            self.live_count += 1
            tmpdb = tmpdir.join("livedb%d" % self.live_count)
-            ac = self.make_account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.live_count))
+            ac = Account(tmpdb.strpath, logid="ac{}".format(self.live_count))
            ac._evlogger.init_time = self.init_time
            ac._evlogger.set_timeout(30)
            ac.configure(addr=account.get_config("addr"), mail_pw=account.get_config("mail_pw"))
            ac.start_threads()
+            self._finalizers.append(ac.shutdown)
            return ac

-    am = AccountMaker()
-    request.addfinalizer(am.finalize)
-    return am
+    return AccountMaker()


@pytest.fixture
@@ -232,13 +204,12 @@ def lp():
    return Printer()


-def wait_configuration_progress(account, min_target, max_target=1001):
-    min_target = min(min_target, max_target)
+def wait_configuration_progress(account, target):
    while 1:
        evt_name, data1, data2 = \
            account._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_CONFIGURE_PROGRESS")
-        if data1 >= min_target and data1 <= max_target:
-            print("** CONFIG PROGRESS {}".format(min_target), account)
+        if data1 >= target:
+            print("** CONFIG PROGRESS {}".format(target), account)
            break


--- a/python/tests/data/d.png
+++ b/python/tests/data/d.png
--- a/python/tests/test_account.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_account.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import pytest
 import os
-import queue
-import time
 from deltachat import const, Account
 from deltachat.message import Message
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -16,20 +14,11 @@ class TestOfflineAccountBasic:
        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
            Account(p.strpath)

-    def test_os_name(self, tmpdir):
-        p = tmpdir.join("hello.db")
-        # we can't easily test if os_name is used in X-Mailer
-        # outgoing messages without a full Online test
-        # but we at least check Account accepts the arg
-        ac1 = Account(p.strpath, os_name="solarpunk")
-        ac1.get_info()
-
    def test_getinfo(self, acfactory):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
        d = ac1.get_info()
        assert d["arch"]
        assert d["number_of_chats"] == "0"
-        assert d["bcc_self"] == "0"

    def test_is_not_configured(self, acfactory):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
@@ -48,11 +37,6 @@ class TestOfflineAccountBasic:
        ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
        assert "save_mime_headers" in ac1.get_config("sys.config_keys").split()

-    def test_has_bccself(self, acfactory):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
-        assert "bcc_self" in ac1.get_config("sys.config_keys").split()
-        assert ac1.get_config("bcc_self") == "0"
-
    def test_selfcontact_if_unconfigured(self, acfactory):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
@@ -109,9 +93,8 @@ class TestOfflineContact:
        ac1 = acfactory.get_configured_offline_account()
        contact1 = ac1.create_contact(email="some1@example.com", name="some1")
        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(contact1)
-        msg = chat.send_text("one message")
+        chat.send_text("one messae")
        assert not ac1.delete_contact(contact1)
-        assert not msg.filemime


 class TestOfflineChat:
@@ -123,19 +106,13 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
    def chat1(self, ac1):
        contact1 = ac1.create_contact("some1@hello.com", name="some1")
        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(contact1)
-        assert chat.id > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL, chat.id
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL, chat.id
        return chat

    def test_display(self, chat1):
        str(chat1)
        repr(chat1)

-    def test_chat_by_id(self, chat1):
-        chat2 = chat1.account.get_chat_by_id(chat1.id)
-        assert chat2 == chat1
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            chat1.account.get_chat_by_id(123123)
-
    def test_chat_idempotent(self, chat1, ac1):
        contact1 = chat1.get_contacts()[0]
        chat2 = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(contact1.id)
@@ -163,39 +140,6 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
        chat.set_name("title2")
        assert chat.get_name() == "title2"

-        d = chat.get_summary()
-        print(d)
-        assert d["id"] == chat.id
-        assert d["type"] == chat.get_type()
-        assert d["name"] == chat.get_name()
-        assert d["archived"] == chat.is_archived()
-        # assert d["param"] == chat.param
-        assert d["color"] == chat.get_color()
-        assert d["profile_image"] == "" if chat.get_profile_image() is None else chat.get_profile_image()
-        assert d["subtitle"] == chat.get_subtitle()
-        assert d["draft"] == "" if chat.get_draft() is None else chat.get_draft()
-
-    def test_group_chat_creation_with_translation(self, ac1):
-        ac1.set_stock_translation(const.DC_STR_NEWGROUPDRAFT, "xyz %1$s")
-        ac1._evlogger.consume_events()
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            ac1.set_stock_translation(const.DC_STR_NEWGROUPDRAFT, "xyz %2$s")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_WARNING")
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            ac1.set_stock_translation(500, "xyz %1$s")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_WARNING")
-        contact1 = ac1.create_contact("some1@hello.com", name="some1")
-        contact2 = ac1.create_contact("some2@hello.com", name="some2")
-        chat = ac1.create_group_chat(name="title1")
-        chat.add_contact(contact1)
-        chat.add_contact(contact2)
-        assert chat.get_name() == "title1"
-        assert contact1 in chat.get_contacts()
-        assert contact2 in chat.get_contacts()
-        assert not chat.is_promoted()
-        msg = chat.get_draft()
-        assert msg.text == "xyz title1"
-
    @pytest.mark.parametrize("verified", [True, False])
    def test_group_chat_qr(self, acfactory, ac1, verified):
        ac2 = acfactory.get_configured_offline_account()
@@ -277,9 +221,7 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
            chat1.send_image(path="notexists")
        fn = data.get_path("d.png")
        lp.sec("sending image")
-        chat1.account._evlogger.consume_events()
        msg = chat1.send_image(fn)
-        chat1.account._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_NEW_BLOB_FILE")
        assert msg.is_image()
        assert msg
        assert msg.id > 0
@@ -351,10 +293,10 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
        assert contact == ac1.get_self_contact()
        assert not backupdir.listdir()

-        path = ac1.export_all(backupdir.strpath)
+        path = ac1.export_to_dir(backupdir.strpath)
        assert os.path.exists(path)
        ac2 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
-        ac2.import_all(path)
+        ac2.import_from_file(path)
        contacts = ac2.get_contacts(query="some1")
        assert len(contacts) == 1
        contact2 = contacts[0]
@@ -390,261 +332,87 @@ class TestOfflineChat:
        assert not res.is_ask_verifygroup()
        assert res.contact_id == 10

-    def test_group_chat_many_members_add_remove(self, ac1, lp):
-        lp.sec("ac1: creating group chat with 10 other members")
-        chat = ac1.create_group_chat(name="title1")
-        contacts = []
-        for i in range(10):
-            contact = ac1.create_contact("some{}@example.org".format(i))
-            contacts.append(contact)
-            chat.add_contact(contact)
-
-        num_contacts = len(chat.get_contacts())
-        assert num_contacts == 11
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: removing two contacts and checking things are right")
-        chat.remove_contact(contacts[9])
-        chat.remove_contact(contacts[3])
-        assert len(chat.get_contacts()) == 9
-

 class TestOnlineAccount:
-    def get_chat(self, ac1, ac2, both_created=False):
-        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
-        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
-        assert chat.id > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-        if both_created:
-            ac2.create_chat_by_contact(ac2.create_contact(email=ac1.get_config("addr")))
-        return chat
-
-    def test_configure_canceled(self, acfactory):
+    def test_one_account_init(self, acfactory):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 200)
-        ac1.stop_ongoing()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 0, 0)
-
-    def test_export_import_self_keys(self, acfactory, tmpdir):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        dir = tmpdir.mkdir("exportdir")
-        export_files = ac1.export_self_keys(dir.strpath)
-        assert len(export_files) == 2
-        for x in export_files:
-            assert x.startswith(dir.strpath)
-        ac1._evlogger.consume_events()
-        ac1.import_self_keys(dir.strpath)
-
-    def test_one_account_send_bcc_setting(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        ac2_config = acfactory.peek_online_config()
-        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2_config["addr"])
-        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
-        assert chat.id > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)

-        lp.sec("ac1: setting bcc_self=1")
-        ac1.set_config("bcc_self", "1")
-
-        lp.sec("send out message with bcc to ourselves")
-        msg_out = chat.send_text("message2")
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev[2] == msg_out.id
-        # wait for send out (BCC)
-        assert ac1.get_config("bcc_self") == "1"
-        self_addr = ac1.get_config("addr")
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-        assert self_addr in ev[2]
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_DELETED_BLOB_FILE")
-
-        ac1._evlogger.consume_events()
-        lp.sec("send out message without bcc")
-        ac1.set_config("bcc_self", "0")
-        msg_out = chat.send_text("message3")
-        assert not msg_out.is_forwarded()
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev[2] == msg_out.id
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-        assert self_addr not in ev[2]
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_DELETED_BLOB_FILE")
-
-    def test_send_file_twice_unicode_filename_mangling(self, tmpdir, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-
-        basename = "somedäüta.html.zip"
-        p = os.path.join(tmpdir.strpath, basename)
-        with open(p, "w") as f:
-            f.write("some data")
-
-        def send_and_receive_message():
-            lp.sec("ac1: prepare and send attachment + text to ac2")
-            msg1 = Message.new_empty(ac1, "file")
-            msg1.set_text("withfile")
-            msg1.set_file(p)
-            chat.send_msg(msg1)
-
-            lp.sec("ac2: receive message")
-            ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-            assert ev[2] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-            return ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-
-        msg = send_and_receive_message()
-        assert msg.text == "withfile"
-        assert open(msg.filename).read() == "some data"
-        assert msg.filename.endswith(basename)
-
-        msg2 = send_and_receive_message()
-        assert msg2.text == "withfile"
-        assert open(msg2.filename).read() == "some data"
-        assert msg2.filename.endswith("html.zip")
-        assert msg.filename != msg2.filename
-
-    def test_send_file_html_attachment(self, tmpdir, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-
-        basename = "test.html"
-        content = "<html><body>text</body>data"
-
-        p = os.path.join(tmpdir.strpath, basename)
-        with open(p, "w") as f:
-            # write wrong html to see if core tries to parse it
-            # (it shouldn't as it's a file attachment)
-            f.write(content)
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: prepare and send attachment + text to ac2")
-        chat.send_file(p, mime_type="text/html")
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: receive message")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev[2] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-        msg = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-
-        assert open(msg.filename).read() == content
-        assert msg.filename.endswith(basename)
-
-    def test_mvbox_sentbox_threads(self, acfactory, lp):
-        lp.sec("ac1: start with mvbox thread")
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account(mvbox=True, sentbox=True)
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: start without mvbox/sentbox threads")
-        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: waiting for configuration")
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: waiting for configuration")
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: send message and wait for ac2 to receive it")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-        chat.send_text("message1")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev[2] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-        lp.sec("test finished")
-
-    def test_move_works(self, acfactory):
+    def test_one_account_send(self, acfactory):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account(mvbox=True)
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac1.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-        chat.send_text("message1")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev[2] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED")

-    def test_move_works_on_self_sent(self, acfactory):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account(mvbox=True)
-        ac1.set_config("bcc_self", "1")
+        msg_out = chat.send_text("message2")
+        # wait for own account to receive
+        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
+        assert ev[1] == msg_out.id
+
+    def test_two_accounts_send_receive(self, acfactory):
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-        chat.send_text("message1")
-        chat.send_text("message2")
-        chat.send_text("message3")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED")
+        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac2)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)

-    def test_forward_messages(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
+        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
+
+        # wait for other account to receive
+        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
+        assert ev[2] == msg_out.id
+        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(msg_out.id)
+        assert msg_in.text == "message1"
+
+    def test_forward_messages(self, acfactory):
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac1)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
+        wait_successful_IMAP_SMTP_connection(ac2)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)

-        lp.sec("ac1: send message to ac2")
        msg_out = chat.send_text("message2")

-        lp.sec("ac2: wait for receive")
+        # wait for other account to receive
        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
        assert ev[2] == msg_out.id
        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(msg_out.id)
        assert msg_in.text == "message2"

-        lp.sec("ac2: check that the message arrive in deaddrop")
+        # check the message arrived in contact-requests/deaddrop
        chat2 = msg_in.chat
        assert msg_in in chat2.get_messages()
-        assert not msg_in.is_forwarded()
        assert chat2.is_deaddrop()
        assert chat2 == ac2.get_deaddrop_chat()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: create new chat and forward message to it")
        chat3 = ac2.create_group_chat("newgroup")
        assert not chat3.is_promoted()
        ac2.forward_messages([msg_in], chat3)
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: check new chat has a forwarded message")
        assert chat3.is_promoted()
        messages = chat3.get_messages()
-        msg = messages[-1]
-        assert msg.is_forwarded()
        ac2.delete_messages(messages)
        assert not chat3.get_messages()

-    def test_forward_own_message(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2, both_created=True)
+    def test_send_and_receive_message(self, acfactory, lp):
+        lp.sec("starting accounts, waiting for configuration")
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL

-        lp.sec("sending message")
-        msg_out = chat.send_text("message2")
-
-        lp.sec("receiving message")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")
-        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-        assert msg_in.text == "message2"
-        assert not msg_in.is_forwarded()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: creating group chat, and forward own message")
-        group = ac1.create_group_chat("newgroup2")
-        group.add_contact(ac1.create_contact(ac2.get_config("addr")))
-        ac1.forward_messages([msg_out], group)
-
-        # wait for other account to receive
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")
-        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-        assert msg_in.text == "message2"
-        assert msg_in.is_forwarded()
-
-    def test_send_self_message_and_empty_folder(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_one_online_account()
-        lp.sec("ac1: create self chat")
-        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(ac1.get_self_contact())
-        chat.send_text("hello")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-        ac1.empty_server_folders(inbox=True, mvbox=True)
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_FOLDER_EMPTIED")
-        assert ev[2] == "DeltaChat"
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_FOLDER_EMPTIED")
-        assert ev[2] == "INBOX"
-
-    def test_send_and_receive_message_markseen(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        # make DC's life harder wrt to encodings
-        ac1.set_config("displayname", "ä name")
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)

        lp.sec("sending text message from ac1 to ac2")
        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
@@ -659,8 +427,6 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        assert ev[2] == msg_out.id
        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(msg_out.id)
        assert msg_in.text == "message1"
-        assert not msg_in.is_forwarded()
-        assert msg_in.get_sender_contact().display_name == ac1.get_config("displayname")

        lp.sec("check the message arrived in contact-requets/deaddrop")
        chat2 = msg_in.chat
@@ -682,61 +448,24 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        ac2.mark_seen_messages([msg_in])
        lp.step("1")
        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSG_READ")
-        assert ev[1] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
-        assert ev[2] > const.DC_MSG_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        assert ev[1] >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        assert ev[2] >= const.DC_MSG_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
        lp.step("2")
        assert msg_out.is_out_mdn_received()

-        lp.sec("check that a second call to mark_seen does not create change or smtp job")
-        ac2._evlogger.consume_events()
-        ac2.mark_seen_messages([msg_in])
-        try:
-            ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSG_READ", timeout=0.01)
-        except queue.Empty:
-            pass  # mark_seen_messages() has generated events before it returns
-
-    def test_mdn_asymetric(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2, both_created=True)
-
-        # make sure mdns are enabled (usually enabled by default already)
-        ac1.set_config("mdns_enabled", "1")
-        ac2.set_config("mdns_enabled", "1")
-
-        lp.sec("sending text message from ac1 to ac2")
-        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
-
-        assert len(chat.get_messages()) == 1
-
-        lp.sec("disable ac1 MDNs")
-        ac1.set_config("mdns_enabled", "0")
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive message")
-        msg = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-
-        assert len(msg.chat.get_messages()) == 1
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: mark incoming message as seen")
-        ac2.mark_seen_messages([msg])
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: waiting for incoming activity")
-        # wait for MOVED event because even ignored read-receipts should be moved
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED")
-
-        assert len(chat.get_messages()) == 1
-        assert not msg_out.is_out_mdn_received()
-
    def test_send_and_receive_will_encrypt_decrypt(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
+        lp.sec("starting accounts, waiting for configuration")
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        assert chat.id >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL

-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)

        lp.sec("sending text message from ac1 to ac2")
        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
-        assert not msg_out.is_encrypted()

        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive message")
        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
@@ -754,94 +483,16 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        assert ev[2] > msg_out.id
        msg_back = ac1.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
        assert msg_back.text == "message-back"
-        assert msg_back.is_encrypted()
-
-        # Test that we do not gossip peer keys in 1-to-1 chat,
-        # as it makes no sense to gossip to peers their own keys.
-        # Gossip is only sent in encrypted messages,
-        # and we sent encrypted msg_back right above.
-        assert chat2b.get_summary()["gossiped_timestamp"] == 0
-
-        lp.sec("create group chat with two members, one of which has no encrypt state")
-        chat = ac1.create_group_chat("encryption test")
-        chat.add_contact(ac1.create_contact(ac2.get_config("addr")))
-        chat.add_contact(ac1.create_contact("notexisting@testrun.org"))
-        msg = chat.send_text("test not encrypt")
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-        assert not msg.is_encrypted()
-
-    def test_send_first_message_as_long_unicode_with_cr(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        ac2.set_config("save_mime_headers", "1")
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2, both_created=True)
-
-        lp.sec("sending multi-line non-unicode message from ac1 to ac2")
-        text1 = "hello\nworld"
-        msg_out = chat.send_text(text1)
-        assert not msg_out.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("sending multi-line unicode text message from ac1 to ac2")
-        text2 = "äalis\nthis is ßßÄ"
-        msg_out = chat.send_text(text2)
-        assert not msg_out.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive multi-line non-unicode message")
-        msg_in = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg_in.text == text1
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive multi-line unicode message")
-        msg_in = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg_in.text == text2
-        assert ac1.get_config("addr") in msg_in.chat.get_name()
-
-    def test_reply_encrypted(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-
-        lp.sec("sending text message from ac1 to ac2")
-        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
-        assert not msg_out.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive message")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(msg_out.id)
-        assert msg_in.text == "message1"
-        assert not msg_in.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("create new chat with contact and send back (encrypted) message")
-        chat2b = ac2.create_chat_by_message(msg_in)
-        chat2b.send_text("message-back")
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac1 to receive message")
-        ev = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")
-        assert ev[1] == chat.id
-        msg_back = ac1.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-        assert msg_back.text == "message-back"
-        assert msg_back.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: e2ee_enabled=0 and see if reply is encrypted")
-        print("ac1: e2ee_enabled={}".format(ac1.get_config("e2ee_enabled")))
-        print("ac2: e2ee_enabled={}".format(ac2.get_config("e2ee_enabled")))
-        ac1.set_config("e2ee_enabled", "0")
-        chat.send_text("message2 -- should be encrypted")
-
-        lp.sec("wait for ac2 to receive message")
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")
-        msg_in = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-        assert msg_in.text == "message2 -- should be encrypted"
-        assert msg_in.is_encrypted()

    def test_saved_mime_on_received_message(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        lp.sec("configure ac2 to save mime headers, create ac1/ac2 chat")
+        lp.sec("starting accounts, waiting for configuration")
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
        ac2.set_config("save_mime_headers", "1")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
        lp.sec("sending text message from ac1 to ac2")
        msg_out = chat.send_text("message1")
        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSG_DELIVERED")
@@ -855,8 +506,14 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        assert mime.get_all("Received")

    def test_send_and_receive_image(self, acfactory, lp, data):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
+        lp.sec("starting accounts, waiting for configuration")
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
+        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
+
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)

        lp.sec("sending image message from ac1 to ac2")
        path = data.get_path("d.png")
@@ -875,30 +532,19 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        assert os.path.exists(msg_in.filename)
        assert os.stat(msg_in.filename).st_size == os.stat(path).st_size

-    def test_import_export_online_all(self, acfactory, tmpdir, lp):
+    def test_import_export_online(self, acfactory, tmpdir):
+        backupdir = tmpdir.mkdir("backup")
        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)

-        lp.sec("create some chat content")
        contact1 = ac1.create_contact("some1@hello.com", name="some1")
        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(contact1)
        chat.send_text("msg1")
-        backupdir = tmpdir.mkdir("backup")
-
-        lp.sec("export all to {}".format(backupdir))
-        path = ac1.export_all(backupdir.strpath)
+        path = ac1.export_to_dir(backupdir.strpath)
        assert os.path.exists(path)
-        t = time.time()

-        lp.sec("get fresh empty account")
        ac2 = acfactory.get_unconfigured_account()
-
-        lp.sec("get latest backup file")
-        path2 = ac2.get_latest_backupfile(backupdir.strpath)
-        assert path2 == path
-
-        lp.sec("import backup and check it's proper")
-        ac2.import_all(path)
+        ac2.import_from_file(path)
        contacts = ac2.get_contacts(query="some1")
        assert len(contacts) == 1
        contact2 = contacts[0]
@@ -908,18 +554,7 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        assert len(messages) == 1
        assert messages[0].text == "msg1"

-        # wait until a second passed since last backup
-        # because get_latest_backupfile() shall return the latest backup
-        # from a UI it's unlikely anyone manages to export two
-        # backups in one second.
-        time.sleep(max(0, 1 - (time.time() - t)))
-        lp.sec("Second-time export all to {}".format(backupdir))
-        path2 = ac1.export_all(backupdir.strpath)
-        assert os.path.exists(path2)
-        assert path2 != path
-        assert ac2.get_latest_backupfile(backupdir.strpath) == path2
-
-    def test_ac_setup_message(self, acfactory, lp):
+    def test_ac_setup_message(self, acfactory):
        # note that the receiving account needs to be configured and running
        # before ther setup message is send. DC does not read old messages
        # as of Jul2019
@@ -927,48 +562,22 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        ac2 = acfactory.clone_online_account(ac1)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        lp.sec("trigger ac setup message and return setupcode")
        assert ac1.get_info()["fingerprint"] != ac2.get_info()["fingerprint"]
        setup_code = ac1.initiate_key_transfer()
        ac2._evlogger.set_timeout(30)
        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
        msg = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
        assert msg.is_setup_message()
-        assert msg.get_setupcodebegin() == setup_code[:2]
-        lp.sec("try a bad setup code")
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            msg.continue_key_transfer(str(reversed(setup_code)))
-        lp.sec("try a good setup code")
        print("*************** Incoming ASM File at: ", msg.filename)
        print("*************** Setup Code: ", setup_code)
        msg.continue_key_transfer(setup_code)
        assert ac1.get_info()["fingerprint"] == ac2.get_info()["fingerprint"]

-    def test_ac_setup_message_twice(self, acfactory, lp):
+    def test_qr_setup_contact(self, acfactory, lp):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        ac2 = acfactory.clone_online_account(ac1)
-        ac2._evlogger.set_timeout(30)
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-
-        lp.sec("trigger ac setup message but ignore")
-        assert ac1.get_info()["fingerprint"] != ac2.get_info()["fingerprint"]
-        ac1.initiate_key_transfer()
-        ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-
-        lp.sec("trigger second ac setup message, wait for receive ")
-        setup_code2 = ac1.initiate_key_transfer()
-        ev = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG|DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        msg = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev[2])
-        assert msg.is_setup_message()
-        assert msg.get_setupcodebegin() == setup_code2[:2]
-
-        lp.sec("process second setup message")
-        msg.continue_key_transfer(setup_code2)
-        assert ac1.get_info()["fingerprint"] == ac2.get_info()["fingerprint"]
-
-    def test_qr_setup_contact(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
        lp.sec("ac1: create QR code and let ac2 scan it, starting the securejoin")
        qr = ac1.get_setup_contact_qr()
        lp.sec("ac2: start QR-code based setup contact protocol")
@@ -977,101 +586,24 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(ac1, 1000)

    def test_qr_join_chat(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
        lp.sec("ac1: create QR code and let ac2 scan it, starting the securejoin")
+
        chat = ac1.create_group_chat("hello")
        qr = chat.get_join_qr()
        lp.sec("ac2: start QR-code based join-group protocol")
        ch = ac2.qr_join_chat(qr)
        assert ch.id >= 10
-        # check that at least some of the handshake messages are deleted
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_DELETED")
-        ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_DELETED")
        wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_MEMBER_ADDED")

-    def test_qr_verified_group_and_chatting(self, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-        lp.sec("ac1: create verified-group QR, ac2 scans and joins")
-        chat1 = ac1.create_group_chat("hello", verified=True)
-        assert chat1.is_verified()
-        qr = chat1.get_join_qr()
-        lp.sec("ac2: start QR-code based join-group protocol")
-        chat2 = ac2.qr_join_chat(qr)
-        assert chat2.id >= 10
-        wait_securejoin_inviter_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_MEMBER_ADDED")
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: read member added message")
-        msg = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg.is_encrypted()
-        assert "added" in msg.text.lower()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: send message")
-        msg_out = chat1.send_text("hello")
-        assert msg_out.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: read message and check it's verified chat")
-        msg = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg.text == "hello"
-        assert msg.chat.is_verified()
-        assert msg.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: send message and let ac1 read it")
-        chat2.send_text("world")
-        msg = ac1.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg.text == "world"
-        assert msg.is_encrypted()
-
-    def test_set_get_contact_avatar(self, acfactory, data, lp):
-        lp.sec("configuring ac1 and ac2")
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: set own profile image")
-        p = data.get_path("d.png")
-        ac1.set_avatar(p)
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create 1:1 chat with ac2")
-        chat = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2, both_created=True)
-
-        msg = chat.send_text("hi -- do you see my brand new avatar?")
-        assert not msg.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: wait for receiving message and avatar from ac1")
-        msg1 = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert not msg1.chat.is_deaddrop()
-        received_path = msg1.get_sender_contact().get_profile_image()
-        assert open(received_path, "rb").read() == open(p, "rb").read()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: set own profile image")
-        p = data.get_path("d.png")
-        ac2.set_avatar(p)
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: send back message")
-        m = msg1.chat.send_text("yes, i received your avatar -- how do you like mine?")
-        assert m.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: wait for receiving message and avatar from ac2")
-        msg2 = ac1.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        received_path = msg2.get_sender_contact().get_profile_image()
-        assert received_path is not None, "did not get avatar through encrypted message"
-        assert open(received_path, "rb").read() == open(p, "rb").read()
-
-        ac2._evlogger.consume_events()
-        ac1._evlogger.consume_events()
-
-        # XXX not sure if the following is correct / possible. you may remove it
-        lp.sec("ac1: delete profile image from chat, and send message to ac2")
-        ac1.set_avatar(None)
-        m = msg2.chat.send_text("i don't like my avatar anymore and removed it")
-        assert m.is_encrypted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: wait for message along with avatar deletion of ac1")
-        msg3 = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg3.get_sender_contact().get_profile_image() is None
-
-    def test_set_get_group_image(self, acfactory, data, lp):
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
+    def test_set_get_profile_image(self, acfactory, data, lp):
+        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
+        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)

        lp.sec("create unpromoted group chat")
        chat = ac1.create_group_chat("hello")
@@ -1122,135 +654,3 @@ class TestOnlineAccount:
        chat1b = ac1.create_chat_by_message(ev[2])
        assert chat1b.get_profile_image() is None
        assert chat.get_profile_image() is None
-
-    def test_send_receive_locations(self, acfactory, lp):
-        now = datetime.utcnow()
-        ac1, ac2 = acfactory.get_two_online_accounts()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: create chat with ac2")
-        chat1 = self.get_chat(ac1, ac2)
-        chat2 = self.get_chat(ac2, ac1)
-
-        assert not chat1.is_sending_locations()
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            ac1.set_location(latitude=0.0, longitude=10.0)
-
-        ac1._evlogger.consume_events()
-        ac2._evlogger.consume_events()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: enable location sending in chat")
-        chat1.enable_sending_locations(seconds=100)
-        assert chat1.is_sending_locations()
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-
-        ac1.set_location(latitude=2.0, longitude=3.0, accuracy=0.5)
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED")
-        chat1.send_text("hello")
-        ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT")
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: wait for incoming location message")
-        ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")  # "enabled-location streaming"
-
-        # currently core emits location changed before event_incoming message
-        ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED")
-        ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG")  # text message with location
-
-        locations = chat2.get_locations()
-        assert len(locations) == 1
-        assert locations[0].latitude == 2.0
-        assert locations[0].longitude == 3.0
-        assert locations[0].accuracy == 0.5
-        assert locations[0].timestamp > now
-
-        contact = ac2.create_contact(ac1.get_config("addr"))
-        locations2 = chat2.get_locations(contact=contact)
-        assert len(locations2) == 1
-        assert locations2 == locations
-
-        contact = ac2.create_contact("nonexisting@example.org")
-        locations3 = chat2.get_locations(contact=contact)
-        assert not locations3
-
-
-class TestGroupStressTests:
-    def test_group_many_members_add_leave_remove(self, acfactory, lp):
-        lp.sec("creating and configuring five accounts")
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        accounts = [acfactory.get_online_configuring_account() for i in range(3)]
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        for acc in accounts:
-            wait_configuration_progress(acc, 1000)
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: creating group chat with 3 other members")
-        chat = ac1.create_group_chat("title1")
-        contacts = []
-        chars = list("äöüsr")
-        for acc in accounts:
-            contact = ac1.create_contact(acc.get_config("addr"), name=chars.pop())
-            contacts.append(contact)
-            chat.add_contact(contact)
-            # make sure the other side accepts our messages
-            c1 = acc.create_contact(ac1.get_config("addr"), "ä member")
-            acc.create_chat_by_contact(c1)
-
-        assert not chat.is_promoted()
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: send mesage to new group chat")
-        chat.send_text("hello")
-        assert chat.is_promoted()
-
-        num_contacts = len(chat.get_contacts())
-        assert num_contacts == 3 + 1
-
-        lp.sec("ac2: checking that the chat arrived correctly")
-        ac2 = accounts[0]
-        msg = ac2.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg.text == "hello"
-        print("chat is", msg.chat)
-        assert len(msg.chat.get_contacts()) == 4
-
-        lp.sec("ac3: checking that 'ac4' is a known contact")
-        ac3 = accounts[1]
-        msg3 = ac3.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert msg3.text == "hello"
-        contacts = ac3.get_contacts()
-        assert len(contacts) == 3
-        ac4_contacts = ac3.get_contacts(query=accounts[2].get_config("addr"))
-        assert len(ac4_contacts) == 1
-
-        lp.sec("ac1: removing one contacts and checking things are right")
-        to_remove = msg.chat.get_contacts()[-1]
-        msg.chat.remove_contact(to_remove)
-
-        sysmsg = ac1.wait_next_incoming_message()
-        assert to_remove.addr in sysmsg.text
-        assert len(sysmsg.chat.get_contacts()) == 3
-
-
-class TestOnlineConfigureFails:
-    def test_invalid_password(self, acfactory):
-        ac1, configdict = acfactory.get_online_config()
-        ac1.configure(addr=configdict["addr"], mail_pw="123")
-        ac1.start_threads()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 500)
-        ev1 = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK")
-        assert "cannot login" in ev1[2].lower()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 0, 0)
-
-    def test_invalid_user(self, acfactory):
-        ac1, configdict = acfactory.get_online_config()
-        ac1.configure(addr="x" + configdict["addr"], mail_pw=configdict["mail_pw"])
-        ac1.start_threads()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 500)
-        ev1 = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK")
-        assert "cannot login" in ev1[2].lower()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 0, 0)
-
-    def test_invalid_domain(self, acfactory):
-        ac1, configdict = acfactory.get_online_config()
-        ac1.configure(addr=configdict["addr"] + "x", mail_pw=configdict["mail_pw"])
-        ac1.start_threads()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 500)
-        ev1 = ac1._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK")
-        assert "could not connect" in ev1[2].lower()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 0, 0)
--- a/python/tests/test_increation.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_increation.py
@@ -1,49 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-
-import os.path
-import shutil
-
-import pytest
 from filecmp import cmp
-
-from conftest import wait_configuration_progress, wait_msgs_changed
 from deltachat import const
+from conftest import wait_configuration_progress, wait_msgs_changed


-class TestOnlineInCreation:
-    def test_increation_not_blobdir(self, tmpdir, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
-
-        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
-        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
-
-        lp.sec("Creating in-creation file outside of blobdir")
-        assert tmpdir.strpath != ac1.get_blobdir()
-        src = tmpdir.join('file.txt').ensure(file=1)
-        with pytest.raises(Exception):
-            chat.prepare_message_file(src.strpath)
-
-    def test_no_increation_copies_to_blobdir(self, tmpdir, acfactory, lp):
-        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac1, 1000)
-        wait_configuration_progress(ac2, 1000)
-
-        c2 = ac1.create_contact(email=ac2.get_config("addr"))
-        chat = ac1.create_chat_by_contact(c2)
-
-        lp.sec("Creating file outside of blobdir")
-        assert tmpdir.strpath != ac1.get_blobdir()
-        src = tmpdir.join('file.txt')
-        src.write("hello there\n")
-        chat.send_file(src.strpath)
-
-        blob_src = os.path.join(ac1.get_blobdir(), 'file.txt')
-        assert os.path.exists(blob_src), "file.txt not copied to blobdir"
-
+class TestInCreation:
    def test_forward_increation(self, acfactory, data, lp):
        ac1 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
        ac2 = acfactory.get_online_configuring_account()
@@ -56,10 +17,7 @@ class TestOnlineInCreation:
        wait_msgs_changed(ac1, 0, 0)  # why no chat id?

        lp.sec("create a message with a file in creation")
-        orig = data.get_path("d.png")
-        path = os.path.join(ac1.get_blobdir(), 'd.png')
-        with open(path, "x") as fp:
-            fp.write("preparing")
+        path = data.get_path("d.png")
        prepared_original = chat.prepare_message_file(path)
        assert prepared_original.is_out_preparing()
        wait_msgs_changed(ac1, chat.id, prepared_original.id)
@@ -80,7 +38,6 @@ class TestOnlineInCreation:

        lp.sec("finish creating the file and send it")
        assert prepared_original.is_out_preparing()
-        shutil.copyfile(orig, path)
        chat.send_prepared(prepared_original)
        assert prepared_original.is_out_pending() or prepared_original.is_out_delivered()
        wait_msgs_changed(ac1, chat.id, prepared_original.id)
@@ -100,13 +57,13 @@ class TestOnlineInCreation:

        lp.sec("wait1 for original or forwarded messages to arrive")
        ev1 = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev1[1] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        assert ev1[1] >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
        received_original = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev1[2])
-        assert cmp(received_original.filename, orig, shallow=False)
+        assert cmp(received_original.filename, path, False)

        lp.sec("wait2 for original or forwarded messages to arrive")
        ev2 = ac2._evlogger.get_matching("DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED")
-        assert ev2[1] > const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
+        assert ev2[1] >= const.DC_CHAT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL
        assert ev2[1] != ev1[1]
        received_copy = ac2.get_message_by_id(ev2[2])
-        assert cmp(received_copy.filename, orig, shallow=False)
+        assert cmp(received_copy.filename, path, False)
--- a/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_lowlevel.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-from deltachat import capi, cutil, const, set_context_callback, clear_context_callback
+from deltachat import capi, const, set_context_callback, clear_context_callback
 from deltachat.capi import ffi
 from deltachat.capi import lib
 from deltachat.account import EventLogger
-import json


 def test_empty_context():
@@ -18,19 +17,11 @@ def test_callback_None2int():
    clear_context_callback(ctx)


-def test_dc_close_events(tmpdir):
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        capi.lib.dc_context_new(capi.lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
+def test_dc_close_events():
+    ctx = capi.lib.dc_context_new(capi.lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL)
    evlog = EventLogger(ctx)
    evlog.set_timeout(5)
-    set_context_callback(
-        ctx,
-        lambda ctx, evt_name, data1, data2: evlog(evt_name, data1, data2)
-    )
-    p = tmpdir.join("hello.db")
-    lib.dc_open(ctx, p.strpath.encode("ascii"), ffi.NULL)
+    set_context_callback(ctx, lambda ctx, evt_name, data1, data2: evlog(evt_name, data1, data2))
    capi.lib.dc_close(ctx)

    def find(info_string):
@@ -42,7 +33,7 @@ def test_dc_close_events(tmpdir):
            else:
                print("skipping event", *ev)

-    find("disconnecting inbox-thread")
+    find("disconnecting INBOX-watch")
    find("disconnecting sentbox-thread")
    find("disconnecting mvbox-thread")
    find("disconnecting SMTP")
@@ -60,16 +51,6 @@ def test_wrong_db(tmpdir):
    assert not lib.dc_open(dc_context, p.strpath.encode("ascii"), ffi.NULL)


-def test_empty_blobdir(tmpdir):
-    # Apparently some client code expects this to be the same as passing NULL.
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
-    db_fname = tmpdir.join("hello.db")
-    assert lib.dc_open(ctx, db_fname.strpath.encode("ascii"), b"")
-
-
 def test_event_defines():
    assert const.DC_EVENT_INFO == 100
    assert const.DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF
@@ -94,70 +75,3 @@ def test_markseen_invalid_message_ids(acfactory):
    msg_ids = [9]
    lib.dc_markseen_msgs(ac1._dc_context, msg_ids, len(msg_ids))
    ac1._evlogger.ensure_event_not_queued("DC_EVENT_WARNING|DC_EVENT_ERROR")
-
-
-def test_get_special_message_id_returns_empty_message(acfactory):
-    ac1 = acfactory.get_configured_offline_account()
-    for i in range(1, 10):
-        msg = ac1.get_message_by_id(i)
-        assert msg.id == 0
-
-
-def test_provider_info():
-    provider_json = cutil.from_dc_charpointer(
-        lib.dc_provider_json_from_email(cutil.as_dc_charpointer("ex@example.com"))
-    )
-    provider = json.loads(provider_json)
-
-    assert provider['overview_page'] == "example.com"
-    assert provider['name'] == "Example"
-    assert provider['markdown'] == "\n..."
-    assert provider['status']['date'] == "2018-09"
-    assert provider['status']['state'] == "PREPARATION"
-
-
-def test_provider_info_none():
-    provider_json = cutil.from_dc_charpointer(
-        lib.dc_provider_json_from_email(cutil.as_dc_charpointer("email@unexistent.no"))
-    )
-    assert provider_json == ""
-
-
-def test_get_info_closed():
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
-    info = cutil.from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_get_info(ctx))
-    assert 'deltachat_core_version' in info
-    assert 'database_dir' not in info
-
-
-def test_get_info_open(tmpdir):
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
-    db_fname = tmpdir.join("test.db")
-    lib.dc_open(ctx, db_fname.strpath.encode("ascii"), ffi.NULL)
-    info = cutil.from_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_get_info(ctx))
-    assert 'deltachat_core_version' in info
-    assert 'database_dir' in info
-
-
-def test_is_open_closed():
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
-    assert lib.dc_is_open(ctx) == 0
-
-
-def test_is_open_actually_open(tmpdir):
-    ctx = ffi.gc(
-        lib.dc_context_new(lib.py_dc_callback, ffi.NULL, ffi.NULL),
-        lib.dc_context_unref,
-    )
-    db_fname = tmpdir.join("test.db")
-    lib.dc_open(ctx, db_fname.strpath.encode("ascii"), ffi.NULL)
-    assert lib.dc_is_open(ctx) == 1
--- a/python/tests/test_provider_info.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_provider_info.py
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-from deltachat import provider
-
-
-def test_provider_info_from_email():
-    example = provider.Provider.from_email("email@example.com")
-    assert example.overview_page == "https://providers.delta.chat/example.com"
-    assert example.name == "Example"
-    assert example.markdown == "\n..."
-    assert example.status_date == "2018-09"
-    assert example.status == "PREPARATION"
-
-
-def test_provider_info_from_domain():
-    example = provider.Provider("example.com")
-    assert example.overview_page == "https://providers.delta.chat/example.com"
-    assert example.name == "Example"
-    assert example.markdown == "\n..."
-    assert example.status_date == "2018-09"
-    assert example.status == "PREPARATION"
-
-
-def test_provider_info_none():
-    with pytest.raises(provider.ProviderNotFoundError):
-        provider.Provider.from_email("email@unexistent.no")
--- a/python/tox.ini
+++ b/python/tox.ini
@@ -1,38 +1,34 @@
 [tox]
 # make sure to update environment list in travis.yml and appveyor.yml
 envlist =
-    py37
+    py35
    lint
    auditwheels

 [testenv]
 commands = 
-    pytest -n6 --reruns 2 --reruns-delay 5 -v -rsXx {posargs:tests} 
-    # python tests/package_wheels.py {toxworkdir}/wheelhouse
+    pytest -v -rsXx {posargs:tests}
+    python tests/package_wheels.py {toxworkdir}/wheelhouse
 passenv = 
    TRAVIS 
    DCC_RS_DEV
    DCC_RS_TARGET
    DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG
-    CARGO_TARGET_DIR
-    RUSTC_WRAPPER
 deps = 
    pytest
-    pytest-rerunfailures
-    pytest-timeout
-    pytest-xdist
+    pytest-faulthandler
    pdbpp
    requests

 [testenv:auditwheels]
 skipsdist = True
-deps = auditwheel
 commands = 
    python tests/auditwheels.py {toxworkdir}/wheelhouse

+
 [testenv:lint]
 skipsdist = True
-skip_install = True
+usedevelop = True
 deps =
    flake8
    # pygments required by rst-lint
@@ -44,33 +40,22 @@ commands =
    rst-lint --encoding 'utf-8' README.rst

 [testenv:doc]
-changedir=doc
+basepython = python3.5
 deps =
-    sphinx==2.2.0
+    sphinx==2.0.1
    breathe
+
+changedir = doc
 commands =
-    sphinx-build -Q -w toxdoc-warnings.log -b html . _build/html
-
-
-[testenv:lintdoc]
-skipsdist = True
-usedevelop = True
-deps =
-    {[testenv:lint]deps}
-    {[testenv:doc]deps}
-commands =
-    {[testenv:lint]commands}
-    {[testenv:doc]commands}
-
+    sphinx-build -w docker-toxdoc-warnings.log -b html . _build/html


 [pytest]
-addopts = -v -ra
-python_files = tests/test_*.py
+addopts = -v -rs
+python_files = tests/test_*.py 
 norecursedirs = .tox 
 xfail_strict=true
-timeout = 60 
-timeout_method = thread
+timeout = 60

 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 120
--- a/run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [ $? != 0 ]; then
 fi

 pushd python
-if [ -e "./liveconfig" -a -z "$DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG" ]; then
+if [ -e "./liveconfig" && -z "$DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG" ]; then
    export DCC_PY_LIVECONFIG=liveconfig
 fi
 tox "$@"
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nightly-2019-11-06
+nightly-2019-08-13
--- a/set_core_version.py
+++ b/set_core_version.py
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-import sys
-import re
-import pathlib
-import subprocess
-
-rex = re.compile(r'version = "(\S+)"')
-
-def read_toml_version(relpath):
-    p = pathlib.Path(relpath)
-    assert p.exists()
-    for line in open(str(p)):
-        m = rex.match(line)
-        if m is not None:
-            return m.group(1)
-    raise ValueError("no version found in {}".format(relpath))
-
-def replace_toml_version(relpath, newversion):
-    p = pathlib.Path(relpath)
-    assert p.exists()
-    tmp_path = str(p) + "_tmp"
-    with open(tmp_path, "w") as f:
-        for line in open(str(p)):
-            m = rex.match(line)
-            if m is not None:
-                f.write('version = "{}"\n'.format(newversion))
-            else:
-                f.write(line)
-    os.rename(tmp_path, str(p))
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        for x in ("Cargo.toml", "deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml"):
-            print("{}: {}".format(x, read_toml_version(x)))
-        raise SystemExit("need argument: new version, example 1.0.0-beta.27")
-    newversion = sys.argv[1]
-    if newversion.count(".") < 2:
-        raise SystemExit("need at least two dots in version")
-
-    core_toml = read_toml_version("Cargo.toml")
-    ffi_toml = read_toml_version("deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml")
-    assert core_toml == ffi_toml, (core_toml, ffi_toml)
-
-    for line in open("CHANGELOG.md"):
-        ## 1.0.0-beta5
-        if line.startswith("## "):
-            if line[2:].strip().startswith(newversion):
-                break
-    else:
-        raise SystemExit("CHANGELOG.md contains no entry for version: {}".format(newversion))
-
-    replace_toml_version("Cargo.toml", newversion)
-    replace_toml_version("deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml", newversion)
-
-    subprocess.call(["cargo", "check"])
-    subprocess.call(["git", "add", "-u"])
-    # subprocess.call(["cargo", "update", "-p", "deltachat"])
-
-    print("after commit make sure to: ")
-    print("")
-    print("   git tag {}".format(newversion))
-    print("")
--- a/spec.md
+++ b/spec.md
@@ -1,371 +0,0 @@
-# Chat-over-Email specification
-
-Version 0.20.0
-
-This document describes how emails can be used
-to implement typical messenger functions
-while staying compatible to existing MUAs.
-
- [Encryption](#encryption)
- [Outgoing messages](#outgoing-messages)
- [Incoming messages](#incoming-messages)
- [Forwarded messages](#forwarded-messages)
- [Groups](#groups)
-    - [Outgoing group messages](#outgoing-group-messages)
-    - [Incoming group messages](#incoming-group-messages)
-    - [Add and remove members](#add-and-remove-members)
-    - [Change group name](#change-group-name)
-    - [Set group image](#set-group-image)
- [Set profile image](#set-profile-image)
- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)
-
-
-# Encryption
-
-Messages SHOULD be encrypted by the
-[Autocrypt](https://autocrypt.org/level1.html) standard;
-`prefer-encrypt=mutual` MAY be set by default.
-
-Meta data (at least the subject and all chat-headers) SHOULD be encrypted
-by the [Memoryhole](https://github.com/autocrypt/memoryhole) standard.
-If Memoryhole is not used,
-the subject of encrypted messages SHOULD be replaced by the string
-`Chat: Encrypted message` where the part after the colon MAY be localized.
-
-
-# Outgoing messages
-
-Messengers MUST add a `Chat-Version: 1.0` header to outgoing messages.
-For filtering and smart appearance of the messages in normal MUAs,
-the `Subject` header SHOULD start with the characters `Chat:`
-and SHOULD be an excerpt of the message.
-Replies to messages MAY follow the typical `Re:`-format.
-
-The body MAY contain text which MUST have the content type `text/plain`
-or `mulipart/alternative` containing `text/plain`.
-
-The text MAY be divided into a user-text-part and a footer-part using the
-line `-- ` (minus, minus, space, lineend).
-
-The user-text-part MUST contain only user generated content.
-User generated content are eg. texts a user has actually typed
-or pasted or forwarded from another user.
-Full quotes, footers or sth. like that MUST NOT go to the user-text-part.
-
-    From: sender@domain
-    To: rcpt@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Content-Type: text/plain
-    Subject: Chat: Hello ...
-
-    Hello world!
-
-
-# Incoming messages
-
-The `Chat-Version` header MAY be used
-to detect if a messages comes from a compatible messenger.
-
-The `Subject` header MUST NOT be used
-to detect compatible messengers, groups or whatever.
-
-Messenger SHOULD show the `Subject`
-if the message comes from a normal MUA together with the email-body.
-The email-body SHOULD be converted
-to plain text, full-quotes and similar regions SHOULD be cut.
-
-Attachments SHOULD be shown where possible.
-If an attachment cannot be shown, a non-distracting warning SHOULD be printed.
-
-
-# Forwarded messages
-
-Forwarded messages are outgoing messages that contain a forwarded-header
-before the user generated content.
-
-The forwarded header MUST contain two lines: 
-The first line contains the text
-`---------- Forwarded message ----------`
-(10 minus, space, text `Forwarded message`, space, 10 minus). 
-The second line starts with `From: ` followed by the original sender
-which SHOULD be anonymized or just a placeholder.
-
-    From: sender@domain
-    To: rcpt@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Content-Type: text/plain
-    Subject: Chat: Forwarded message
-
-    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
-    From: Messenger
-
-    Hello world!
-
-Incoming forwarded messages are detected by the header.
-The messenger SHOULD mark these messages in a way that
-it becomes obvious that the message is not created by the sender.
-Note that most messengers do not show the original sender of forwarded messages
-but MUAs typically expose the sender in the UI.
-
-
-# Groups
-
-Groups are chats with usually more than one recipient,
-each defined by an email-address.
-The sender plus the recipients are the group members.
-
-To allow different groups with the same members,
-groups are identified by a group-id.
-The group-id MUST be created only from the characters
-`0`-`9`, `A`-`Z`, `a`-`z` `_` and `-`
-and MUST have a length of at least 11 characters.
-
-Groups MUST have a group-name.
-The group-name is any non-zero-length UTF-8 string.
-
-Groups MAY have a group-image.
-
-
-## Outgoing groups messages
-
-All group members MUST be added to the `From`/`To` headers.
-The group-id MUST be written to the `Chat-Group-ID` header.
-The group-name MUST be written to `Chat-Group-Name` header
-(the forced presence of this header makes it easier
-to join a group chat on a second device any time).
-
-The `Subject` header of outgoing group messages
-SHOULD start with the characters `Chat:`
-followed by the group-name and a colon followed by an excerpt of the message.
-
-To identify the group-id on replies from normal MUAs,
-the group-id MUST also be added to the message-id of outgoing messages.
-The message-id MUST have the format `Gr.<group-id>.<unique data>`.
-
-    From: member1@domain
-    To: member2@domain, member3@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-Group-ID: 12345uvwxyZ
-    Chat-Group-Name: My Group
-    Message-ID: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0001@domain
-    Subject: Chat: My Group: Hello group ...
-
-    Hello group - this group contains three members
-
-Messengers adding the member list in the form `Name <email-address>`
-MUST take care only to spread the names authorized by the contacts themselves.
-Otherwise, names as _Daddy_ or _Honey_ may be spread
-(this issue is also true for normal MUAs, however,
-for more contact- and chat-centralized apps
-such situations happen more frequently).
-
-
-## Incoming group messages
-
-The messenger MUST search incoming messages for the group-id
-in the following headers: `Chat-Group-ID`,
-`Message-ID`, `In-Reply-To` and `References` (in this order).
-
-If the messenger finds a valid and existent group-id,
-the message SHOULD be assigned to the given group.
-If the messenger finds a valid but not existent group-id,
-the messenger MAY create a new group.
-If no group-id is found,
-the message MAY be assigned
-to a normal single-user chat with the email-address given in `From`.
-
-
-## Add and remove members
-
-Messenger clients MUST construct the member list
-from the `From`/`To` headers only on the first group message
-or if they see a `Chat-Group-Member-Added`
-or `Chat-Group-Member-Removed` action header.
-Both headers MUST have the email-address
-of the added or removed member as the value.
-Messenger clients MUST NOT construct the member list
-on other group messages
-(this is to avoid accidentally altered To-lists in normal MUAs;
-the user does not expect adding a user to a _message_
-will also add him to the _group_ "forever").
-
-The messenger SHOULD send an explicit mail for each added or removed member.
-The body of the message SHOULD contain
-a localized description about what happened
-and the message SHOULD appear as a message or action from the sender.
-
-    From: member1@domain
-    To: member2@domain, member3@domain, member4@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-Group-ID: 12345uvwxyZ
-    Chat-Group-Name: My Group
-    Chat-Group-Member-Added: member4@domain
-    Message-ID: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0002@domain
-    Subject: Chat: My Group: Hello, ...
-
-    Hello, I've added member4@domain to our group.  Now we have 4 members.
-
-To remove a member:
-
-    From: member1@domain
-    To: member2@domain, member3@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-Group-ID: 12345uvwxyZ
-    Chat-Group-Name: My Group
-    Chat-Group-Member-Removed: member4@domain
-    Message-ID: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0003@domain
-    Subject: Chat: My Group: Hello, ...
-
-    Hello, I've removed member4@domain from our group.  Now we have 3 members.
-
-
-## Change group name
-
-To change the group-name,
-the messenger MUST send the action header `Chat-Group-Name-Changed`
-with the value set to the old group name to all group members.
-The new group name goes to the header `Chat-Group-Name`.
-
-The messenger SHOULD send an explicit mail for each name change.
-The body of the message SHOULD contain
-a localized description about what happened
-and the message SHOULD appear as a message or action from the sender.
-
-    From: member1@domain
-    To: member2@domain, member3@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-Group-ID: 12345uvwxyZ
-    Chat-Group-Name: Our Group
-    Chat-Group-Name-Changed: My Group
-    Message-ID: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0004@domain
-    Subject: Chat: Our Group: Hello, ...
-
-    Hello, I've changed the group name from "My Group" to "Our Group".
-
-
-## Set group image
-
-A group MAY have a group-image.
-To change or set the group-image,
-the messenger MUST attach an image file to a message
-and MUST add the header `Chat-Group-Avatar`
-with the value set to the image name.
-
-To remove the group-image,
-the messenger MUST add the header `Chat-Group-Avatar: 0`.
-
-The messenger SHOULD send an explicit mail for each group image change.
-The body of the message SHOULD contain
-a localized description about what happened
-and the message SHOULD appear as a message or action from the sender.
-
-
-    From: member1@domain
-    To: member2@domain, member3@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-Group-ID: 12345uvwxyZ
-    Chat-Group-Name: Our Group
-    Chat-Group-Avatar: image.jpg
-    Message-ID: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0005@domain
-    Subject: Chat: Our Group: Hello, ...
-    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="==break=="
-
-    --==break==
-    Content-Type: text/plain
-
-    Hello, I've changed the group image.
-    --==break==
-    Content-Type: image/jpeg
-    Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="image.jpg"
-
-    /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBw ...
-    --==break==--
-
-The image format SHOULD be image/jpeg or image/png.
-To save data, it is RECOMMENDED
-to add a `Chat-Group-Avatar` only on image changes.
-
-
-# Set profile image
-
-A user MAY have a profile-image that MAY be spread to their contacts.
-To change or set the profile-image,
-the messenger MUST attach an image file to a message
-and MUST add the header `Chat-User-Avatar`
-with the value set to the image name.
-
-To remove the profile-image,
-the messenger MUST add the header `Chat-User-Avatar: 0`.
-
-To spread the image,
-the messenger MAY send the profile image
-together with the next mail to a given contact
-(to do this only once,
-the messenger has to keep a `user_avatar_update_state` somewhere).
-Alternatively, the messenger MAY send an explicit mail
-for each profile-image change to all contacts using a compatible messenger.
-The messenger SHOULD NOT send an explicit mail to normal MUAs.
-
-    From: sender@domain
-    To: rcpt@domain
-    Chat-Version: 1.0
-    Chat-User-Avatar: photo.jpg
-    Subject: Chat: Hello, ...
-    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="==break=="
-
-    --==break==
-    Content-Type: text/plain
-
-    Hello, I've changed my profile image.
-    --==break==
-    Content-Type: image/jpeg
-    Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="photo.jpg"
-
-    AKCgkJi3j4l5kjoldfUAKCgkJi3j4lldfHjgWICwgIEBQYFBA ...
-    --==break==--
-
-The image format SHOULD be image/jpeg or image/png.
-Note that `Chat-User-Avatar` may appear together with all other headers,
-eg. there may be a `Chat-User-Avatar` and a `Chat-Group-Avatar` header
-in the same message.
-To save data, it is RECOMMENDED to add a `Chat-User-Avatar` header
-only on image changes.
-
-
-# Miscellaneous
-
-Messengers SHOULD use the header `In-Reply-To` as usual.
-
-Messengers SHOULD add a `Chat-Voice-message: 1` header
-if an attached audio file is a voice message.
-
-Messengers MAY add a `Chat-Duration` header
-to specify the duration of attached audio or video files.
-The value MUST be the duration in milliseconds.
-This allows the receiver to show the time without knowing the file format.
-
-    In-Reply-To: Gr.12345uvwxyZ.0005@domain
-    Chat-Voice-Message: 1
-    Chat-Duration: 10000
-
-Messengers MAY send and receive Message Disposition Notifications
-(MDNs, [RFC 8098](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8098),
-[RFC 3503](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3503))
-using the `Chat-Disposition-Notification-To` header
-instead of the `Disposition-Notification-To`
-(which unfortunately forces many other MUAs
-to send weird mails not following any standard).
-
-
-## Sync messages
-
-If some action is required by a message header,
-the action should only be performed if the _effective date_ is newer
-than the date the last action was performed.
-
-We define the effective date of a message
-as the sending time of the message as indicated by its Date header,
-or the time of first receipt if that date is in the future or unavailable.
-
-
-Copyright © 2017-2019 Delta Chat contributors.
--- a/src/aheader.rs
+++ b/src/aheader.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-//! # Autocrypt header module
-//!
-//! Parse and create [Autocrypt-headers](https://autocrypt.org/en/latest/level1.html#the-autocrypt-header).
-
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{fmt, str};

+use mmime::mailimf_types::*;
+
 use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::contact::*;
-use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::dc_tools::as_str;
 use crate::key::*;

 /// Possible values for encryption preference
@@ -42,13 +41,13 @@ impl str::FromStr for EncryptPreference {
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        match s {
            "mutual" => Ok(EncryptPreference::Mutual),
-            "nopreference" => Ok(EncryptPreference::NoPreference),
-            _ => Err(()),
+            "reset" => Ok(EncryptPreference::Reset),
+            _ => Ok(EncryptPreference::NoPreference),
        }
    }
 }

-/// Autocrypt header
+/// Parse and create [Autocrypt-headers](https://autocrypt.org/en/latest/level1.html#the-autocrypt-header).
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Aheader {
    pub addr: String,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ pub struct Aheader {
 }

 impl Aheader {
-    /// Creates new autocrypt header
    pub fn new(addr: String, public_key: Key, prefer_encrypt: EncryptPreference) -> Self {
        Aheader {
            addr,
@@ -66,54 +64,69 @@ impl Aheader {
        }
    }

-    pub fn from_headers(
-        context: &Context,
-        wanted_from: &str,
-        headers: &[mailparse::MailHeader<'_>],
+    pub fn from_imffields(
+        wanted_from: *const libc::c_char,
+        header: *const mailimf_fields,
    ) -> Option<Self> {
-        use mailparse::MailHeaderMap;
-
-        if let Ok(Some(value)) = headers.get_first_value("Autocrypt") {
-            match Self::from_str(&value) {
-                Ok(header) => {
-                    if addr_cmp(&header.addr, wanted_from) {
-                        return Some(header);
-                    }
-                }
-                Err(err) => {
-                    warn!(
-                        context,
-                        "found invalid autocrypt header {}: {:?}", value, err
-                    );
-                }
-            }
+        if wanted_from.is_null() || header.is_null() {
+            return None;
        }

-        None
+        let mut fine_header = None;
+        let mut cur = unsafe { (*(*header).fld_list).first };
+
+        while !cur.is_null() {
+            let field = unsafe { (*cur).data as *mut mailimf_field };
+            if !field.is_null()
+                && unsafe { (*field).fld_type } == MAILIMF_FIELD_OPTIONAL_FIELD as libc::c_int
+            {
+                let optional_field = unsafe { (*field).fld_data.fld_optional_field };
+                if !optional_field.is_null()
+                    && unsafe { !(*optional_field).fld_name.is_null() }
+                    && unsafe { CStr::from_ptr((*optional_field).fld_name).to_str().unwrap() }
+                        == "Autocrypt"
+                {
+                    let value = unsafe {
+                        CStr::from_ptr((*optional_field).fld_value)
+                            .to_str()
+                            .unwrap()
+                    };
+
+                    match Self::from_str(value) {
+                        Ok(test) => {
+                            if addr_cmp(&test.addr, as_str(wanted_from)) {
+                                if fine_header.is_none() {
+                                    fine_header = Some(test);
+                                } else {
+                                    // TODO: figure out what kind of error case this is
+                                    return None;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            cur = unsafe { (*cur).next };
+        }
+
+        fine_header
    }
 }

 impl fmt::Display for Aheader {
    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(fmt, "addr={};", self.addr)?;
-        if self.prefer_encrypt == EncryptPreference::Mutual {
-            write!(fmt, " prefer-encrypt=mutual;")?;
-        }
-
-        // adds a whitespace every 78 characters, this allows
-        // email crate to wrap the lines according to RFC 5322
+        // TODO replace 78 with enum /rtn
+        // adds a whitespace every 78 characters, this allows libEtPan to
+        // wrap the lines according to RFC 5322
        // (which may insert a linebreak before every whitespace)
-        let keydata = self.public_key.to_base64().chars().enumerate().fold(
-            String::new(),
-            |mut res, (i, c)| {
-                if i % 78 == 78 - "keydata=".len() {
-                    res.push(' ')
-                }
-                res.push(c);
-                res
-            },
-        );
-        write!(fmt, " keydata={}", keydata)
+        let keydata = self.public_key.to_base64(78);
+        write!(
+            fmt,
+            "addr={}; prefer-encrypt={}; keydata={}",
+            self.addr, self.prefer_encrypt, keydata
+        )
    }
 }

@@ -122,9 +135,9 @@ impl str::FromStr for Aheader {

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        let mut attributes: BTreeMap<String, String> = s
-            .split(';')
+            .split(";")
            .filter_map(|a| {
-                let attribute: Vec<&str> = a.trim().splitn(2, '=').collect();
+                let attribute: Vec<&str> = a.trim().splitn(2, "=").collect();
                if attribute.len() < 2 {
                    return None;
                }
@@ -159,14 +172,17 @@ impl str::FromStr for Aheader {
            }
        };

-        let prefer_encrypt = attributes
+        let prefer_encrypt = match attributes
            .remove("prefer-encrypt")
            .and_then(|raw| raw.parse().ok())
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+        {
+            Some(pref) => pref,
+            None => EncryptPreference::NoPreference,
+        };

        // Autocrypt-Level0: unknown attributes starting with an underscore can be safely ignored
        // Autocrypt-Level0: unknown attribute, treat the header as invalid
-        if attributes.keys().any(|k| !k.starts_with('_')) {
+        if attributes.keys().find(|k| !k.starts_with("_")).is_some() {
            return Err(());
        }

@@ -182,13 +198,15 @@ impl str::FromStr for Aheader {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

-    const RAWKEY: &str = "xsBNBFzG3j0BCAC6iNhT8zydvCXi8LI/gFnkadMbfmSE/rTJskRRra/utGbLyDta/yTrJgWL7O3y/g4HdDW/dN2z26Y6W13IMzx9gLInn1KQZChtqWAcr/ReUucXcymwcfg1mdkBGk3TSLeLihN6CJx8Wsv8ig+kgAzte4f5rqEEAJVQ9WZHuti7UiYs6oRzqTo06CRe9owVXxzdMf0VDQtf7ZFm9dpzKKbhH7Lu8880iiotQ9/yRCkDGp9fNThsrLdZiK6OIAcIBAqi2rI89aS1dAmnRbktQieCx5izzyYkR1KvVL3gTTllHOzfKVEC2asmtWu2e4se/+O4WMIS1eGrn7GeWVb0Vwc5ABEBAAHNETxhQEBiLmV4YW1wbGUuZGU+wsCJBBABCAAzAhkBBQJcxt5FAhsDBAsJCAcGFQgJCgsCAxYCARYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaKrc9mtiMLAAoJEPaKrc9mtiML938H/18F+3Wf9/JaAy/8hCO1v4S2PVBhxaKCokaNFtkfaMRne2l087LscCFPiFNyb4mv6Z3YeK8Xpxlp2sI0ecvdiqLUOGfnxS6tQrj+83EjtIrZ/hXOk1h121QFWH9Zg2VNHtODXjAgdLDC0NWUrclR0ZOqEDQHeo0ibTILdokVfXFN25wakPmGaYJP2y729cb1ve7RzvIvwn+Dddfxo3ao72rBfLi7l4NQ4S0KsY4cw+/6l5bRCKYCP77wZtvCwUvfVVosLdT43agtSiBI49+ayqvZ8OCvSJa61i+v81brTiEy9GBod4eAp45Ibsuemkw+gon4ZOvUXHTjwFB+h63MrozOwE0EXMbePQEIAL/vauf1zK8JgCu3V+G+SOX0iWw5xUlCPX+ERpBbWfwu3uAqn4wYXD3JDE/fVAF668xiV4eTPtlSUd5h0mn+G7uXMMOtkb+20SoEt50f8zw8TrL9t+ZsV11GKZWJpCar5AhXWsn6EEi8I2hLL5vn55ZZmHuGgN4jjmkRl3ToKCLhaXwTBjCJem7N5EH7F75wErEITa55v4Lb4Nfca7vnvtYrI1OA446xa8gHra0SINelTD09/JM/Fw4sWVPBaRZmJK/Tnu79N23No9XBUubmFPv1pNexZsQclicnTpt/BEWhiun7d6lfGB63K1aoHRTR1pcrWvBuALuuz0gqar2zlI0AEQEAAcLAdgQYAQgAIAUCXMbeRQIbDBYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaKrc9mtiMLAAoJEPaKrc9mtiMLKSEIAIyLCRO2OyZ0IYRvRPpMn4p7E+7Pfcz/0mSkOy+1hshgJnqivXurm8zwGrwdMqeV4eslKR9H1RUdWGUQJNbtwmmjrt5DHpIhYHl5t3FpCBaGbV20Omo00Q38lBl9MtrmZkZw+ktEk6X+0xCKssMF+2MADkSOIufbR5HrDVB89VZOHCO9DeXvCUUAw2hyJiL/LHmLzJ40zYoTmb+F//f0k0j+tRdbkefyRoCmwG7YGiT+2hnCdgcezswnzah5J3ZKlrg7jOGo1LxtbvNUzxNBbC6S/aNgwm6qxo7xegRhmEl5uZ16zwyj4qz+xkjGy25Of5mWfUDoNw7OT7sjUbHOOMc=";
+    fn rawkey() -> String {
+        "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".into()
+    }

    #[test]
    fn test_from_str() {
        let h: Aheader = format!(
            "addr=me@mail.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata={}",
-            RAWKEY
+            rawkey()
        )
        .parse()
        .expect("failed to parse");
@@ -197,22 +215,9 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(h.prefer_encrypt, EncryptPreference::Mutual);
    }

-    // EncryptPreference::Reset is an internal value, parser should never return it
-    #[test]
-    fn test_from_str_reset() {
-        let raw = format!(
-            "addr=reset@example.com; prefer-encrypt=reset; keydata={}",
-            RAWKEY
-        );
-        let h: Aheader = raw.parse().expect("failed to parse");
-
-        assert_eq!(h.addr, "reset@example.com");
-        assert_eq!(h.prefer_encrypt, EncryptPreference::NoPreference);
-    }
-
    #[test]
    fn test_from_str_non_critical() {
-        let raw = format!("addr=me@mail.com; _foo=one; _bar=two; keydata={}", RAWKEY);
+        let raw = format!("addr=me@mail.com; _foo=one; _bar=two; keydata={}", rawkey());
        let h: Aheader = raw.parse().expect("failed to parse");

        assert_eq!(h.addr, "me@mail.com");
@@ -223,57 +228,33 @@ mod tests {
    fn test_from_str_superflous_critical() {
        let raw = format!(
            "addr=me@mail.com; _foo=one; _bar=two; other=me; keydata={}",
-            RAWKEY
+            rawkey()
        );
        assert!(raw.parse::<Aheader>().is_err());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_good_headers() {
-        let fixed_header = concat!(
-            "addr=a@b.example.org; prefer-encrypt=mutual; ",
-            "keydata=xsBNBFzG3j0BCAC6iNhT8zydvCXi8LI/gFnkadMbfmSE/rTJskRRra/utGbLyDta/yTrJg",
-            " WL7O3y/g4HdDW/dN2z26Y6W13IMzx9gLInn1KQZChtqWAcr/ReUucXcymwcfg1mdkBGk3TSLeLihN6",
-            " CJx8Wsv8ig+kgAzte4f5rqEEAJVQ9WZHuti7UiYs6oRzqTo06CRe9owVXxzdMf0VDQtf7ZFm9dpzKK",
-            " bhH7Lu8880iiotQ9/yRCkDGp9fNThsrLdZiK6OIAcIBAqi2rI89aS1dAmnRbktQieCx5izzyYkR1Kv",
-            " VL3gTTllHOzfKVEC2asmtWu2e4se/+O4WMIS1eGrn7GeWVb0Vwc5ABEBAAHNETxhQEBiLmV4YW1wbG",
-            " UuZGU+wsCJBBABCAAzAhkBBQJcxt5FAhsDBAsJCAcGFQgJCgsCAxYCARYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaK",
-            " rc9mtiMLAAoJEPaKrc9mtiML938H/18F+3Wf9/JaAy/8hCO1v4S2PVBhxaKCokaNFtkfaMRne2l087",
-            " LscCFPiFNyb4mv6Z3YeK8Xpxlp2sI0ecvdiqLUOGfnxS6tQrj+83EjtIrZ/hXOk1h121QFWH9Zg2VN",
-            " HtODXjAgdLDC0NWUrclR0ZOqEDQHeo0ibTILdokVfXFN25wakPmGaYJP2y729cb1ve7RzvIvwn+Ddd",
-            " fxo3ao72rBfLi7l4NQ4S0KsY4cw+/6l5bRCKYCP77wZtvCwUvfVVosLdT43agtSiBI49+ayqvZ8OCv",
-            " SJa61i+v81brTiEy9GBod4eAp45Ibsuemkw+gon4ZOvUXHTjwFB+h63MrozOwE0EXMbePQEIAL/vau",
-            " f1zK8JgCu3V+G+SOX0iWw5xUlCPX+ERpBbWfwu3uAqn4wYXD3JDE/fVAF668xiV4eTPtlSUd5h0mn+",
-            " G7uXMMOtkb+20SoEt50f8zw8TrL9t+ZsV11GKZWJpCar5AhXWsn6EEi8I2hLL5vn55ZZmHuGgN4jjm",
-            " kRl3ToKCLhaXwTBjCJem7N5EH7F75wErEITa55v4Lb4Nfca7vnvtYrI1OA446xa8gHra0SINelTD09",
-            " /JM/Fw4sWVPBaRZmJK/Tnu79N23No9XBUubmFPv1pNexZsQclicnTpt/BEWhiun7d6lfGB63K1aoHR",
-            " TR1pcrWvBuALuuz0gqar2zlI0AEQEAAcLAdgQYAQgAIAUCXMbeRQIbDBYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaK",
-            " rc9mtiMLAAoJEPaKrc9mtiMLKSEIAIyLCRO2OyZ0IYRvRPpMn4p7E+7Pfcz/0mSkOy+1hshgJnqivX",
-            " urm8zwGrwdMqeV4eslKR9H1RUdWGUQJNbtwmmjrt5DHpIhYHl5t3FpCBaGbV20Omo00Q38lBl9Mtrm",
-            " ZkZw+ktEk6X+0xCKssMF+2MADkSOIufbR5HrDVB89VZOHCO9DeXvCUUAw2hyJiL/LHmLzJ40zYoTmb",
-            " +F//f0k0j+tRdbkefyRoCmwG7YGiT+2hnCdgcezswnzah5J3ZKlrg7jOGo1LxtbvNUzxNBbC6S/aNg",
-            " wm6qxo7xegRhmEl5uZ16zwyj4qz+xkjGy25Of5mWfUDoNw7OT7sjUbHOOMc="
-        );
+        let fixed_header = "addr=a@b.example.org; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata=xsBNBFzG3j0BCAC6iNhT8zydvCXi8LI/gFnkadMbfmSE/rTJskRRra/utGbLyDta/yTrJgWL7O3y/g 4HdDW/dN2z26Y6W13IMzx9gLInn1KQZChtqWAcr/ReUucXcymwcfg1mdkBGk3TSLeLihN6CJx8Wsv8 ig+kgAzte4f5rqEEAJVQ9WZHuti7UiYs6oRzqTo06CRe9owVXxzdMf0VDQtf7ZFm9dpzKKbhH7Lu88 80iiotQ9/yRCkDGp9fNThsrLdZiK6OIAcIBAqi2rI89aS1dAmnRbktQieCx5izzyYkR1KvVL3gTTll HOzfKVEC2asmtWu2e4se/+O4WMIS1eGrn7GeWVb0Vwc5ABEBAAHNETxhQEBiLmV4YW1wbGUuZGU+ws CJBBABCAAzAhkBBQJcxt5FAhsDBAsJCAcGFQgJCgsCAxYCARYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaKrc9mtiML AAoJEPaKrc9mtiML938H/18F+3Wf9/JaAy/8hCO1v4S2PVBhxaKCokaNFtkfaMRne2l087LscCFPiF Nyb4mv6Z3YeK8Xpxlp2sI0ecvdiqLUOGfnxS6tQrj+83EjtIrZ/hXOk1h121QFWH9Zg2VNHtODXjAg dLDC0NWUrclR0ZOqEDQHeo0ibTILdokVfXFN25wakPmGaYJP2y729cb1ve7RzvIvwn+Dddfxo3ao72 rBfLi7l4NQ4S0KsY4cw+/6l5bRCKYCP77wZtvCwUvfVVosLdT43agtSiBI49+ayqvZ8OCvSJa61i+v 81brTiEy9GBod4eAp45Ibsuemkw+gon4ZOvUXHTjwFB+h63MrozOwE0EXMbePQEIAL/vauf1zK8JgC u3V+G+SOX0iWw5xUlCPX+ERpBbWfwu3uAqn4wYXD3JDE/fVAF668xiV4eTPtlSUd5h0mn+G7uXMMOt kb+20SoEt50f8zw8TrL9t+ZsV11GKZWJpCar5AhXWsn6EEi8I2hLL5vn55ZZmHuGgN4jjmkRl3ToKC LhaXwTBjCJem7N5EH7F75wErEITa55v4Lb4Nfca7vnvtYrI1OA446xa8gHra0SINelTD09/JM/Fw4s WVPBaRZmJK/Tnu79N23No9XBUubmFPv1pNexZsQclicnTpt/BEWhiun7d6lfGB63K1aoHRTR1pcrWv BuALuuz0gqar2zlI0AEQEAAcLAdgQYAQgAIAUCXMbeRQIbDBYhBI4xxYKBgH3ANh5cufaKrc9mtiML AAoJEPaKrc9mtiMLKSEIAIyLCRO2OyZ0IYRvRPpMn4p7E+7Pfcz/0mSkOy+1hshgJnqivXurm8zwGr wdMqeV4eslKR9H1RUdWGUQJNbtwmmjrt5DHpIhYHl5t3FpCBaGbV20Omo00Q38lBl9MtrmZkZw+ktE k6X+0xCKssMF+2MADkSOIufbR5HrDVB89VZOHCO9DeXvCUUAw2hyJiL/LHmLzJ40zYoTmb+F//f0k0 j+tRdbkefyRoCmwG7YGiT+2hnCdgcezswnzah5J3ZKlrg7jOGo1LxtbvNUzxNBbC6S/aNgwm6qxo7x egRhmEl5uZ16zwyj4qz+xkjGy25Of5mWfUDoNw7OT7sjUbHOOMc=";

        let ah = Aheader::from_str(fixed_header).expect("failed to parse");
        assert_eq!(ah.addr, "a@b.example.org");
        assert_eq!(ah.prefer_encrypt, EncryptPreference::Mutual);
-        assert_eq!(format!("{}", ah), fixed_header);

        let rendered = ah.to_string();
        assert_eq!(rendered, fixed_header);

-        let ah = Aheader::from_str(&format!(" _foo; __FOO=BAR ;;; addr = a@b.example.org ;\r\n   prefer-encrypt = mutual ; keydata = {}", RAWKEY)).expect("failed to parse");
+        let ah = Aheader::from_str(&format!(" _foo; __FOO=BAR ;;; addr = a@b.example.org ;\r\n   prefer-encrypt = mutual ; keydata = {}", rawkey())).expect("failed to parse");
        assert_eq!(ah.addr, "a@b.example.org");
        assert_eq!(ah.prefer_encrypt, EncryptPreference::Mutual);

        Aheader::from_str(&format!(
            "addr=a@b.example.org; prefer-encrypt=ignoreUnknownValues; keydata={}",
-            RAWKEY
+            rawkey()
        ))
        .expect("failed to parse");

-        Aheader::from_str(&format!("addr=a@b.example.org; keydata={}", RAWKEY))
+        Aheader::from_str(&format!("addr=a@b.example.org; keydata={}", rawkey()))
            .expect("failed to parse");
    }

@@ -285,30 +266,4 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(Aheader::from_str(" ;;").is_err());
        assert!(Aheader::from_str("addr=a@t.de; unknwon=1; keydata=jau").is_err());
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_display_aheader() {
-        assert!(format!(
-            "{}",
-            Aheader::new(
-                "test@example.com".to_string(),
-                Key::from_base64(RAWKEY, KeyType::Public).unwrap(),
-                EncryptPreference::Mutual
-            )
-        )
-        .contains("prefer-encrypt=mutual;"));
-
-        // According to Autocrypt Level 1 specification,
-        // only "prefer-encrypt=mutual;" can be used.
-        // If the setting is nopreference, the whole attribute is omitted.
-        assert!(!format!(
-            "{}",
-            Aheader::new(
-                "test@example.com".to_string(),
-                Key::from_base64(RAWKEY, KeyType::Public).unwrap(),
-                EncryptPreference::NoPreference
-            )
-        )
-        .contains("prefer-encrypt"));
-    }
 }
--- a/src/blob.rs
+++ b/src/blob.rs
@@ -1,634 +0,0 @@
-//! # Blob directory management
-
-use std::ffi::OsStr;
-use std::fmt;
-use std::fs;
-use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
-use self::image::GenericImageView;
-use crate::constants::AVATAR_SIZE;
-use crate::context::Context;
-use crate::events::Event;
-
-extern crate image;
-
-/// Represents a file in the blob directory.
-///
-/// The object has a name, which will always be valid UTF-8.  Having a
-/// blob object does not imply the respective file exists, however
-/// when using one of the `create*()` methods a unique file is
-/// created.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct BlobObject<'a> {
-    blobdir: &'a Path,
-    name: String,
-}
-
-impl<'a> BlobObject<'a> {
-    /// Creates a new blob object with a unique name.
-    ///
-    /// Creates a new file in the blob directory.  The name will be
-    /// derived from the platform-agnostic basename of the suggested
-    /// name, followed by a random number and followed by a possible
-    /// extension.  The `data` will be written into the file without
-    /// race-conditions.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// [BlobError::CreateFailure] is used when the file could not
-    /// be created.  You can expect [BlobError.cause] to contain an
-    /// underlying error.
-    ///
-    /// [BlobError::WriteFailure] is used when the file could not
-    /// be written to.  You can expect [BlobError.cause] to contain an
-    /// underlying error.
-    pub fn create(
-        context: &'a Context,
-        suggested_name: impl AsRef<str>,
-        data: &[u8],
-    ) -> std::result::Result<BlobObject<'a>, BlobError> {
-        let blobdir = context.get_blobdir();
-        let (stem, ext) = BlobObject::sanitise_name(suggested_name.as_ref());
-        let (name, mut file) = BlobObject::create_new_file(&blobdir, &stem, &ext)?;
-        file.write_all(data)
-            .map_err(|err| BlobError::WriteFailure {
-                blobdir: blobdir.to_path_buf(),
-                blobname: name.clone(),
-                cause: err,
-                backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-            })?;
-        let blob = BlobObject {
-            blobdir,
-            name: format!("$BLOBDIR/{}", name),
-        };
-        context.call_cb(Event::NewBlobFile(blob.as_name().to_string()));
-        Ok(blob)
-    }
-
-    // Creates a new file, returning a tuple of the name and the handle.
-    fn create_new_file(dir: &Path, stem: &str, ext: &str) -> Result<(String, fs::File), BlobError> {
-        let max_attempt = 15;
-        let mut name = format!("{}{}", stem, ext);
-        for attempt in 0..max_attempt {
-            let path = dir.join(&name);
-            match fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                .create_new(true)
-                .write(true)
-                .open(&path)
-            {
-                Ok(file) => return Ok((name, file)),
-                Err(err) => {
-                    if attempt == max_attempt {
-                        return Err(BlobError::CreateFailure {
-                            blobdir: dir.to_path_buf(),
-                            blobname: name,
-                            cause: err,
-                            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        name = format!("{}-{}{}", stem, rand::random::<u32>(), ext);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        // This is supposed to be unreachable, but the compiler doesn't know.
-        Err(BlobError::CreateFailure {
-            blobdir: dir.to_path_buf(),
-            blobname: name,
-            cause: std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, "supposedly unreachable"),
-            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a new blob object with unique name by copying an existing file.
-    ///
-    /// This creates a new blob as described in [BlobObject::create]
-    /// but also copies an existing file into it.  This is done in a
-    /// in way which avoids race-conditions when multiple files are
-    /// concurrently created.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// In addition to the errors in [BlobObject::create] the
-    /// [BlobError::CopyFailure] is used when the data can not be
-    /// copied.
-    pub fn create_and_copy(
-        context: &'a Context,
-        src: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<BlobObject<'a>, BlobError> {
-        let mut src_file = fs::File::open(src.as_ref()).map_err(|err| BlobError::CopyFailure {
-            blobdir: context.get_blobdir().to_path_buf(),
-            blobname: String::from(""),
-            src: src.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-            cause: err,
-            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-        })?;
-        let (stem, ext) = BlobObject::sanitise_name(&src.as_ref().to_string_lossy());
-        let (name, mut dst_file) = BlobObject::create_new_file(context.get_blobdir(), &stem, &ext)?;
-        let name_for_err = name.clone();
-        std::io::copy(&mut src_file, &mut dst_file).map_err(|err| {
-            {
-                // Attempt to remove the failed file, swallow errors resulting from that.
-                let path = context.get_blobdir().join(&name_for_err);
-                fs::remove_file(path).ok();
-            }
-            BlobError::CopyFailure {
-                blobdir: context.get_blobdir().to_path_buf(),
-                blobname: name_for_err,
-                src: src.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-                cause: err,
-                backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-            }
-        })?;
-        let blob = BlobObject {
-            blobdir: context.get_blobdir(),
-            name: format!("$BLOBDIR/{}", name),
-        };
-        context.call_cb(Event::NewBlobFile(blob.as_name().to_string()));
-        Ok(blob)
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a blob from a file, possibly copying it to the blobdir.
-    ///
-    /// If the source file is not a path to into the blob directory
-    /// the file will be copied into the blob directory first.  If the
-    /// source file is already in the blobdir it will not be copied
-    /// and only be created if it is a valid blobname, that is no
-    /// subdirectory is used and [BlobObject::sanitise_name] does not
-    /// modify the filename.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// This merely delegates to the [BlobObject::create_and_copy] and
-    /// the [BlobObject::from_path] methods.  See those for possible
-    /// errors.
-    pub fn new_from_path(
-        context: &Context,
-        src: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<BlobObject, BlobError> {
-        if src.as_ref().starts_with(context.get_blobdir()) {
-            BlobObject::from_path(context, src)
-        } else {
-            BlobObject::create_and_copy(context, src)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a [BlobObject] for an existing blob from a path.
-    ///
-    /// The path must designate a file directly in the blobdir and
-    /// must use a valid blob name.  That is after sanitisation the
-    /// name must still be the same, that means it must be valid UTF-8
-    /// and not have any special characters in it.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// [BlobError::WrongBlobdir] is used if the path is not in
-    /// the blob directory.
-    ///
-    /// [BlobError::WrongName] is used if the file name does not
-    /// remain identical after sanitisation.
-    pub fn from_path(
-        context: &Context,
-        path: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<BlobObject, BlobError> {
-        let rel_path = path
-            .as_ref()
-            .strip_prefix(context.get_blobdir())
-            .map_err(|_| BlobError::WrongBlobdir {
-                blobdir: context.get_blobdir().to_path_buf(),
-                src: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-                backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-            })?;
-        if !BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name(&rel_path) {
-            return Err(BlobError::WrongName {
-                blobname: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-                backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-            });
-        }
-        let name = rel_path.to_str().ok_or_else(|| BlobError::WrongName {
-            blobname: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-        })?;
-        BlobObject::from_name(context, name.to_string())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a [BlobObject] for an existing blob.
-    ///
-    /// The `name` may optionally be prefixed with the `$BLOBDIR/`
-    /// prefixed, as returned by [BlobObject::as_name].  This is how
-    /// you want to create a [BlobObject] for a filename read from the
-    /// database.
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// [BlobError::WrongName] is used if the name is not a valid
-    /// blobname, i.e. if [BlobObject::sanitise_name] does modify the
-    /// provided name.
-    pub fn from_name(
-        context: &'a Context,
-        name: String,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<BlobObject<'a>, BlobError> {
-        let name: String = match name.starts_with("$BLOBDIR/") {
-            true => name.splitn(2, '/').last().unwrap().to_string(),
-            false => name,
-        };
-        if !BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name(&name) {
-            return Err(BlobError::WrongName {
-                blobname: PathBuf::from(name),
-                backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-            });
-        }
-        Ok(BlobObject {
-            blobdir: context.get_blobdir(),
-            name: format!("$BLOBDIR/{}", name),
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the absolute path to the blob in the filesystem.
-    pub fn to_abs_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        let fname = Path::new(&self.name).strip_prefix("$BLOBDIR/").unwrap();
-        self.blobdir.join(fname)
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the blob name, as stored in the database.
-    ///
-    /// This returns the blob in the `$BLOBDIR/<name>` format used in
-    /// the database.  Do not use this unless you're about to store
-    /// this string in the database or [Params].  Eventually even
-    /// those conversions should be handled by the type system.
-    ///
-    /// [Params]: crate::param::Params
-    pub fn as_name(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.name
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the filename of the blob.
-    pub fn as_file_name(&self) -> &str {
-        self.name.rsplitn(2, '/').next().unwrap()
-    }
-
-    /// The path relative in the blob directory.
-    pub fn as_rel_path(&self) -> &Path {
-        Path::new(self.as_file_name())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the extension of the blob.
-    ///
-    /// If a blob's filename has an extension, it is always guaranteed
-    /// to be lowercase.
-    pub fn suffix(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        let ext = self.name.rsplitn(2, '.').next();
-        if ext == Some(&self.name) {
-            None
-        } else {
-            ext
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Create a safe name based on a messy input string.
-    ///
-    /// The safe name will be a valid filename on Unix and Windows and
-    /// not contain any path separators.  The input can contain path
-    /// segments separated by either Unix or Windows path separators,
-    /// the rightmost non-empty segment will be used as name,
-    /// sanitised for special characters.
-    ///
-    /// The resulting name is returned as a tuple, the first part
-    /// being the stem or basename and the second being an extension,
-    /// including the dot.  E.g. "foo.txt" is returned as `("foo",
-    /// ".txt")` while "bar" is returned as `("bar", "")`.
-    ///
-    /// The extension part will always be lowercased.
-    fn sanitise_name(name: &str) -> (String, String) {
-        let mut name = name.to_string();
-        for part in name.rsplit('/') {
-            if !part.is_empty() {
-                name = part.to_string();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        for part in name.rsplit('\\') {
-            if !part.is_empty() {
-                name = part.to_string();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        let opts = sanitize_filename::Options {
-            truncate: true,
-            windows: true,
-            replacement: "",
-        };
-
-        let clean = sanitize_filename::sanitize_with_options(name, opts);
-        let mut iter = clean.splitn(2, '.');
-        let mut stem = iter.next().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
-        let mut ext = iter.next().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
-        stem.truncate(64);
-        ext.truncate(32);
-        match ext.len() {
-            0 => (stem, "".to_string()),
-            _ => (stem, format!(".{}", ext).to_lowercase()),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Checks whether a name is a valid blob name.
-    ///
-    /// This is slightly less strict than stanitise_name, presumably
-    /// someone already created a file with such a name so we just
-    /// ensure it's not actually a path in disguise is actually utf-8.
-    fn is_acceptible_blob_name(name: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> bool {
-        let uname = match name.as_ref().to_str() {
-            Some(name) => name,
-            None => return false,
-        };
-        if uname.find('/').is_some() {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if uname.find('\\').is_some() {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if uname.find('\0').is_some() {
-            return false;
-        }
-        true
-    }
-
-    pub fn recode_to_avatar_size(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<(), BlobError> {
-        let blob_abs = self.to_abs_path();
-        let img = image::open(&blob_abs).map_err(|err| BlobError::RecodeFailure {
-            blobdir: context.get_blobdir().to_path_buf(),
-            blobname: blob_abs.to_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string(),
-            cause: err,
-            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-        })?;
-
-        if img.width() <= AVATAR_SIZE && img.height() <= AVATAR_SIZE {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-
-        let img = img.thumbnail(AVATAR_SIZE, AVATAR_SIZE);
-
-        img.save(&blob_abs).map_err(|err| BlobError::WriteFailure {
-            blobdir: context.get_blobdir().to_path_buf(),
-            blobname: blob_abs.to_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string(),
-            cause: err,
-            backtrace: failure::Backtrace::new(),
-        })?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a> fmt::Display for BlobObject<'a> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "$BLOBDIR/{}", self.name)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Errors for the [BlobObject].
-#[derive(Fail, Debug)]
-pub enum BlobError {
-    CreateFailure {
-        blobdir: PathBuf,
-        blobname: String,
-        #[cause]
-        cause: std::io::Error,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-    WriteFailure {
-        blobdir: PathBuf,
-        blobname: String,
-        #[cause]
-        cause: std::io::Error,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-    CopyFailure {
-        blobdir: PathBuf,
-        blobname: String,
-        src: PathBuf,
-        #[cause]
-        cause: std::io::Error,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-    RecodeFailure {
-        blobdir: PathBuf,
-        blobname: String,
-        #[cause]
-        cause: image::ImageError,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-    WrongBlobdir {
-        blobdir: PathBuf,
-        src: PathBuf,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-    WrongName {
-        blobname: PathBuf,
-        backtrace: failure::Backtrace,
-    },
-}
-
-// Implementing Display is done by hand because the failure
-// #[fail(display = "...")] syntax does not allow using
-// `blobdir.display()`.
-impl fmt::Display for BlobError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        // Match on the data rather than kind, they are equivalent for
-        // identifying purposes but contain the actual data we need.
-        match &self {
-            BlobError::CreateFailure {
-                blobdir, blobname, ..
-            } => write!(
-                f,
-                "Failed to create blob {} in {}",
-                blobname,
-                blobdir.display()
-            ),
-            BlobError::WriteFailure {
-                blobdir, blobname, ..
-            } => write!(
-                f,
-                "Failed to write data to blob {} in {}",
-                blobname,
-                blobdir.display()
-            ),
-            BlobError::CopyFailure {
-                blobdir,
-                blobname,
-                src,
-                ..
-            } => write!(
-                f,
-                "Failed to copy data from {} to blob {} in {}",
-                src.display(),
-                blobname,
-                blobdir.display(),
-            ),
-            BlobError::RecodeFailure {
-                blobdir, blobname, ..
-            } => write!(f, "Failed to recode {} in {}", blobname, blobdir.display(),),
-            BlobError::WrongBlobdir { blobdir, src, .. } => write!(
-                f,
-                "File path {} is not in blobdir {}",
-                src.display(),
-                blobdir.display(),
-            ),
-            BlobError::WrongName { blobname, .. } => {
-                write!(f, "Blob has a bad name: {}", blobname.display(),)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    use crate::test_utils::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo", b"hello").unwrap();
-        let fname = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("foo");
-        let data = fs::read(fname).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data, b"hello");
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_name(), "$BLOBDIR/foo");
-        assert_eq!(blob.to_abs_path(), t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("foo"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_lowercase_ext() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.TXT", b"hello").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_name(), "$BLOBDIR/foo.txt");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_as_file_name() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.txt", b"hello").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_file_name(), "foo.txt");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_as_rel_path() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.txt", b"hello").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_rel_path(), Path::new("foo.txt"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_suffix() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.txt", b"hello").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.suffix(), Some("txt"));
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "bar", b"world").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.suffix(), None);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_dup() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.txt", b"hello").unwrap();
-        let foo_path = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("foo.txt");
-        assert!(foo_path.exists());
-        BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.txt", b"world").unwrap();
-        for dirent in fs::read_dir(t.ctx.get_blobdir()).unwrap() {
-            let fname = dirent.unwrap().file_name();
-            if fname == foo_path.file_name().unwrap() {
-                assert_eq!(fs::read(&foo_path).unwrap(), b"hello");
-            } else {
-                let name = fname.to_str().unwrap();
-                assert!(name.starts_with("foo"));
-                assert!(name.ends_with(".txt"));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_double_ext_preserved() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.tar.gz", b"hello").unwrap();
-        let foo_path = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("foo.tar.gz");
-        assert!(foo_path.exists());
-        BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, "foo.tar.gz", b"world").unwrap();
-        for dirent in fs::read_dir(t.ctx.get_blobdir()).unwrap() {
-            let fname = dirent.unwrap().file_name();
-            if fname == foo_path.file_name().unwrap() {
-                assert_eq!(fs::read(&foo_path).unwrap(), b"hello");
-            } else {
-                let name = fname.to_str().unwrap();
-                println!("{}", name);
-                assert!(name.starts_with("foo"));
-                assert!(name.ends_with(".tar.gz"));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_long_names() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let s = "1".repeat(150);
-        let blob = BlobObject::create(&t.ctx, &s, b"data").unwrap();
-        let blobname = blob.as_name().split('/').last().unwrap();
-        assert!(blobname.len() < 128);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_and_copy() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let src = t.dir.path().join("src");
-        fs::write(&src, b"boo").unwrap();
-        let blob = BlobObject::create_and_copy(&t.ctx, &src).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_name(), "$BLOBDIR/src");
-        let data = fs::read(blob.to_abs_path()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data, b"boo");
-
-        let whoops = t.dir.path().join("whoops");
-        assert!(BlobObject::create_and_copy(&t.ctx, &whoops).is_err());
-        let whoops = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("whoops");
-        assert!(!whoops.exists());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_from_path() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-
-        let src_ext = t.dir.path().join("external");
-        fs::write(&src_ext, b"boo").unwrap();
-        let blob = BlobObject::new_from_path(&t.ctx, &src_ext).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_name(), "$BLOBDIR/external");
-        let data = fs::read(blob.to_abs_path()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data, b"boo");
-
-        let src_int = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("internal");
-        fs::write(&src_int, b"boo").unwrap();
-        let blob = BlobObject::new_from_path(&t.ctx, &src_int).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(blob.as_name(), "$BLOBDIR/internal");
-        let data = fs::read(blob.to_abs_path()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(data, b"boo");
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_from_name_long() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let src_ext = t.dir.path().join("autocrypt-setup-message-4137848473.html");
-        fs::write(&src_ext, b"boo").unwrap();
-        let blob = BlobObject::new_from_path(&t.ctx, &src_ext).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            blob.as_name(),
-            "$BLOBDIR/autocrypt-setup-message-4137848473.html"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_is_blob_name() {
-        assert!(BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("foo"));
-        assert!(BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("foo.txt"));
-        assert!(BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("f".repeat(128)));
-        assert!(!BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("foo/bar"));
-        assert!(!BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("foo\\bar"));
-        assert!(!BlobObject::is_acceptible_blob_name("foo\x00bar"));
-    }
-}
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
--- a/src/chatlist.rs
+++ b/src/chatlist.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-//! # Chat list module
-
 use crate::chat::*;
 use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::contact::*;
 use crate::context::*;
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::lot::Lot;
-use crate::message::{Message, MessageState, MsgId};
+use crate::message::*;
 use crate::stock::StockMessage;

 /// An object representing a single chatlist in memory.
@@ -33,13 +31,17 @@ use crate::stock::StockMessage;
 /// first entry and only present on new messages, there is the rough idea that it can be optionally always
 /// present and sorted into the list by date. Rendering the deaddrop in the described way
 /// would not add extra work in the UI then.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Chatlist {
+pub struct Chatlist<'a> {
+    context: &'a Context,
    /// Stores pairs of `chat_id, message_id`
-    ids: Vec<(u32, MsgId)>,
+    ids: Vec<(u32, u32)>,
 }

-impl Chatlist {
+impl<'a> Chatlist<'a> {
+    pub fn get_context(&self) -> &Context {
+        self.context
+    }
+
    /// Get a list of chats.
    /// The list can be filtered by query parameters.
    ///
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ impl Chatlist {
    ///   or "Not now".
    ///   The UI can also offer a "Close" button that calls dc_marknoticed_contact() then.
    /// - DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK (6) - this special chat is present if the user has
-    ///   archived *any* chat using dc_archive_chat(). The UI should show a link as
+    ///   archived _any_ chat using dc_archive_chat(). The UI should show a link as
    ///   "Show archived chats", if the user clicks this item, the UI should show a
    ///   list of all archived chats that can be created by this function hen using
    ///   the DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY flag.
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ impl Chatlist {
    /// The `listflags` is a combination of flags:
    /// - if the flag DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY is set, only archived chats are returned.
    ///   if DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY is not set, only unarchived chats are returned and
-    ///   the pseudo-chat DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK is added if there are *any* archived
+    ///   the pseudo-chat DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK is added if there are _any_ archived
    ///   chats
    /// - if the flag DC_GCL_NO_SPECIALS is set, deaddrop and archive link are not added
    ///   to the list (may be used eg. for selecting chats on forwarding, the flag is
@@ -83,17 +85,30 @@ impl Chatlist {
    /// `query_contact_id`: An optional contact ID for filtering the list. Only chats including this contact ID
    ///     are returned.
    pub fn try_load(
-        context: &Context,
+        context: &'a Context,
        listflags: usize,
        query: Option<&str>,
        query_contact_id: Option<u32>,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut add_archived_link_item = false;
+        let mut add_archived_link_item = 0;
+
+        // select with left join and minimum:
+        // - the inner select must use `hidden` and _not_ `m.hidden`
+        //   which would refer the outer select and take a lot of time
+        // - `GROUP BY` is needed several messages may have the same timestamp
+        // - the list starts with the newest chats
+        // nb: the query currently shows messages from blocked contacts in groups.
+        // however, for normal-groups, this is okay as the message is also returned by dc_get_chat_msgs()
+        // (otherwise it would be hard to follow conversations, wa and tg do the same)
+        // for the deaddrop, however, they should really be hidden, however, _currently_ the deaddrop is not
+        // shown at all permanent in the chatlist.

        let process_row = |row: &rusqlite::Row| {
-            let chat_id: u32 = row.get(0)?;
-            let msg_id: MsgId = row.get(1).unwrap_or_default();
-            Ok((chat_id, msg_id))
+            let chat_id: i32 = row.get(0)?;
+            // TODO: verify that it is okay for this to be Null
+            let msg_id: i32 = row.get(1).unwrap_or_default();
+
+            Ok((chat_id as u32, msg_id as u32))
        };

        let process_rows = |rows: rusqlite::MappedRows<_>| {
@@ -101,60 +116,37 @@ impl Chatlist {
                .map_err(Into::into)
        };

-        // select with left join and minimum:
-        //
-        // - the inner select must use `hidden` and _not_ `m.hidden`
-        //   which would refer the outer select and take a lot of time
-        // - `GROUP BY` is needed several messages may have the same
-        //   timestamp
-        // - the list starts with the newest chats
-        //
-        // nb: the query currently shows messages from blocked
-        // contacts in groups.  however, for normal-groups, this is
-        // okay as the message is also returned by dc_get_chat_msgs()
-        // (otherwise it would be hard to follow conversations, wa and
-        // tg do the same) for the deaddrop, however, they should
-        // really be hidden, however, _currently_ the deaddrop is not
+        // nb: the query currently shows messages from blocked contacts in groups.
+        // however, for normal-groups, this is okay as the message is also returned by dc_get_chat_msgs()
+        // (otherwise it would be hard to follow conversations, wa and tg do the same)
+        // for the deaddrop, however, they should really be hidden, however, _currently_ the deaddrop is not
        // shown at all permanent in the chatlist.
+
        let mut ids = if let Some(query_contact_id) = query_contact_id {
            // show chats shared with a given contact
            context.sql.query_map(
-                "SELECT c.id, m.id
-                 FROM chats c
-                 LEFT JOIN msgs m
-                        ON c.id=m.chat_id
-                       AND m.timestamp=(
-                               SELECT MAX(timestamp)
-                                 FROM msgs
-                                WHERE chat_id=c.id
-                                  AND (hidden=0 OR state=?))
-                 WHERE c.id>9
-                   AND c.blocked=0
-                   AND c.id IN(SELECT chat_id FROM chats_contacts WHERE contact_id=?)
-                 GROUP BY c.id
-                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,c.created_timestamp) DESC, m.id DESC;",
-                params![MessageState::OutDraft, query_contact_id as i32],
-                process_row,
-                process_rows,
-            )?
+            "SELECT c.id, m.id FROM chats c  LEFT JOIN msgs m         \
+             ON c.id=m.chat_id        \
+             AND m.timestamp=( SELECT MAX(timestamp)   \
+             FROM msgs  WHERE chat_id=c.id    \
+             AND (hidden=0 OR (hidden=1 AND state=19))) WHERE c.id>9   \
+             AND c.blocked=0 AND c.id IN(SELECT chat_id FROM chats_contacts WHERE contact_id=?)  \
+             GROUP BY c.id  ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,0) DESC, m.id DESC;",
+            params![query_contact_id as i32],
+            process_row,
+            process_rows,
+        )?
        } else if 0 != listflags & DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY {
            // show archived chats
            context.sql.query_map(
-                "SELECT c.id, m.id
-                 FROM chats c
-                 LEFT JOIN msgs m
-                        ON c.id=m.chat_id
-                       AND m.timestamp=(
-                               SELECT MAX(timestamp)
-                                 FROM msgs
-                                WHERE chat_id=c.id
-                                  AND (hidden=0 OR state=?))
-                 WHERE c.id>9
-                   AND c.blocked=0
-                   AND c.archived=1
-                 GROUP BY c.id
-                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,c.created_timestamp) DESC, m.id DESC;",
-                params![MessageState::OutDraft],
+                "SELECT c.id, m.id FROM chats c  LEFT JOIN msgs m         \
+                 ON c.id=m.chat_id        \
+                 AND m.timestamp=( SELECT MAX(timestamp)   \
+                 FROM msgs  WHERE chat_id=c.id    \
+                 AND (hidden=0 OR (hidden=1 AND state=19))) WHERE c.id>9   \
+                 AND c.blocked=0 AND c.archived=1  GROUP BY c.id  \
+                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,0) DESC, m.id DESC;",
+                params![],
                process_row,
                process_rows,
            )?
@@ -164,62 +156,51 @@ impl Chatlist {

            let str_like_cmd = format!("%{}%", query);
            context.sql.query_map(
-                "SELECT c.id, m.id
-                 FROM chats c
-                 LEFT JOIN msgs m
-                        ON c.id=m.chat_id
-                       AND m.timestamp=(
-                               SELECT MAX(timestamp)
-                                 FROM msgs
-                                WHERE chat_id=c.id
-                                  AND (hidden=0 OR state=?))
-                 WHERE c.id>9
-                   AND c.blocked=0
-                   AND c.name LIKE ?
-                 GROUP BY c.id
-                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,c.created_timestamp) DESC, m.id DESC;",
-                params![MessageState::OutDraft, str_like_cmd],
+                "SELECT c.id, m.id FROM chats c  LEFT JOIN msgs m         \
+                 ON c.id=m.chat_id        \
+                 AND m.timestamp=( SELECT MAX(timestamp)   \
+                 FROM msgs  WHERE chat_id=c.id    \
+                 AND (hidden=0 OR (hidden=1 AND state=19))) WHERE c.id>9   \
+                 AND c.blocked=0 AND c.name LIKE ?  \
+                 GROUP BY c.id  ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,0) DESC, m.id DESC;",
+                params![str_like_cmd],
                process_row,
                process_rows,
            )?
        } else {
            //  show normal chatlist
            let mut ids = context.sql.query_map(
-                "SELECT c.id, m.id
-                 FROM chats c
-                 LEFT JOIN msgs m
-                        ON c.id=m.chat_id
-                       AND m.timestamp=(
-                               SELECT MAX(timestamp)
-                                 FROM msgs
-                                WHERE chat_id=c.id
-                                  AND (hidden=0 OR state=?))
-                 WHERE c.id>9
-                   AND c.blocked=0
-                   AND c.archived=0
-                 GROUP BY c.id
-                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,c.created_timestamp) DESC, m.id DESC;",
-                params![MessageState::OutDraft],
+                "SELECT c.id, m.id FROM chats c  \
+                 LEFT JOIN msgs m         \
+                 ON c.id=m.chat_id        \
+                 AND m.timestamp=( SELECT MAX(timestamp)   \
+                 FROM msgs  WHERE chat_id=c.id    \
+                 AND (hidden=0 OR (hidden=1 AND state=19))) WHERE c.id>9   \
+                 AND c.blocked=0 AND c.archived=0  \
+                 GROUP BY c.id  \
+                 ORDER BY IFNULL(m.timestamp,0) DESC, m.id DESC;",
+                params![],
                process_row,
                process_rows,
            )?;
            if 0 == listflags & DC_GCL_NO_SPECIALS {
-                if let Some(last_deaddrop_fresh_msg_id) = get_last_deaddrop_fresh_msg(context) {
-                    ids.insert(0, (DC_CHAT_ID_DEADDROP, last_deaddrop_fresh_msg_id));
+                let last_deaddrop_fresh_msg_id = get_last_deaddrop_fresh_msg(context);
+                if last_deaddrop_fresh_msg_id > 0 {
+                    ids.push((1, last_deaddrop_fresh_msg_id));
                }
-                add_archived_link_item = true;
+                add_archived_link_item = 1;
            }
            ids
        };

-        if add_archived_link_item && dc_get_archived_cnt(context) > 0 {
+        if 0 != add_archived_link_item && dc_get_archived_cnt(context) > 0 {
            if ids.is_empty() && 0 != listflags & DC_GCL_ADD_ALLDONE_HINT {
-                ids.push((DC_CHAT_ID_ALLDONE_HINT, MsgId::new(0)));
+                ids.push((DC_CHAT_ID_ALLDONE_HINT, 0));
            }
-            ids.push((DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK, MsgId::new(0)));
+            ids.push((DC_CHAT_ID_ARCHIVED_LINK, 0));
        }

-        Ok(Chatlist { ids })
+        Ok(Chatlist { context, ids })
    }

    /// Find out the number of chats.
@@ -227,7 +208,6 @@ impl Chatlist {
        self.ids.len()
    }

-    /// Returns true if chatlist is empty.
    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
        self.ids.is_empty()
    }
@@ -245,9 +225,12 @@ impl Chatlist {
    /// Get a single message ID of a chatlist.
    ///
    /// To get the message object from the message ID, use dc_get_msg().
-    pub fn get_msg_id(&self, index: usize) -> Result<MsgId> {
-        ensure!(index < self.ids.len(), "Chatlist index out of range");
-        Ok(self.ids[index].1)
+    pub fn get_msg_id(&self, index: usize) -> u32 {
+        if index >= self.ids.len() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        self.ids[index].1
    }

    /// Get a summary for a chatlist index.
@@ -264,7 +247,7 @@ impl Chatlist {
    /// - dc_lot_t::timestamp: the timestamp of the message.  0 if not applicable.
    /// - dc_lot_t::state: The state of the message as one of the DC_STATE_* constants (see #dc_msg_get_state()).
    //    0 if not applicable.
-    pub fn get_summary(&self, context: &Context, index: usize, chat: Option<&Chat>) -> Lot {
+    pub fn get_summary(&self, index: usize, chat: Option<&Chat<'a>>) -> Lot {
        // The summary is created by the chat, not by the last message.
        // This is because we may want to display drafts here or stuff as
        // "is typing".
@@ -279,24 +262,30 @@ impl Chatlist {
        let chat_loaded: Chat;
        let chat = if let Some(chat) = chat {
            chat
-        } else if let Ok(chat) = Chat::load_from_db(context, self.ids[index].0) {
-            chat_loaded = chat;
-            &chat_loaded
        } else {
-            return ret;
+            if let Ok(chat) = Chat::load_from_db(self.context, self.ids[index].0) {
+                chat_loaded = chat;
+                &chat_loaded
+            } else {
+                return ret;
+            }
        };

        let lastmsg_id = self.ids[index].1;
        let mut lastcontact = None;

-        let lastmsg = if let Ok(lastmsg) = Message::load_from_db(context, lastmsg_id) {
-            if lastmsg.from_id != DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF
-                && (chat.typ == Chattype::Group || chat.typ == Chattype::VerifiedGroup)
-            {
-                lastcontact = Contact::load_from_db(context, lastmsg.from_id).ok();
-            }
+        let lastmsg = if 0 != lastmsg_id {
+            if let Ok(lastmsg) = dc_msg_load_from_db(self.context, lastmsg_id) {
+                if lastmsg.from_id != 1 as libc::c_uint
+                    && (chat.typ == Chattype::Group || chat.typ == Chattype::VerifiedGroup)
+                {
+                    lastcontact = Contact::load_from_db(self.context, lastmsg.from_id).ok();
+                }

-            Some(lastmsg)
+                Some(lastmsg)
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
        } else {
            None
        };
@@ -305,83 +294,46 @@ impl Chatlist {
            ret.text2 = None;
        } else if lastmsg.is_none() || lastmsg.as_ref().unwrap().from_id == DC_CONTACT_ID_UNDEFINED
        {
-            ret.text2 = Some(context.stock_str(StockMessage::NoMessages).to_string());
+            ret.text2 = Some(self.context.stock_str(StockMessage::NoMessages).to_string());
        } else {
-            ret.fill(&mut lastmsg.unwrap(), chat, lastcontact.as_ref(), context);
+            ret.fill(
+                &mut lastmsg.unwrap(),
+                chat,
+                lastcontact.as_ref(),
+                self.context,
+            );
        }

        ret
    }
 }

-/// Returns the number of archived chats
 pub fn dc_get_archived_cnt(context: &Context) -> u32 {
    context
        .sql
-        .query_get_value(
+        .query_row_col(
            context,
            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM chats WHERE blocked=0 AND archived=1;",
            params![],
+            0,
        )
        .unwrap_or_default()
 }

-fn get_last_deaddrop_fresh_msg(context: &Context) -> Option<MsgId> {
-    // We have an index over the state-column, this should be
-    // sufficient as there are typically only few fresh messages.
-    context.sql.query_get_value(
-        context,
-        concat!(
-            "SELECT m.id",
-            " FROM msgs m",
-            " LEFT JOIN chats c",
-            "        ON c.id=m.chat_id",
-            " WHERE m.state=10",
-            "   AND m.hidden=0",
-            "   AND c.blocked=2",
-            " ORDER BY m.timestamp DESC, m.id DESC;"
-        ),
-        params![],
-    )
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    use crate::chat;
-    use crate::test_utils::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_try_load() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let chat_id1 = create_group_chat(&t.ctx, VerifiedStatus::Unverified, "a chat").unwrap();
-        let chat_id2 = create_group_chat(&t.ctx, VerifiedStatus::Unverified, "b chat").unwrap();
-        let chat_id3 = create_group_chat(&t.ctx, VerifiedStatus::Unverified, "c chat").unwrap();
-
-        // check that the chatlist starts with the most recent message
-        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, 0, None, None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(chats.len(), 3);
-        assert_eq!(chats.get_chat_id(0), chat_id3);
-        assert_eq!(chats.get_chat_id(1), chat_id2);
-        assert_eq!(chats.get_chat_id(2), chat_id1);
-
-        // drafts are sorted to the top
-        let mut msg = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
-        msg.set_text(Some("hello".to_string()));
-        set_draft(&t.ctx, chat_id2, Some(&mut msg));
-        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, 0, None, None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(chats.get_chat_id(0), chat_id2);
-
-        // check chatlist query and archive functionality
-        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, 0, Some("b"), None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(chats.len(), 1);
-
-        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY, None, None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(chats.len(), 0);
-
-        chat::archive(&t.ctx, chat_id1, true).ok();
-        let chats = Chatlist::try_load(&t.ctx, DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY, None, None).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(chats.len(), 1);
-    }
+fn get_last_deaddrop_fresh_msg(context: &Context) -> u32 {
+    // We have an index over the state-column, this should be sufficient as there are typically
+    // only few fresh messages.
+    context
+        .sql
+        .query_row_col(
+            context,
+            "SELECT m.id  FROM msgs m  LEFT JOIN chats c ON c.id=m.chat_id  \
+             WHERE m.state=10   \
+             AND m.hidden=0    \
+             AND c.blocked=2 \
+             ORDER BY m.timestamp DESC, m.id DESC;",
+            params![],
+            0,
+        )
+        .unwrap_or_default()
 }
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-//! # Key-value configuration management
-
 use strum::{EnumProperty, IntoEnumIterator};
 use strum_macros::{AsRefStr, Display, EnumIter, EnumProperty, EnumString};

-use crate::blob::BlobObject;
 use crate::constants::DC_VERSION_STR;
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::dc_tools::*;
+use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::job::*;
 use crate::stock::StockMessage;
-use rusqlite::NO_PARAMS;

 /// The available configuration keys.
 #[derive(
@@ -22,45 +19,30 @@ pub enum Config {
    MailUser,
    MailPw,
    MailPort,
-    ImapCertificateChecks,
    SendServer,
    SendUser,
    SendPw,
    SendPort,
-    SmtpCertificateChecks,
    ServerFlags,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "INBOX"))]
    ImapFolder,
-
    Displayname,
    Selfstatus,
    Selfavatar,
-
-    #[strum(props(default = "0"))]
-    BccSelf,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    E2eeEnabled,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    MdnsEnabled,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    InboxWatch,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    SentboxWatch,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    MvboxWatch,
-
    #[strum(props(default = "1"))]
    MvboxMove,
-
-    #[strum(props(default = "0"))] // also change ShowEmails.default() on changes
+    #[strum(props(default = "0"))]
    ShowEmails,
-
    SaveMimeHeaders,
    ConfiguredAddr,
    ConfiguredMailServer,
@@ -68,23 +50,19 @@ pub enum Config {
    ConfiguredMailPw,
    ConfiguredMailPort,
    ConfiguredMailSecurity,
-    ConfiguredImapCertificateChecks,
    ConfiguredSendServer,
    ConfiguredSendUser,
    ConfiguredSendPw,
    ConfiguredSendPort,
-    ConfiguredSmtpCertificateChecks,
    ConfiguredServerFlags,
    ConfiguredSendSecurity,
    ConfiguredE2EEEnabled,
    Configured,
-
+    // Deprecated
    #[strum(serialize = "sys.version")]
    SysVersion,
-
    #[strum(serialize = "sys.msgsize_max_recommended")]
    SysMsgsizeMaxRecommended,
-
    #[strum(serialize = "sys.config_keys")]
    SysConfigKeys,
 }
@@ -94,13 +72,13 @@ impl Context {
    pub fn get_config(&self, key: Config) -> Option<String> {
        let value = match key {
            Config::Selfavatar => {
-                let rel_path = self.sql.get_raw_config(self, key);
-                rel_path.map(|p| dc_get_abs_path(self, &p).to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+                let rel_path = self.sql.get_config(self, key);
+                rel_path.map(|p| dc_get_abs_path_safe(self, &p).to_str().unwrap().to_string())
            }
            Config::SysVersion => Some((&*DC_VERSION_STR).clone()),
            Config::SysMsgsizeMaxRecommended => Some(format!("{}", 24 * 1024 * 1024 / 4 * 3)),
            Config::SysConfigKeys => Some(get_config_keys_string()),
-            _ => self.sql.get_raw_config(self, key),
+            _ => self.sql.get_config(self, key),
        };

        if value.is_some() {
@@ -114,46 +92,27 @@ impl Context {
        }
    }

-    pub fn get_config_int(&self, key: Config) -> i32 {
-        self.get_config(key)
-            .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_config_bool(&self, key: Config) -> bool {
-        self.get_config_int(key) != 0
-    }
-
    /// Set the given config key.
    /// If `None` is passed as a value the value is cleared and set to the default if there is one.
-    pub fn set_config(&self, key: Config, value: Option<&str>) -> crate::sql::Result<()> {
+    pub fn set_config(&self, key: Config, value: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), Error> {
        match key {
-            Config::Selfavatar => {
+            Config::Selfavatar if value.is_some() => {
+                let rel_path = std::fs::canonicalize(value.unwrap())?;
                self.sql
-                    .execute("UPDATE contacts SET selfavatar_sent=0;", NO_PARAMS)?;
-                self.sql
-                    .set_raw_config_bool(self, "attach_selfavatar", true)?;
-                match value {
-                    Some(value) => {
-                        let blob = BlobObject::new_from_path(&self, value)?;
-                        blob.recode_to_avatar_size(self)?;
-                        self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, Some(blob.as_name()))
-                    }
-                    None => self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, None),
-                }
+                    .set_config(self, key, Some(&rel_path.to_string_lossy()))
            }
            Config::InboxWatch => {
-                let ret = self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, value);
-                interrupt_inbox_idle(self);
+                let ret = self.sql.set_config(self, key, value);
+                interrupt_imap_idle(self);
                ret
            }
            Config::SentboxWatch => {
-                let ret = self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, value);
+                let ret = self.sql.set_config(self, key, value);
                interrupt_sentbox_idle(self);
                ret
            }
            Config::MvboxWatch => {
-                let ret = self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, value);
+                let ret = self.sql.set_config(self, key, value);
                interrupt_mvbox_idle(self);
                ret
            }
@@ -165,9 +124,9 @@ impl Context {
                    value
                };

-                self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, val)
+                self.sql.set_config(self, key, val)
            }
-            _ => self.sql.set_raw_config(self, key, value),
+            _ => self.sql.set_config(self, key, value),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -190,10 +149,6 @@ mod tests {
    use std::str::FromStr;
    use std::string::ToString;

-    use crate::test_utils::*;
-    use std::fs::File;
-    use std::io::Write;
-
    #[test]
    fn test_to_string() {
        assert_eq!(Config::MailServer.to_string(), "mail_server");
@@ -210,34 +165,4 @@ mod tests {
    fn test_default_prop() {
        assert_eq!(Config::ImapFolder.get_str("default"), Some("INBOX"));
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_selfavatar_outside_blobdir() -> failure::Fallible<()> {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let avatar_src = t.dir.path().join("avatar.jpg");
-        let avatar_bytes = include_bytes!("../test-data/image/avatar1000x1000.jpg");
-        File::create(&avatar_src)?.write_all(avatar_bytes)?;
-        let avatar_blob = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("avatar.jpg");
-        assert!(!avatar_blob.exists());
-        t.ctx
-            .set_config(Config::Selfavatar, Some(&avatar_src.to_str().unwrap()))?;
-        assert!(avatar_blob.exists());
-        assert!(std::fs::metadata(&avatar_blob).unwrap().len() < avatar_bytes.len() as u64);
-        let avatar_cfg = t.ctx.get_config(Config::Selfavatar);
-        assert_eq!(avatar_cfg, avatar_blob.to_str().map(|s| s.to_string()));
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_selfavatar_in_blobdir() -> failure::Fallible<()> {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let avatar_src = t.ctx.get_blobdir().join("avatar.jpg");
-        let avatar_bytes = include_bytes!("../test-data/image/avatar1000x1000.jpg");
-        File::create(&avatar_src)?.write_all(avatar_bytes)?;
-        t.ctx
-            .set_config(Config::Selfavatar, Some(&avatar_src.to_str().unwrap()))?;
-        let avatar_cfg = t.ctx.get_config(Config::Selfavatar);
-        assert_eq!(avatar_cfg, avatar_src.to_str().map(|s| s.to_string()));
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
--- a/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs
+++ b/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs
@@ -1,110 +1,81 @@
-//! # Thunderbird's Autoconfiguration implementation
-//!
-//! Documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration */
 use quick_xml;
 use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText};

-use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::dc_tools::*;
 use crate::login_param::LoginParam;
+use crate::x::*;

-use super::read_url::read_url;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[fail(display = "Invalid email address: {:?}", _0)]
-    InvalidEmailAddress(String),
-
-    #[fail(display = "XML error at position {}", position)]
-    InvalidXml {
-        position: usize,
-        #[cause]
-        error: quick_xml::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[fail(display = "Bad or incomplete autoconfig")]
-    IncompleteAutoconfig(LoginParam),
-
-    #[fail(display = "Failed to get URL {}", _0)]
-    ReadUrlError(#[cause] super::read_url::Error),
-}
-
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-impl From<super::read_url::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: super::read_url::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::ReadUrlError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct MozAutoconfigure<'a> {
-    pub in_emailaddr: &'a str,
+use super::read_autoconf_file;
+/* ******************************************************************************
+ * Thunderbird's Autoconfigure
+ ******************************************************************************/
+/* documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration */
+#[repr(C)]
+struct moz_autoconfigure_t<'a> {
+    pub in_0: &'a LoginParam,
    pub in_emaildomain: &'a str,
    pub in_emaillocalpart: &'a str,
    pub out: LoginParam,
-    pub out_imap_set: bool,
-    pub out_smtp_set: bool,
-    pub tag_server: MozServer,
-    pub tag_config: MozConfigTag,
+    pub out_imap_set: libc::c_int,
+    pub out_smtp_set: libc::c_int,
+    pub tag_server: libc::c_int,
+    pub tag_config: libc::c_int,
 }

-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
-enum MozServer {
-    Undefined,
-    Imap,
-    Smtp,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-enum MozConfigTag {
-    Undefined,
-    Hostname,
-    Port,
-    Sockettype,
-    Username,
-}
-
-fn parse_xml(in_emailaddr: &str, xml_raw: &str) -> Result<LoginParam> {
-    let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(xml_raw);
-    reader.trim_text(true);
+pub unsafe fn moz_autoconfigure(
+    context: &Context,
+    url: &str,
+    param_in: &LoginParam,
+) -> Option<LoginParam> {
+    let xml_raw = read_autoconf_file(context, url);
+    if xml_raw.is_null() {
+        return None;
+    }

    // Split address into local part and domain part.
-    let p = in_emailaddr
-        .find('@')
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidEmailAddress(in_emailaddr.to_string()))?;
-    let (in_emaillocalpart, in_emaildomain) = in_emailaddr.split_at(p);
+    let p = param_in.addr.find("@");
+    if p.is_none() {
+        free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+        return None;
+    }
+    let (in_emaillocalpart, in_emaildomain) = param_in.addr.split_at(p.unwrap());
    let in_emaildomain = &in_emaildomain[1..];

-    let mut moz_ac = MozAutoconfigure {
-        in_emailaddr,
+    let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(as_str(xml_raw));
+    reader.trim_text(true);
+
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+    let mut moz_ac = moz_autoconfigure_t {
+        in_0: param_in,
        in_emaildomain,
        in_emaillocalpart,
        out: LoginParam::new(),
-        out_imap_set: false,
-        out_smtp_set: false,
-        tag_server: MozServer::Undefined,
-        tag_config: MozConfigTag::Undefined,
+        out_imap_set: 0,
+        out_smtp_set: 0,
+        tag_server: 0,
+        tag_config: 0,
    };
-
-    let mut buf = Vec::new();
    loop {
-        let event = reader
-            .read_event(&mut buf)
-            .map_err(|error| Error::InvalidXml {
-                position: reader.buffer_position(),
-                error,
-            })?;
-
-        match event {
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Start(ref e) => {
+        match reader.read_event(&mut buf) {
+            Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Start(ref e)) => {
                moz_autoconfigure_starttag_cb(e, &mut moz_ac, &reader)
            }
-            quick_xml::events::Event::End(ref e) => moz_autoconfigure_endtag_cb(e, &mut moz_ac),
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Text(ref e) => {
+            Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::End(ref e)) => moz_autoconfigure_endtag_cb(e, &mut moz_ac),
+            Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Text(ref e)) => {
                moz_autoconfigure_text_cb(e, &mut moz_ac, &reader)
            }
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Eof => break,
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!(
+                    context,
+                    0,
+                    "Configure xml: Error at position {}: {:?}",
+                    reader.buffer_position(),
+                    e
+                );
+            }
+            Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Eof) => break,
            _ => (),
        }
        buf.clear();
@@ -115,37 +86,24 @@ fn parse_xml(in_emailaddr: &str, xml_raw: &str) -> Result<LoginParam> {
        || moz_ac.out.send_server.is_empty()
        || moz_ac.out.send_port == 0
    {
-        Err(Error::IncompleteAutoconfig(moz_ac.out))
-    } else {
-        Ok(moz_ac.out)
+        let r = moz_ac.out.to_string();
+        warn!(context, 0, "Bad or incomplete autoconfig: {}", r,);
+        free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+        return None;
    }
-}

-pub fn moz_autoconfigure(
-    context: &Context,
-    url: &str,
-    param_in: &LoginParam,
-) -> Result<LoginParam> {
-    let xml_raw = read_url(context, url)?;
-
-    let res = parse_xml(&param_in.addr, &xml_raw);
-    if let Err(err) = &res {
-        warn!(
-            context,
-            "Failed to parse Thunderbird autoconfiguration XML: {}", err
-        );
-    }
-    res
+    free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+    Some(moz_ac.out)
 }

 fn moz_autoconfigure_text_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
    event: &BytesText,
-    moz_ac: &mut MozAutoconfigure,
+    moz_ac: &mut moz_autoconfigure_t,
    reader: &quick_xml::Reader<B>,
 ) {
    let val = event.unescape_and_decode(reader).unwrap_or_default();

-    let addr = moz_ac.in_emailaddr;
+    let addr = &moz_ac.in_0.addr;
    let email_local = moz_ac.in_emaillocalpart;
    let email_domain = moz_ac.in_emaildomain;

@@ -155,70 +113,66 @@ fn moz_autoconfigure_text_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
        .replace("%EMAILLOCALPART%", email_local)
        .replace("%EMAILDOMAIN%", email_domain);

-    match moz_ac.tag_server {
-        MozServer::Imap => match moz_ac.tag_config {
-            MozConfigTag::Hostname => moz_ac.out.mail_server = val,
-            MozConfigTag::Port => moz_ac.out.mail_port = val.parse().unwrap_or_default(),
-            MozConfigTag::Username => moz_ac.out.mail_user = val,
-            MozConfigTag::Sockettype => {
+    if moz_ac.tag_server == 1 {
+        match moz_ac.tag_config {
+            10 => moz_ac.out.mail_server = val,
+            11 => moz_ac.out.mail_port = val.parse().unwrap_or_default(),
+            12 => moz_ac.out.mail_user = val,
+            13 => {
                let val_lower = val.to_lowercase();
                if val_lower == "ssl" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x200
                }
                if val_lower == "starttls" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_STARTTLS as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x100
                }
                if val_lower == "plain" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x400
                }
            }
            _ => {}
-        },
-        MozServer::Smtp => match moz_ac.tag_config {
-            MozConfigTag::Hostname => moz_ac.out.send_server = val,
-            MozConfigTag::Port => moz_ac.out.send_port = val.parse().unwrap_or_default(),
-            MozConfigTag::Username => moz_ac.out.send_user = val,
-            MozConfigTag::Sockettype => {
+        }
+    } else if moz_ac.tag_server == 2 {
+        match moz_ac.tag_config {
+            10 => moz_ac.out.send_server = val,
+            11 => moz_ac.out.send_port = val.parse().unwrap_or_default(),
+            12 => moz_ac.out.send_user = val,
+            13 => {
                let val_lower = val.to_lowercase();
                if val_lower == "ssl" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x20000
                }
                if val_lower == "starttls" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_STARTTLS as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x10000
                }
                if val_lower == "plain" {
-                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN as i32
+                    moz_ac.out.server_flags |= 0x40000
                }
            }
            _ => {}
-        },
-        MozServer::Undefined => {}
+        }
    }
 }

-fn moz_autoconfigure_endtag_cb(event: &BytesEnd, moz_ac: &mut MozAutoconfigure) {
+fn moz_autoconfigure_endtag_cb(event: &BytesEnd, moz_ac: &mut moz_autoconfigure_t) {
    let tag = String::from_utf8_lossy(event.name()).trim().to_lowercase();

    if tag == "incomingserver" {
-        if moz_ac.tag_server == MozServer::Imap {
-            moz_ac.out_imap_set = true;
-        }
-        moz_ac.tag_server = MozServer::Undefined;
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Undefined;
+        moz_ac.tag_server = 0;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 0;
+        moz_ac.out_imap_set = 1;
    } else if tag == "outgoingserver" {
-        if moz_ac.tag_server == MozServer::Smtp {
-            moz_ac.out_smtp_set = true;
-        }
-        moz_ac.tag_server = MozServer::Undefined;
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Undefined;
+        moz_ac.tag_server = 0;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 0;
+        moz_ac.out_smtp_set = 1;
    } else {
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Undefined;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 0;
    }
 }

 fn moz_autoconfigure_starttag_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
    event: &BytesStart,
-    moz_ac: &mut MozAutoconfigure,
+    moz_ac: &mut moz_autoconfigure_t,
    reader: &quick_xml::Reader<B>,
 ) {
    let tag = String::from_utf8_lossy(event.name()).trim().to_lowercase();
@@ -235,115 +189,25 @@ fn moz_autoconfigure_starttag_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
                .unwrap_or_default()
                .to_lowercase();

-            if typ == "imap" && !moz_ac.out_imap_set {
-                MozServer::Imap
+            if typ == "imap" && moz_ac.out_imap_set == 0 {
+                1
            } else {
-                MozServer::Undefined
+                0
            }
        } else {
-            MozServer::Undefined
+            0
        };
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Undefined;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 0;
    } else if tag == "outgoingserver" {
-        moz_ac.tag_server = if !moz_ac.out_smtp_set {
-            MozServer::Smtp
-        } else {
-            MozServer::Undefined
-        };
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Undefined;
+        moz_ac.tag_server = if moz_ac.out_smtp_set == 0 { 2 } else { 0 };
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 0;
    } else if tag == "hostname" {
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Hostname;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 10;
    } else if tag == "port" {
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Port;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 11;
    } else if tag == "sockettype" {
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Sockettype;
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 13;
    } else if tag == "username" {
-        moz_ac.tag_config = MozConfigTag::Username;
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_parse_outlook_autoconfig() {
-        // Copied from https://autoconfig.thunderbird.net/v1.1/outlook.com on 2019-10-11
-        let xml_raw =
-"<clientConfig version=\"1.1\">
-  <emailProvider id=\"outlook.com\">
-    <domain>hotmail.com</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.co.uk</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.co.jp</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.com.br</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.de</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.fr</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.it</domain>
-    <domain>hotmail.es</domain>
-    <domain>live.com</domain>
-    <domain>live.co.uk</domain>
-    <domain>live.co.jp</domain>
-    <domain>live.de</domain>
-    <domain>live.fr</domain>
-    <domain>live.it</domain>
-    <domain>live.jp</domain>
-    <domain>msn.com</domain>
-    <domain>outlook.com</domain>
-    <displayName>Outlook.com (Microsoft)</displayName>
-    <displayShortName>Outlook</displayShortName>
-    <incomingServer type=\"exchange\">
-      <hostname>outlook.office365.com</hostname>
-      <port>443</port>
-      <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
-      <socketType>SSL</socketType>
-      <authentication>OAuth2</authentication>
-      <owaURL>https://outlook.office365.com/owa/</owaURL>
-      <ewsURL>https://outlook.office365.com/ews/exchange.asmx</ewsURL>
-      <useGlobalPreferredServer>true</useGlobalPreferredServer>
-    </incomingServer>
-    <incomingServer type=\"imap\">
-      <hostname>outlook.office365.com</hostname>
-      <port>993</port>
-      <socketType>SSL</socketType>
-      <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
-      <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
-    </incomingServer>
-    <incomingServer type=\"pop3\">
-      <hostname>outlook.office365.com</hostname>
-      <port>995</port>
-      <socketType>SSL</socketType>
-      <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
-      <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
-      <pop3>
-        <leaveMessagesOnServer>true</leaveMessagesOnServer>
-        <!-- Outlook.com docs specifically mention that POP3 deletes have effect on the main inbox on webmail and IMAP -->
-      </pop3>
-    </incomingServer>
-    <outgoingServer type=\"smtp\">
-      <hostname>smtp.office365.com</hostname>
-      <port>587</port>
-      <socketType>STARTTLS</socketType>
-      <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
-      <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
-    </outgoingServer>
-    <documentation url=\"http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/outlook/send-receive-from-app\">
-      <descr lang=\"en\">Set up an email app with Outlook.com</descr>
-    </documentation>
-  </emailProvider>
-  <webMail>
-    <loginPage url=\"https://www.outlook.com/\"/>
-    <loginPageInfo url=\"https://www.outlook.com/\">
-      <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
-      <usernameField id=\"i0116\" name=\"login\"/>
-      <passwordField id=\"i0118\" name=\"passwd\"/>
-      <loginButton id=\"idSIButton9\" name=\"SI\"/>
-    </loginPageInfo>
-  </webMail>
-</clientConfig>";
-        let res = parse_xml("example@outlook.com", xml_raw).expect("XML parsing failed");
-        assert_eq!(res.mail_server, "outlook.office365.com");
-        assert_eq!(res.mail_port, 993);
-        assert_eq!(res.send_server, "smtp.office365.com");
-        assert_eq!(res.send_port, 587);
+        moz_ac.tag_config = 12;
    }
 }
--- a/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs
+++ b/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs
@@ -1,269 +1,213 @@
-//! Outlook's Autodiscover
-
 use quick_xml;
-use quick_xml::events::BytesEnd;
+use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText};

-use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::dc_tools::*;
 use crate::login_param::LoginParam;
+use crate::x::*;
+use std::ptr;

-use super::read_url::read_url;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[fail(display = "XML error at position {}", position)]
-    InvalidXml {
-        position: usize,
-        #[cause]
-        error: quick_xml::Error,
-    },
-
-    #[fail(display = "Bad or incomplete autoconfig")]
-    IncompleteAutoconfig(LoginParam),
-
-    #[fail(display = "Failed to get URL {}", _0)]
-    ReadUrlError(#[cause] super::read_url::Error),
-
-    #[fail(display = "Number of redirection is exceeded")]
-    RedirectionError,
-}
-
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-impl From<super::read_url::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: super::read_url::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::ReadUrlError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-struct OutlookAutodiscover {
+use super::read_autoconf_file;
+/* ******************************************************************************
+ * Outlook's Autodiscover
+ ******************************************************************************/
+#[repr(C)]
+struct outlk_autodiscover_t<'a> {
+    pub in_0: &'a LoginParam,
    pub out: LoginParam,
-    pub out_imap_set: bool,
-    pub out_smtp_set: bool,
-    pub config_type: Option<String>,
-    pub config_server: String,
-    pub config_port: i32,
-    pub config_ssl: String,
-    pub config_redirecturl: Option<String>,
+    pub out_imap_set: libc::c_int,
+    pub out_smtp_set: libc::c_int,
+    pub tag_config: libc::c_int,
+    pub config: [*mut libc::c_char; 6],
+    pub redirect: *mut libc::c_char,
 }

-enum ParsingResult {
-    LoginParam(LoginParam),
-    RedirectUrl(String),
-}
-
-fn parse_xml(xml_raw: &str) -> Result<ParsingResult> {
-    let mut outlk_ad = OutlookAutodiscover {
+pub unsafe fn outlk_autodiscover(
+    context: &Context,
+    url__: &str,
+    param_in: &LoginParam,
+) -> Option<LoginParam> {
+    let mut xml_raw: *mut libc::c_char = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut url = url__.strdup();
+    let mut outlk_ad = outlk_autodiscover_t {
+        in_0: param_in,
        out: LoginParam::new(),
-        out_imap_set: false,
-        out_smtp_set: false,
-        config_type: None,
-        config_server: String::new(),
-        config_port: 0,
-        config_ssl: String::new(),
-        config_redirecturl: None,
+        out_imap_set: 0,
+        out_smtp_set: 0,
+        tag_config: 0,
+        config: [ptr::null_mut(); 6],
+        redirect: ptr::null_mut(),
    };
-
-    let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(&xml_raw);
-    reader.trim_text(true);
-
-    let mut buf = Vec::new();
-
-    let mut current_tag: Option<String> = None;
-
+    let ok_to_continue;
+    let mut i = 0;
    loop {
-        let event = reader
-            .read_event(&mut buf)
-            .map_err(|error| Error::InvalidXml {
-                position: reader.buffer_position(),
-                error,
-            })?;
-
-        match event {
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Start(ref e) => {
-                let tag = String::from_utf8_lossy(e.name()).trim().to_lowercase();
-
-                if tag == "protocol" {
-                    outlk_ad.config_type = None;
-                    outlk_ad.config_server = String::new();
-                    outlk_ad.config_port = 0;
-                    outlk_ad.config_ssl = String::new();
-                    outlk_ad.config_redirecturl = None;
-
-                    current_tag = None;
-                } else {
-                    current_tag = Some(tag);
-                }
-            }
-            quick_xml::events::Event::End(ref e) => {
-                outlk_autodiscover_endtag_cb(e, &mut outlk_ad);
-                current_tag = None;
-            }
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Text(ref e) => {
-                let val = e.unescape_and_decode(&reader).unwrap_or_default();
-
-                if let Some(ref tag) = current_tag {
-                    match tag.as_str() {
-                        "type" => {
-                            outlk_ad.config_type = Some(val.trim().to_lowercase().to_string())
-                        }
-                        "server" => outlk_ad.config_server = val.trim().to_string(),
-                        "port" => outlk_ad.config_port = val.trim().parse().unwrap_or_default(),
-                        "ssl" => outlk_ad.config_ssl = val.trim().to_string(),
-                        "redirecturl" => outlk_ad.config_redirecturl = Some(val.trim().to_string()),
-                        _ => {}
-                    };
-                }
-            }
-            quick_xml::events::Event::Eof => break,
-            _ => (),
+        if !(i < 10) {
+            ok_to_continue = true;
+            break;
        }
-        buf.clear();
+        memset(
+            &mut outlk_ad as *mut outlk_autodiscover_t as *mut libc::c_void,
+            0,
+            ::std::mem::size_of::<outlk_autodiscover_t>(),
+        );
+        xml_raw = read_autoconf_file(context, as_str(url));
+        if xml_raw.is_null() {
+            ok_to_continue = false;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(as_str(xml_raw));
+        reader.trim_text(true);
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        loop {
+            match reader.read_event(&mut buf) {
+                Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Start(ref e)) => {
+                    outlk_autodiscover_starttag_cb(e, &mut outlk_ad)
+                }
+                Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::End(ref e)) => {
+                    outlk_autodiscover_endtag_cb(e, &mut outlk_ad)
+                }
+                Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Text(ref e)) => {
+                    outlk_autodiscover_text_cb(e, &mut outlk_ad, &reader)
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    error!(
+                        context,
+                        0,
+                        "Configure xml: Error at position {}: {:?}",
+                        reader.buffer_position(),
+                        e
+                    );
+                }
+                Ok(quick_xml::events::Event::Eof) => break,
+                _ => (),
+            }
+            buf.clear();
+        }
+
+        if !(!outlk_ad.config[5].is_null()
+            && 0 != *outlk_ad.config[5usize].offset(0isize) as libc::c_int)
+        {
+            ok_to_continue = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        free(url as *mut libc::c_void);
+        url = dc_strdup(outlk_ad.config[5usize]);
+
+        outlk_clean_config(&mut outlk_ad);
+        free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+        xml_raw = ptr::null_mut();
+        i += 1;
    }

-    // XML redirect via redirecturl
-    let res = if outlk_ad.config_redirecturl.is_none()
-        || outlk_ad.config_redirecturl.as_ref().unwrap().is_empty()
-    {
+    if ok_to_continue {
        if outlk_ad.out.mail_server.is_empty()
            || outlk_ad.out.mail_port == 0
            || outlk_ad.out.send_server.is_empty()
            || outlk_ad.out.send_port == 0
        {
-            return Err(Error::IncompleteAutoconfig(outlk_ad.out));
-        }
-        ParsingResult::LoginParam(outlk_ad.out)
-    } else {
-        ParsingResult::RedirectUrl(outlk_ad.config_redirecturl.unwrap())
-    };
-    Ok(res)
-}
+            let r = outlk_ad.out.to_string();
+            warn!(context, 0, "Bad or incomplete autoconfig: {}", r,);
+            free(url as *mut libc::c_void);
+            free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+            outlk_clean_config(&mut outlk_ad);

-pub fn outlk_autodiscover(
-    context: &Context,
-    url: &str,
-    _param_in: &LoginParam,
-) -> Result<LoginParam> {
-    let mut url = url.to_string();
-    /* Follow up to 10 xml-redirects (http-redirects are followed in read_url() */
-    for _i in 0..10 {
-        let xml_raw = read_url(context, &url)?;
-        let res = parse_xml(&xml_raw);
-        if let Err(err) = &res {
-            warn!(context, "{}", err);
-        }
-        match res? {
-            ParsingResult::RedirectUrl(redirect_url) => url = redirect_url,
-            ParsingResult::LoginParam(login_param) => return Ok(login_param),
+            return None;
        }
    }
-    Err(Error::RedirectionError)
+    free(url as *mut libc::c_void);
+    free(xml_raw as *mut libc::c_void);
+    outlk_clean_config(&mut outlk_ad);
+    Some(outlk_ad.out)
 }

-fn outlk_autodiscover_endtag_cb(event: &BytesEnd, outlk_ad: &mut OutlookAutodiscover) {
+unsafe fn outlk_clean_config(mut outlk_ad: *mut outlk_autodiscover_t) {
+    for i in 0..6 {
+        free((*outlk_ad).config[i] as *mut libc::c_void);
+        (*outlk_ad).config[i] = ptr::null_mut();
+    }
+}
+
+fn outlk_autodiscover_text_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
+    event: &BytesText,
+    outlk_ad: &mut outlk_autodiscover_t,
+    reader: &quick_xml::Reader<B>,
+) {
+    let val = event.unescape_and_decode(reader).unwrap_or_default();
+
+    unsafe {
+        free(outlk_ad.config[outlk_ad.tag_config as usize].cast());
+        outlk_ad.config[outlk_ad.tag_config as usize] = val.trim().strdup();
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe fn outlk_autodiscover_endtag_cb(event: &BytesEnd, outlk_ad: &mut outlk_autodiscover_t) {
    let tag = String::from_utf8_lossy(event.name()).trim().to_lowercase();

    if tag == "protocol" {
-        if let Some(type_) = &outlk_ad.config_type {
-            let port = outlk_ad.config_port;
-            let ssl_on = outlk_ad.config_ssl == "on";
-            let ssl_off = outlk_ad.config_ssl == "off";
-            if type_ == "imap" && !outlk_ad.out_imap_set {
-                outlk_ad.out.mail_server =
-                    std::mem::replace(&mut outlk_ad.config_server, String::new());
+        if !outlk_ad.config[1].is_null() {
+            let port = dc_atoi_null_is_0(outlk_ad.config[3]);
+            let ssl_on = (!outlk_ad.config[4].is_null()
+                && strcasecmp(
+                    outlk_ad.config[4],
+                    b"on\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+                ) == 0) as libc::c_int;
+            let ssl_off = (!outlk_ad.config[4].is_null()
+                && strcasecmp(
+                    outlk_ad.config[4],
+                    b"off\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+                ) == 0) as libc::c_int;
+            if strcasecmp(
+                outlk_ad.config[1],
+                b"imap\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+            ) == 0
+                && outlk_ad.out_imap_set == 0
+            {
+                outlk_ad.out.mail_server = to_string(outlk_ad.config[2]);
                outlk_ad.out.mail_port = port;
-                if ssl_on {
-                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL as i32
-                } else if ssl_off {
-                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN as i32
+                if 0 != ssl_on {
+                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= 0x200
+                } else if 0 != ssl_off {
+                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= 0x400
                }
-                outlk_ad.out_imap_set = true
-            } else if type_ == "smtp" && !outlk_ad.out_smtp_set {
-                outlk_ad.out.send_server =
-                    std::mem::replace(&mut outlk_ad.config_server, String::new());
-                outlk_ad.out.send_port = outlk_ad.config_port;
-                if ssl_on {
-                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL as i32
-                } else if ssl_off {
-                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN as i32
+                outlk_ad.out_imap_set = 1
+            } else if strcasecmp(
+                outlk_ad.config[1usize],
+                b"smtp\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+            ) == 0
+                && outlk_ad.out_smtp_set == 0
+            {
+                outlk_ad.out.send_server = to_string(outlk_ad.config[2]);
+                outlk_ad.out.send_port = port;
+                if 0 != ssl_on {
+                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= 0x20000
+                } else if 0 != ssl_off {
+                    outlk_ad.out.server_flags |= 0x40000
                }
-                outlk_ad.out_smtp_set = true
+                outlk_ad.out_smtp_set = 1
            }
        }
+        outlk_clean_config(outlk_ad);
    }
+    outlk_ad.tag_config = 0;
 }

-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
+fn outlk_autodiscover_starttag_cb(event: &BytesStart, outlk_ad: &mut outlk_autodiscover_t) {
+    let tag = String::from_utf8_lossy(event.name()).trim().to_lowercase();

-    #[test]
-    fn test_parse_redirect() {
-        let res = parse_xml("
-<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>
-  <Autodiscover xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006\">
-    <Response xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a\">
-      <Account>
-        <AccountType>email</AccountType>
-        <Action>redirectUrl</Action>
-        <RedirectUrl>https://mail.example.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml</RedirectUrl>
-      </Account>
-    </Response>
-  </Autodiscover>
- ").expect("XML is not parsed successfully");
-        match res {
-            ParsingResult::LoginParam(_lp) => {
-                panic!("redirecturl is not found");
-            }
-            ParsingResult::RedirectUrl(url) => {
-                assert_eq!(
-                    url,
-                    "https://mail.example.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml"
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_parse_loginparam() {
-        let res = parse_xml(
-            "\
-<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>
-<Autodiscover xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006\">
-  <Response xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a\">
-    <Account>
-      <AccountType>email</AccountType>
-      <Action>settings</Action>
-      <Protocol>
-        <Type>IMAP</Type>
-        <Server>example.com</Server>
-        <Port>993</Port>
-        <SSL>on</SSL>
-        <AuthRequired>on</AuthRequired>
-      </Protocol>
-      <Protocol>
-        <Type>SMTP</Type>
-        <Server>smtp.example.com</Server>
-        <Port>25</Port>
-        <SSL>off</SSL>
-        <AuthRequired>on</AuthRequired>
-      </Protocol>
-    </Account>
-  </Response>
-</Autodiscover>",
-        )
-        .expect("XML is not parsed successfully");
-
-        match res {
-            ParsingResult::LoginParam(lp) => {
-                assert_eq!(lp.mail_server, "example.com");
-                assert_eq!(lp.mail_port, 993);
-                assert_eq!(lp.send_server, "smtp.example.com");
-                assert_eq!(lp.send_port, 25);
-            }
-            ParsingResult::RedirectUrl(_) => {
-                panic!("RedirectUrl is not expected");
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    if tag == "protocol" {
+        unsafe { outlk_clean_config(outlk_ad) };
+    } else if tag == "type" {
+        outlk_ad.tag_config = 1
+    } else if tag == "server" {
+        outlk_ad.tag_config = 2
+    } else if tag == "port" {
+        outlk_ad.tag_config = 3
+    } else if tag == "ssl" {
+        outlk_ad.tag_config = 4
+    } else if tag == "redirecturl" {
+        outlk_ad.tag_config = 5
+    };
 }
--- a/src/configure/mod.rs
+++ b/src/configure/mod.rs
--- a/src/configure/read_url.rs
+++ b/src/configure/read_url.rs
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-use crate::context::Context;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[fail(display = "URL request error")]
-    GetError(#[cause] reqwest::Error),
-}
-
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-pub fn read_url(context: &Context, url: &str) -> Result<String> {
-    info!(context, "Requesting URL {}", url);
-
-    match reqwest::Client::new()
-        .get(url)
-        .send()
-        .and_then(|mut res| res.text())
-    {
-        Ok(res) => Ok(res),
-        Err(err) => {
-            info!(context, "Can\'t read URL {}", url);
-
-            Err(Error::GetError(err))
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,32 @@
-//! # Constants
+//! Constants
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types, dead_code)]

-use deltachat_derive::*;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;

+use deltachat_derive::*;
+
 lazy_static! {
    pub static ref DC_VERSION_STR: String = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
 }

+#[repr(u8)]
+#[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive, ToSql, FromSql)]
+pub enum MoveState {
+    Undefined = 0,
+    Pending = 1,
+    Stay = 2,
+    Moving = 3,
+}
+
+impl Default for MoveState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        MoveState::Undefined
+    }
+}
+
 // some defaults
 const DC_E2EE_DEFAULT_ENABLED: i32 = 1;
+pub const DC_MDNS_DEFAULT_ENABLED: i32 = 1;
 const DC_INBOX_WATCH_DEFAULT: i32 = 1;
 const DC_SENTBOX_WATCH_DEFAULT: i32 = 1;
 const DC_MVBOX_WATCH_DEFAULT: i32 = 1;
@@ -29,20 +46,6 @@ impl Default for Blocked {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive, FromSql, ToSql)]
-#[repr(u8)]
-pub enum ShowEmails {
-    Off = 0,
-    AcceptedContacts = 1,
-    All = 2,
-}
-
-impl Default for ShowEmails {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        ShowEmails::Off // also change Config.ShowEmails props(default) on changes
-    }
-}
-
 pub const DC_IMAP_SEEN: u32 = 0x1;

 pub const DC_HANDSHAKE_CONTINUE_NORMAL_PROCESSING: i32 = 0x01;
@@ -53,17 +56,19 @@ pub const DC_GCL_ARCHIVED_ONLY: usize = 0x01;
 pub const DC_GCL_NO_SPECIALS: usize = 0x02;
 pub const DC_GCL_ADD_ALLDONE_HINT: usize = 0x04;

-pub const DC_GCM_ADDDAYMARKER: u32 = 0x01;
+const DC_GCM_ADDDAYMARKER: usize = 0x01;

 pub const DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY: usize = 0x01;
 pub const DC_GCL_ADD_SELF: usize = 0x02;

-// unchanged user avatars are resent to the recipients every some days
-pub const DC_RESEND_USER_AVATAR_DAYS: i64 = 14;
-
-// values for DC_PARAM_FORCE_PLAINTEXT
-pub(crate) const DC_FP_NO_AUTOCRYPT_HEADER: i32 = 2;
-pub(crate) const DC_FP_ADD_AUTOCRYPT_HEADER: i32 = 1;
+/// param1 is a directory where the keys are written to
+const DC_IMEX_EXPORT_SELF_KEYS: usize = 1;
+/// param1 is a directory where the keys are searched in and read from
+const DC_IMEX_IMPORT_SELF_KEYS: usize = 2;
+/// param1 is a directory where the backup is written to
+const DC_IMEX_EXPORT_BACKUP: usize = 11;
+/// param1 is the file with the backup to import
+const DC_IMEX_IMPORT_BACKUP: usize = 12;

 /// virtual chat showing all messages belonging to chats flagged with chats.blocked=2
 pub(crate) const DC_CHAT_ID_DEADDROP: u32 = 1;
@@ -108,28 +113,20 @@ impl Default for Chattype {
 }

 pub const DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1: u32 = 1;
-pub const DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER: u32 = 9;
+const DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER: u32 = 9;
 pub const DC_MSG_ID_LAST_SPECIAL: u32 = 9;

 /// approx. max. length returned by dc_msg_get_text()
 const DC_MAX_GET_TEXT_LEN: usize = 30000;
 /// approx. max. length returned by dc_get_msg_info()
-const DC_MAX_GET_INFO_LEN: usize = 100_000;
+const DC_MAX_GET_INFO_LEN: usize = 100000;

 pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_UNDEFINED: u32 = 0;
 pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF: u32 = 1;
-pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_INFO: u32 = 2;
-pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE: u32 = 5;
+const DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE: u32 = 2;
 pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL: u32 = 9;

-// decorative address that is used for DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE
-// when an api that returns an email is called.
-pub const DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE_ADDR: &str = "device@localhost";
-
-// Flags for empty server job
-
-pub const DC_EMPTY_MVBOX: u32 = 0x01;
-pub const DC_EMPTY_INBOX: u32 = 0x02;
+pub const DC_CREATE_MVBOX: usize = 1;

 // Flags for configuring IMAP and SMTP servers.
 // These flags are optional
@@ -139,23 +136,23 @@ pub const DC_EMPTY_INBOX: u32 = 0x02;
 /// Force OAuth2 authorization. This flag does not skip automatic configuration.
 /// Before calling configure() with DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2 set,
 /// the user has to confirm access at the URL returned by dc_get_oauth2_url().
-pub const DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2: i32 = 0x2;
+pub const DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2: usize = 0x2;

 /// Force NORMAL authorization, this is the default.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
-pub const DC_LP_AUTH_NORMAL: i32 = 0x4;
+const DC_LP_AUTH_NORMAL: usize = 0x4;

 /// Connect to IMAP via STARTTLS.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
-pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_STARTTLS: i32 = 0x100;
+pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_STARTTLS: usize = 0x100;

 /// Connect to IMAP via SSL.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
-pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL: i32 = 0x200;
+const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL: usize = 0x200;

 /// Connect to IMAP unencrypted, this should not be used.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
-pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN: i32 = 0x400;
+pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN: usize = 0x400;

 /// Connect to SMTP via STARTTLS.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
@@ -163,19 +160,19 @@ pub const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_STARTTLS: usize = 0x10000;

 /// Connect to SMTP via SSL.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
-pub const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL: usize = 0x20000;
+const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL: usize = 0x20000;

 /// Connect to SMTP unencrypted, this should not be used.
 /// If this flag is set, automatic configuration is skipped.
 pub const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN: usize = 0x40000;

 /// if none of these flags are set, the default is chosen
-pub const DC_LP_AUTH_FLAGS: i32 = (DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2 | DC_LP_AUTH_NORMAL);
+const DC_LP_AUTH_FLAGS: usize = (DC_LP_AUTH_OAUTH2 | DC_LP_AUTH_NORMAL);
 /// if none of these flags are set, the default is chosen
-pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_FLAGS: i32 =
+const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_FLAGS: usize =
    (DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_STARTTLS | DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_SSL | DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_PLAIN);
 /// if none of these flags are set, the default is chosen
-pub const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_FLAGS: usize =
+const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_FLAGS: usize =
    (DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_STARTTLS | DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL | DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN);

 // QR code scanning (view from Bob, the joiner)
@@ -184,9 +181,6 @@ pub const DC_VC_CONTACT_CONFIRM: i32 = 6;
 pub const DC_BOB_ERROR: i32 = 0;
 pub const DC_BOB_SUCCESS: i32 = 1;

-// max. width/height of an avatar
-pub const AVATAR_SIZE: u32 = 192;
-
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive, FromSql, ToSql)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 pub enum Viewtype {
@@ -207,11 +201,6 @@ pub enum Viewtype {
    /// and retrieved via dc_msg_get_file(), dc_msg_get_width(), dc_msg_get_height().
    Gif = 21,

-    /// Message containing a sticker, similar to image.
-    /// If possible, the ui should display the image without borders in a transparent way.
-    /// A click on a sticker will offer to install the sticker set in some future.
-    Sticker = 23,
-
    /// Message containing an Audio file.
    /// File and duration are set via dc_msg_set_file(), dc_msg_set_duration()
    /// and retrieved via dc_msg_get_file(), dc_msg_get_duration().
@@ -258,14 +247,255 @@ mod tests {
 // If you do not want to handle an event, it is always safe to return 0,
 // so there is no need to add a "case" for every event.

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
+#[repr(u32)]
+pub enum Event {
+    /// The library-user may write an informational string to the log.
+    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
+    /// This event should not be reported to the end-user using a popup or something like that.
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Info string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    INFO = 100,
+
+    /// Emitted when SMTP connection is established and login was successful.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Info string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    SMTP_CONNECTED = 101,
+
+    /// Emitted when IMAP connection is established and login was successful.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Info string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    IMAP_CONNECTED = 102,
+
+    /// Emitted when a message was successfully sent to the SMTP server.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Info string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT = 103,
+
+    /// The library-user should write a warning string to the log.
+    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
+    ///
+    /// This event should not be reported to the end-user using a popup or something like that.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Warning string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    WARNING = 300,
+
+    /// The library-user should report an error to the end-user.
+    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
+    ///
+    /// As most things are asynchronous, things may go wrong at any time and the user
+    /// should not be disturbed by a dialog or so.  Instead, use a bubble or so.
+    ///
+    /// However, for ongoing processes (eg. configure())
+    /// or for functions that are expected to fail (eg. dc_continue_key_transfer())
+    /// it might be better to delay showing these events until the function has really
+    /// failed (returned false). It should be sufficient to report only the _last_ error
+    /// in a messasge box then.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Error string, always set, never NULL. Frequent error strings are
+    ///     localized using #DC_EVENT_GET_STRING, however, most error strings will be in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    ERROR = 400,
+
+    /// An action cannot be performed because there is no network available.
+    ///
+    /// The library will typically try over after a some time
+    /// and when dc_maybe_network() is called.
+    ///
+    /// Network errors should be reported to users in a non-disturbing way,
+    /// however, as network errors may come in a sequence,
+    /// it is not useful to raise each an every error to the user.
+    /// For this purpose, data1 is set to 1 if the error is probably worth reporting.
+    ///
+    /// Moreover, if the UI detects that the device is offline,
+    /// it is probably more useful to report this to the user
+    /// instead of the string from data2.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) 1=first/new network error, should be reported the user;
+    ///     0=subsequent network error, should be logged only
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Error string, always set, never NULL.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    ERROR_NETWORK = 401,
+
+    /// An action cannot be performed because the user is not in the group.
+    /// Reported eg. after a call to
+    /// dc_set_chat_name(), dc_set_chat_profile_image(),
+    /// dc_add_contact_to_chat(), dc_remove_contact_from_chat(),
+    /// dc_send_text_msg() or another sending function.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 0
+    /// @param data2 (const char*) Info string in english language.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified
+    ///     and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @return 0
+    ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP = 410,
+
+    /// Messages or chats changed.  One or more messages or chats changed for various
+    /// reasons in the database:
+    /// - Messages sent, received or removed
+    /// - Chats created, deleted or archived
+    /// - A draft has been set
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id for single added messages
+    /// @param data2 (int) msg_id for single added messages
+    /// @return 0
+    MSGS_CHANGED = 2000,
+
+    /// There is a fresh message. Typically, the user will show an notification
+    /// when receiving this message.
+    ///
+    /// There is no extra #DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED event send together with this event.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
+    /// @param data2 (int) msg_id
+    /// @return 0
+    INCOMING_MSG = 2005,
+
+    /// A single message is sent successfully. State changed from  DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING to
+    /// DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED, see dc_msg_get_state().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
+    /// @param data2 (int) msg_id
+    /// @return 0
+    MSG_DELIVERED = 2010,
+
+    /// A single message could not be sent. State changed from DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING or DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED to
+    /// DC_STATE_OUT_FAILED, see dc_msg_get_state().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
+    /// @param data2 (int) msg_id
+    /// @return 0
+    MSG_FAILED = 2012,
+
+    /// A single message is read by the receiver. State changed from DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED to
+    /// DC_STATE_OUT_MDN_RCVD, see dc_msg_get_state().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
+    /// @param data2 (int) msg_id
+    /// @return 0
+    MSG_READ = 2015,
+
+    /// Chat changed.  The name or the image of a chat group was changed or members were added or removed.
+    /// Or the verify state of a chat has changed.
+    /// See dc_set_chat_name(), dc_set_chat_profile_image(), dc_add_contact_to_chat()
+    /// and dc_remove_contact_from_chat().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    CHAT_MODIFIED = 2020,
+
+    /// Contact(s) created, renamed, blocked or deleted.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) If not 0, this is the contact_id of an added contact that should be selected.
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    CONTACTS_CHANGED = 2030,
+
+    /// Location of one or more contact has changed.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) contact_id of the contact for which the location has changed.
+    ///     If the locations of several contacts have been changed,
+    ///     eg. after calling dc_delete_all_locations(), this parameter is set to 0.
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    LOCATION_CHANGED = 2035,
+
+    /// Inform about the configuration progress started by configure().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) 0=error, 1-999=progress in permille, 1000=success and done
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    CONFIGURE_PROGRESS = 2041,
+
+    /// Inform about the import/export progress started by dc_imex().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) 0=error, 1-999=progress in permille, 1000=success and done
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    IMEX_PROGRESS = 2051,
+
+    /// A file has been exported. A file has been written by dc_imex().
+    /// This event may be sent multiple times by a single call to dc_imex().
+    ///
+    /// A typical purpose for a handler of this event may be to make the file public to some system
+    /// services.
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (const char*) Path and file name.
+    ///     Must not be free()'d or modified and is valid only until the callback returns.
+    /// @param data2 0
+    /// @return 0
+    IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN = 2052,
+
+    /// Progress information of a secure-join handshake from the view of the inviter
+    /// (Alice, the person who shows the QR code).
+    ///
+    /// These events are typically sent after a joiner has scanned the QR code
+    /// generated by dc_get_securejoin_qr().
+    ///
+    /// @param data1 (int) ID of the contact that wants to join.
+    /// @param data2 (int) Progress as:
+    ///     300=vg-/vc-request received, typically shown as "bob@addr joins".
+    ///     600=vg-/vc-request-with-auth received, vg-member-added/vc-contact-confirm sent, typically shown as "bob@addr verified".
+    ///     800=vg-member-added-received received, shown as "bob@addr securely joined GROUP", only sent for the verified-group-protocol.
+    ///     1000=Protocol finished for this contact.
+    /// @return 0
+    SECUREJOIN_INVITER_PROGRESS = 2060,
+
+    /// Progress information of a secure-join handshake from the view of the joiner
+    /// (Bob, the person who scans the QR code).
+    /// The events are typically sent while dc_join_securejoin(), which
+    /// may take some time, is executed.
+    /// @param data1 (int) ID of the inviting contact.
+    /// @param data2 (int) Progress as:
+    ///     400=vg-/vc-request-with-auth sent, typically shown as "alice@addr verified, introducing myself."
+    ///     (Bob has verified alice and waits until Alice does the same for him)
+    /// @return 0
+    SECUREJOIN_JOINER_PROGRESS = 2061,
+
+    // the following events are functions that should be provided by the frontends
+    /// Requeste a localized string from the frontend.
+    /// @param data1 (int) ID of the string to request, one of the DC_STR_/// constants.
+    /// @param data2 (int) The count. If the requested string contains a placeholder for a numeric value,
+    ///     the ui may use this value to return different strings on different plural forms.
+    /// @return (const char*) Null-terminated UTF-8 string.
+    ///     The string will be free()'d by the core,
+    ///     so it must be allocated using malloc() or a compatible function.
+    ///     Return 0 if the ui cannot provide the requested string
+    ///     the core will use a default string in english language then.
+    GET_STRING = 2091,
+}
+
 const DC_EVENT_FILE_COPIED: usize = 2055; // deprecated;
 const DC_EVENT_IS_OFFLINE: usize = 2081; // deprecated;
 const DC_ERROR_SEE_STRING: usize = 0; // deprecated;
 const DC_ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP: usize = 1; // deprecated;
 const DC_STR_SELFNOTINGRP: usize = 21; // deprecated;

+/// Values for dc_get|set_config("show_emails")
+const DC_SHOW_EMAILS_OFF: usize = 0;
+const DC_SHOW_EMAILS_ACCEPTED_CONTACTS: usize = 1;
+const DC_SHOW_EMAILS_ALL: usize = 2;
+
 // TODO: Strings need some doumentation about used placeholders.
-// These constants are used to set stock translation strings
+// These constants are used to request strings using #DC_EVENT_GET_STRING.

 const DC_STR_NOMESSAGES: usize = 1;
 const DC_STR_SELF: usize = 2;
@@ -311,8 +541,7 @@ const DC_STR_MSGACTIONBYME: usize = 63;
 const DC_STR_MSGLOCATIONENABLED: usize = 64;
 const DC_STR_MSGLOCATIONDISABLED: usize = 65;
 const DC_STR_LOCATION: usize = 66;
-const DC_STR_STICKER: usize = 67;
-const DC_STR_COUNT: usize = 67;
+const DC_STR_COUNT: usize = 66;

 pub const DC_JOB_DELETE_MSG_ON_IMAP: i32 = 110;

@@ -322,3 +551,12 @@ pub enum KeyType {
    Public = 0,
    Private = 1,
 }
+
+pub const DC_CMD_GROUPNAME_CHANGED: libc::c_int = 2;
+pub const DC_CMD_GROUPIMAGE_CHANGED: libc::c_int = 3;
+pub const DC_CMD_MEMBER_ADDED_TO_GROUP: libc::c_int = 4;
+pub const DC_CMD_MEMBER_REMOVED_FROM_GROUP: libc::c_int = 5;
+pub const DC_CMD_AUTOCRYPT_SETUP_MESSAGE: libc::c_int = 6;
+pub const DC_CMD_SECUREJOIN_MESSAGE: libc::c_int = 7;
+pub const DC_CMD_LOCATION_STREAMING_ENABLED: libc::c_int = 8;
+pub const DC_CMD_LOCATION_ONLY: libc::c_int = 9;
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-//! Contacts module
-
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
 use deltachat_derive::*;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use rusqlite;
+use std::path::PathBuf;

 use crate::aheader::EncryptPreference;
 use crate::config::Config;
@@ -12,34 +9,30 @@ use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::dc_tools::*;
 use crate::e2ee;
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::events::Event;
+use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::key::*;
 use crate::login_param::LoginParam;
-use crate::message::{MessageState, MsgId};
-use crate::mimeparser::AvatarAction;
-use crate::param::*;
+use crate::message::MessageState;
 use crate::peerstate::*;
 use crate::sql;
 use crate::stock::StockMessage;
+use crate::types::*;

 /// Contacts with at least this origin value are shown in the contact list.
 const DC_ORIGIN_MIN_CONTACT_LIST: i32 = 0x100;

 /// An object representing a single contact in memory.
-///
 /// The contact object is not updated.
 /// If you want an update, you have to recreate the object.
 ///
 /// The library makes sure
 /// only to use names _authorized_ by the contact in `To:` or `Cc:`.
-/// *Given-names* as "Daddy" or "Honey" are not used there.
+/// _Given-names _as "Daddy" or "Honey" are not used there.
 /// For this purpose, internally, two names are tracked -
-/// authorized name and given name.
+/// authorized-name and given-name.
 /// By default, these names are equal, but functions working with contact names
-/// only affect the given name.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Contact {
+pub struct Contact<'a> {
+    context: &'a Context,
    /// The contact ID.
    ///
    /// Special message IDs:
@@ -53,8 +46,8 @@ pub struct Contact {
    /// May be empty, initially set to `authname`.
    name: String,
    /// Name authorized by the contact himself. Only this name may be spread to others,
-    /// e.g. in To:-lists. May be empty. It is recommended to use `Contact::get_authname`,
-    /// to access this field.
+    /// e.g. in To:-lists. May be empty. It is recommended to use `Contact::get_name`,
+    /// `Contact::get_display_name` or `Contact::get_name_n_addr` to access this field.
    authname: String,
    /// E-Mail-Address of the contact. It is recommended to use `Contact::get_addr`` to access this field.
    addr: String,
@@ -62,8 +55,6 @@ pub struct Contact {
    blocked: bool,
    /// The origin/source of the contact.
    pub origin: Origin,
-    /// Parameters as Param::ProfileImage
-    pub param: Params,
 }

 /// Possible origins of a contact.
@@ -100,11 +91,11 @@ pub enum Origin {
    /// address is in our address book
    AdressBook = 0x80000,
    /// set on Alice's side for contacts like Bob that have scanned the QR code offered by her. Only means the contact has once been established using the "securejoin" procedure in the past, getting the current key verification status requires calling dc_contact_is_verified() !
-    SecurejoinInvited = 0x0100_0000,
+    SecurejoinInvited = 0x1000000,
    /// set on Bob's side for contacts scanned and verified from a QR code. Only means the contact has once been established using the "securejoin" procedure in the past, getting the current key verification status requires calling dc_contact_is_verified() !
-    SecurejoinJoined = 0x0200_0000,
+    SecurejoinJoined = 0x2000000,
    /// contact added mannually by dc_create_contact(), this should be the largets origin as otherwise the user cannot modify the names
-    ManuallyCreated = 0x0400_0000,
+    ManuallyCreated = 0x4000000,
 }

 impl Default for Origin {
@@ -114,11 +105,19 @@ impl Default for Origin {
 }

 impl Origin {
-    /// Contacts that are known, i. e. they came in via accepted contacts or
-    /// themselves an accepted contact. Known contacts are shown in the
-    /// contact list when one creates a chat and wants to add members etc.
-    pub fn is_known(self) -> bool {
-        self >= Origin::IncomingReplyTo
+    /// Contacts that start a new "normal" chat, defaults to off.
+    pub fn is_start_new_chat(self) -> bool {
+        self as i32 >= 0x7FFFFFFF
+    }
+
+    /// Contacts that are verified and known not to be spam.
+    pub fn is_verified(self) -> bool {
+        self as i32 >= 0x100
+    }
+
+    /// Contacts that are shown in the contact list.
+    pub fn include_in_contactlist(self) -> bool {
+        self as i32 >= DC_ORIGIN_MIN_CONTACT_LIST
    }
 }

@@ -140,36 +139,40 @@ pub enum VerifiedStatus {
    BidirectVerified = 2,
 }

-impl Contact {
-    pub fn load_from_db(context: &Context, contact_id: u32) -> crate::sql::Result<Self> {
-        let mut res = context.sql.query_row(
-            "SELECT c.name, c.addr, c.origin, c.blocked, c.authname, c.param
-               FROM contacts c
-              WHERE c.id=?;",
+impl<'a> Contact<'a> {
+    pub fn load_from_db(context: &'a Context, contact_id: u32) -> Result<Self> {
+        if contact_id == DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
+            let contact = Contact {
+                context,
+                id: contact_id,
+                name: context.stock_str(StockMessage::SelfMsg).into(),
+                authname: "".into(),
+                addr: context
+                    .get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr)
+                    .unwrap_or_default(),
+                blocked: false,
+                origin: Origin::Unknown,
+            };
+
+            return Ok(contact);
+        }
+
+        context.sql.query_row(
+            "SELECT c.name, c.addr, c.origin, c.blocked, c.authname  FROM contacts c  WHERE c.id=?;",
            params![contact_id as i32],
            |row| {
                let contact = Self {
+                    context,
                    id: contact_id,
                    name: row.get::<_, String>(0)?,
                    authname: row.get::<_, String>(4)?,
                    addr: row.get::<_, String>(1)?,
                    blocked: row.get::<_, Option<i32>>(3)?.unwrap_or_default() != 0,
                    origin: row.get(2)?,
-                    param: row.get::<_, String>(5)?.parse().unwrap_or_default(),
                };
                Ok(contact)
-            },
-        )?;
-        if contact_id == DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
-            res.name = context.stock_str(StockMessage::SelfMsg).to_string();
-            res.addr = context
-                .get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr)
-                .unwrap_or_default();
-        } else if contact_id == DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE {
-            res.name = context.stock_str(StockMessage::DeviceMessages).to_string();
-            res.addr = DC_CONTACT_ID_DEVICE_ADDR.to_string();
-        }
-        Ok(res)
+            }
+        )
    }

    /// Returns `true` if this contact is blocked.
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ impl Contact {
    }

    /// Check if a contact is blocked.
-    pub fn is_blocked_load(context: &Context, id: u32) -> bool {
+    pub fn is_blocked_load(context: &'a Context, id: u32) -> bool {
        Self::load_from_db(context, id)
            .map(|contact| contact.blocked)
            .unwrap_or_default()
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ impl Contact {
    /// Add a single contact as a result of an _explicit_ user action.
    ///
    /// We assume, the contact name, if any, is entered by the user and is used "as is" therefore,
-    /// normalize() is *not* called for the name. If the contact is blocked, it is unblocked.
+    /// normalize() is _not_ called for the name. If the contact is blocked, it is unblocked.
    ///
    /// To add a number of contacts, see `dc_add_address_book()` which is much faster for adding
    /// a bunch of addresses.
@@ -212,13 +215,15 @@ impl Contact {
        let (contact_id, sth_modified) =
            Contact::add_or_lookup(context, name, addr, Origin::ManuallyCreated)?;
        let blocked = Contact::is_blocked_load(context, contact_id);
-        context.call_cb(Event::ContactsChanged(
-            if sth_modified == Modifier::Created {
-                Some(contact_id)
+        context.call_cb(
+            Event::CONTACTS_CHANGED,
+            (if sth_modified == Modifier::Created {
+                contact_id
            } else {
-                None
-            },
-        ));
+                0
+            }) as uintptr_t,
+            0 as uintptr_t,
+        );
        if blocked {
            Contact::unblock(context, contact_id);
        }
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ impl Contact {
    }

    /// Mark all messages sent by the given contact
-    /// as *noticed*.  See also dc_marknoticed_chat() and dc_markseen_msgs()
+    /// as _noticed_.  See also dc_marknoticed_chat() and dc_markseen_msgs()
    ///
    /// Calling this function usually results in the event `#DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED`.
    pub fn mark_noticed(context: &Context, id: u32) {
@@ -239,10 +244,7 @@ impl Contact {
        )
        .is_ok()
        {
-            context.call_cb(Event::MsgsChanged {
-                chat_id: 0,
-                msg_id: MsgId::new(0),
-            });
+            context.call_cb(Event::MSGS_CHANGED, 0, 0);
        }
    }

@@ -261,11 +263,11 @@ impl Contact {
            .get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr)
            .unwrap_or_default();

-        if addr_cmp(addr_normalized, addr_self) {
-            return DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF;
+        if addr_normalized == addr_self {
+            return 1;
        }

-        context.sql.query_get_value(
+        context.sql.query_row_col(
            context,
            "SELECT id FROM contacts WHERE addr=?1 COLLATE NOCASE AND id>?2 AND origin>=?3 AND blocked=0;",
            params![
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ impl Contact {
                DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL as i32,
                DC_ORIGIN_MIN_CONTACT_LIST,
            ],
+            0
        ).unwrap_or_default()
    }

@@ -298,13 +301,14 @@ impl Contact {
            .get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr)
            .unwrap_or_default();

-        if addr_cmp(addr, addr_self) {
-            return Ok((DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF, sth_modified));
+        if addr == addr_self {
+            return Ok((1, sth_modified));
        }

        if !may_be_valid_addr(&addr) {
            warn!(
                context,
+                0,
                "Bad address \"{}\" for contact \"{}\".",
                addr,
                if !name.as_ref().is_empty() {
@@ -388,19 +392,20 @@ impl Contact {
                }
                sth_modified = Modifier::Modified;
            }
-        } else if sql::execute(
-            context,
-            &context.sql,
-            "INSERT INTO contacts (name, addr, origin) VALUES(?, ?, ?);",
-            params![name.as_ref(), addr, origin,],
-        )
-        .is_ok()
-        {
-            row_id = sql::get_rowid(context, &context.sql, "contacts", "addr", addr);
-            sth_modified = Modifier::Created;
-            info!(context, "added contact id={} addr={}", row_id, addr);
        } else {
-            error!(context, "Cannot add contact.");
+            if sql::execute(
+                context,
+                &context.sql,
+                "INSERT INTO contacts (name, addr, origin) VALUES(?, ?, ?);",
+                params![name.as_ref(), addr, origin,],
+            )
+            .is_ok()
+            {
+                row_id = sql::get_rowid(context, &context.sql, "contacts", "addr", addr);
+                sth_modified = Modifier::Created;
+            } else {
+                error!(context, 0, "Cannot add contact.");
+            }
        }

        Ok((row_id, sth_modified))
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ impl Contact {
    /// the event `DC_EVENT_CONTACTS_CHANGED` is sent.
    ///
    /// To add a single contact entered by the user, you should prefer `Contact::create`,
-    /// however, for adding a bunch of addresses, this function is much faster.
+    /// however, for adding a bunch of addresses, this function is _much_ faster.
    ///
    /// The `addr_book` is a multiline string in the format `Name one\nAddress one\nName two\nAddress two`.
    ///
@@ -434,7 +439,7 @@ impl Contact {
            }
        }
        if modify_cnt > 0 {
-            context.call_cb(Event::ContactsChanged(None));
+            context.call_cb(Event::CONTACTS_CHANGED, 0 as uintptr_t, 0 as uintptr_t);
        }

        Ok(modify_cnt)
@@ -484,7 +489,7 @@ impl Contact {
                params![
                    self_addr,
                    DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL as i32,
-                    Origin::IncomingReplyTo,
+                    0x100,
                    &s3str_like_cmd,
                    &s3str_like_cmd,
                    if flag_verified_only { 0 } else { 1 },
@@ -537,10 +542,11 @@ impl Contact {
    pub fn get_blocked_cnt(context: &Context) -> usize {
        context
            .sql
-            .query_get_value::<_, isize>(
+            .query_row_col::<_, isize>(
                context,
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM contacts WHERE id>? AND blocked!=0",
                params![DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL as i32],
+                0,
            )
            .unwrap_or_default() as usize
    }
@@ -575,12 +581,7 @@ impl Contact {

            let mut self_key = Key::from_self_public(context, &loginparam.addr, &context.sql);

-            if peerstate.is_some()
-                && peerstate
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .and_then(|p| p.peek_key(PeerstateVerifiedStatus::Unverified))
-                    .is_some()
-            {
+            if peerstate.is_some() && peerstate.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.peek_key(0)).is_some() {
                let peerstate = peerstate.as_ref().unwrap();
                let p =
                    context.stock_str(if peerstate.prefer_encrypt == EncryptPreference::Mutual {
@@ -600,25 +601,25 @@ impl Contact {
                    .map(|k| k.formatted_fingerprint())
                    .unwrap_or_default();
                let fingerprint_other_verified = peerstate
-                    .peek_key(PeerstateVerifiedStatus::BidirectVerified)
+                    .peek_key(2)
                    .map(|k| k.formatted_fingerprint())
                    .unwrap_or_default();
                let fingerprint_other_unverified = peerstate
-                    .peek_key(PeerstateVerifiedStatus::Unverified)
+                    .peek_key(0)
                    .map(|k| k.formatted_fingerprint())
                    .unwrap_or_default();
-                if loginparam.addr < peerstate.addr {
+                if peerstate.addr.is_some() && &loginparam.addr < peerstate.addr.as_ref().unwrap() {
                    cat_fingerprint(&mut ret, &loginparam.addr, &fingerprint_self, "");
                    cat_fingerprint(
                        &mut ret,
-                        peerstate.addr.clone(),
+                        peerstate.addr.as_ref().unwrap(),
                        &fingerprint_other_verified,
                        &fingerprint_other_unverified,
                    );
                } else {
                    cat_fingerprint(
                        &mut ret,
-                        peerstate.addr.clone(),
+                        peerstate.addr.as_ref().unwrap(),
                        &fingerprint_other_verified,
                        &fingerprint_other_unverified,
                    );
@@ -648,20 +649,22 @@ impl Contact {

        let count_contacts: i32 = context
            .sql
-            .query_get_value(
+            .query_row_col(
                context,
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM chats_contacts WHERE contact_id=?;",
                params![contact_id as i32],
+                0,
            )
            .unwrap_or_default();

        let count_msgs: i32 = if count_contacts > 0 {
            context
                .sql
-                .query_get_value(
+                .query_row_col(
                    context,
                    "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM msgs WHERE from_id=? OR to_id=?;",
                    params![contact_id as i32, contact_id as i32],
+                    0,
                )
                .unwrap_or_default()
        } else {
@@ -676,19 +679,19 @@ impl Contact {
                params![contact_id as i32],
            ) {
                Ok(_) => {
-                    context.call_cb(Event::ContactsChanged(None));
+                    context.call_cb(Event::CONTACTS_CHANGED, 0, 0);
                    return Ok(());
                }
                Err(err) => {
-                    error!(context, "delete_contact {} failed ({})", contact_id, err);
-                    return Err(err.into());
+                    error!(context, 0, "delete_contact {} failed ({})", contact_id, err);
+                    return Err(err);
                }
            }
        }

        info!(
            context,
-            "could not delete contact {}, there are {} messages with it", contact_id, count_msgs
+            0, "could not delete contact {}, there are {} messages with it", contact_id, count_msgs
        );
        bail!("Could not delete contact with messages in it");
    }
@@ -699,17 +702,7 @@ impl Contact {
    /// like "Me" in the selected language and the email address
    /// defined by dc_set_config().
    pub fn get_by_id(context: &Context, contact_id: u32) -> Result<Contact> {
-        Ok(Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id)?)
-    }
-
-    pub fn update_param(&mut self, context: &Context) -> Result<()> {
-        sql::execute(
-            context,
-            &context.sql,
-            "UPDATE contacts SET param=? WHERE id=?",
-            params![self.param.to_string(), self.id as i32],
-        )?;
-        Ok(())
+        Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id)
    }

    /// Get the ID of the contact.
@@ -722,7 +715,6 @@ impl Contact {
        &self.addr
    }

-    /// Get name authorized by the contact.
    pub fn get_authname(&self) -> &str {
        &self.authname
    }
@@ -745,9 +737,6 @@ impl Contact {
        if !self.name.is_empty() {
            return &self.name;
        }
-        if !self.authname.is_empty() {
-            return &self.authname;
-        }
        &self.addr
    }

@@ -778,16 +767,13 @@ impl Contact {
    /// Get the contact's profile image.
    /// This is the image set by each remote user on their own
    /// using dc_set_config(context, "selfavatar", image).
-    pub fn get_profile_image(&self, context: &Context) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    pub fn get_profile_image(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
        if self.id == DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
-            if let Some(p) = context.get_config(Config::Selfavatar) {
+            if let Some(p) = self.context.get_config(Config::Selfavatar) {
                return Some(PathBuf::from(p));
            }
-        } else if let Some(image_rel) = self.param.get(Param::ProfileImage) {
-            if !image_rel.is_empty() {
-                return Some(dc_get_abs_path(context, image_rel));
-            }
        }
+        // TODO: else get image_abs from contact param
        None
    }

@@ -804,18 +790,14 @@ impl Contact {
    ///
    /// The UI may draw a checkbox or something like that beside verified contacts.
    ///
-    pub fn is_verified(&self, context: &Context) -> VerifiedStatus {
-        self.is_verified_ex(context, None)
+    pub fn is_verified(&self) -> VerifiedStatus {
+        self.is_verified_ex(None)
    }

    /// Same as `Contact::is_verified` but allows speeding up things
    /// by adding the peerstate belonging to the contact.
    /// If you do not have the peerstate available, it is loaded automatically.
-    pub fn is_verified_ex(
-        &self,
-        context: &Context,
-        peerstate: Option<&Peerstate>,
-    ) -> VerifiedStatus {
+    pub fn is_verified_ex(&self, peerstate: Option<&Peerstate<'a>>) -> VerifiedStatus {
        // We're always sort of secured-verified as we could verify the key on this device any time with the key
        // on this device
        if self.id == DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
@@ -823,14 +805,14 @@ impl Contact {
        }

        if let Some(peerstate) = peerstate {
-            if peerstate.verified_key.is_some() {
+            if peerstate.verified_key().is_some() {
                return VerifiedStatus::BidirectVerified;
            }
        }

-        let peerstate = Peerstate::from_addr(context, &context.sql, &self.addr);
+        let peerstate = Peerstate::from_addr(self.context, &self.context.sql, &self.addr);
        if let Some(ps) = peerstate {
-            if ps.verified_key.is_some() {
+            if ps.verified_key().is_some() {
                return VerifiedStatus::BidirectVerified;
            }
        }
@@ -846,7 +828,7 @@ impl Contact {
        if let Ok(contact) = Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id) {
            if !contact.addr.is_empty() {
                let normalized_addr = addr_normalize(addr.as_ref());
-                if contact.addr == normalized_addr {
+                if &contact.addr == &normalized_addr {
                    return true;
                }
            }
@@ -862,22 +844,23 @@ impl Contact {

        context
            .sql
-            .query_get_value::<_, isize>(
+            .query_row_col::<_, isize>(
                context,
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM contacts WHERE id>?;",
                params![DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL as i32],
+                0,
            )
            .unwrap_or_default() as usize
    }

-    pub fn get_origin_by_id(context: &Context, contact_id: u32, ret_blocked: &mut bool) -> Origin {
+    pub fn get_origin_by_id(context: &Context, contact_id: u32, ret_blocked: &mut i32) -> Origin {
        let mut ret = Origin::Unknown;
-        *ret_blocked = false;
+        *ret_blocked = 0;

        if let Ok(contact) = Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id) {
            /* we could optimize this by loading only the needed fields */
            if contact.blocked {
-                *ret_blocked = true;
+                *ret_blocked = 1;
            } else {
                ret = contact.origin;
            }
@@ -887,7 +870,7 @@ impl Contact {
    }

    pub fn real_exists_by_id(context: &Context, contact_id: u32) -> bool {
-        if !context.sql.is_open() || contact_id <= DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL {
+        if !context.sql.is_open() || contact_id <= 9 {
            return false;
        }

@@ -911,8 +894,7 @@ impl Contact {
    }
 }

-/// Extracts first name from full name.
-fn get_first_name(full_name: &str) -> &str {
+fn get_first_name<'a>(full_name: &'a str) -> &'a str {
    full_name.splitn(2, ' ').next().unwrap_or_default()
 }

@@ -922,7 +904,6 @@ pub fn may_be_valid_addr(addr: &str) -> bool {
    res.is_ok()
 }

-/// Returns address with whitespace trimmed and `mailto:` prefix removed.
 pub fn addr_normalize(addr: &str) -> &str {
    let norm = addr.trim();

@@ -934,64 +915,43 @@ pub fn addr_normalize(addr: &str) -> &str {
 }

 fn set_block_contact(context: &Context, contact_id: u32, new_blocking: bool) {
-    if contact_id <= DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL {
+    if contact_id <= 9 {
        return;
    }

    if let Ok(contact) = Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id) {
-        if contact.blocked != new_blocking
-            && sql::execute(
+        if contact.blocked != new_blocking {
+            if sql::execute(
                context,
                &context.sql,
                "UPDATE contacts SET blocked=? WHERE id=?;",
                params![new_blocking as i32, contact_id as i32],
            )
            .is_ok()
-        {
-            // also (un)block all chats with _only_ this contact - we do not delete them to allow a
-            // non-destructive blocking->unblocking.
-            // (Maybe, beside normal chats (type=100) we should also block group chats with only this user.
-            // However, I'm not sure about this point; it may be confusing if the user wants to add other people;
-            // this would result in recreating the same group...)
-            if sql::execute(
+            {
+                // also (un)block all chats with _only_ this contact - we do not delete them to allow a
+                // non-destructive blocking->unblocking.
+                // (Maybe, beside normal chats (type=100) we should also block group chats with only this user.
+                // However, I'm not sure about this point; it may be confusing if the user wants to add other people;
+                // this would result in recreating the same group...)
+                if sql::execute(
                    context,
                    &context.sql,
                    "UPDATE chats SET blocked=? WHERE type=? AND id IN (SELECT chat_id FROM chats_contacts WHERE contact_id=?);",
                    params![new_blocking, 100, contact_id as i32],
                ).is_ok() {
                    Contact::mark_noticed(context, contact_id);
-                    context.call_cb(Event::ContactsChanged(None));
+                    context.call_cb(
+                        Event::CONTACTS_CHANGED,
+                        0,
+                        0,
+                    );
                }
+            }
        }
    }
 }

-pub fn set_profile_image(
-    context: &Context,
-    contact_id: u32,
-    profile_image: &AvatarAction,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    // the given profile image is expected to be already in the blob directory
-    // as profile images can be set only by receiving messages, this should be always the case, however.
-    let mut contact = Contact::load_from_db(context, contact_id)?;
-    let changed = match profile_image {
-        AvatarAction::Change(profile_image) => {
-            contact.param.set(Param::ProfileImage, profile_image);
-            true
-        }
-        AvatarAction::Delete => {
-            contact.param.remove(Param::ProfileImage);
-            true
-        }
-        AvatarAction::None => false,
-    };
-    if changed {
-        contact.update_param(context)?;
-        context.call_cb(Event::ContactsChanged(Some(contact_id)));
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// Normalize a name.
 ///
 /// - Remove quotes (come from some bad MUA implementations)
@@ -1009,9 +969,9 @@ pub fn normalize_name(full_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> String {
    if len > 0 {
        let firstchar = full_name.as_bytes()[0];
        let lastchar = full_name.as_bytes()[len - 1];
-        if firstchar == b'\'' && lastchar == b'\''
-            || firstchar == b'\"' && lastchar == b'\"'
-            || firstchar == b'<' && lastchar == b'>'
+        if firstchar == '\'' as u8 && lastchar == '\'' as u8
+            || firstchar == '\"' as u8 && lastchar == '\"' as u8
+            || firstchar == '<' as u8 && lastchar == '>' as u8
        {
            full_name = &full_name[1..len - 1];
        }
@@ -1056,25 +1016,23 @@ fn cat_fingerprint(
    }
 }

-impl Context {
-    /// determine whether the specified addr maps to the/a self addr
-    pub fn is_self_addr(&self, addr: &str) -> Result<bool> {
-        let self_addr = match self.get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr) {
-            Some(s) => s,
-            None => return Err(Error::NotConfigured),
-        };
-
-        Ok(addr_cmp(self_addr, addr))
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn addr_cmp(addr1: impl AsRef<str>, addr2: impl AsRef<str>) -> bool {
-    let norm1 = addr_normalize(addr1.as_ref()).to_lowercase();
-    let norm2 = addr_normalize(addr2.as_ref()).to_lowercase();
+    let norm1 = addr_normalize(addr1.as_ref());
+    let norm2 = addr_normalize(addr2.as_ref());

    norm1 == norm2
 }

+pub fn addr_equals_self(context: &Context, addr: impl AsRef<str>) -> bool {
+    if !addr.as_ref().is_empty() {
+        let normalized_addr = addr_normalize(addr.as_ref());
+        if let Some(self_addr) = context.get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr) {
+            return normalized_addr == self_addr;
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
 fn split_address_book(book: &str) -> Vec<(&str, &str)> {
    book.lines()
        .chunks(2)
@@ -1094,8 +1052,6 @@ fn split_address_book(book: &str) -> Vec<(&str, &str)> {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

-    use crate::test_utils::*;
-
    #[test]
    fn test_may_be_valid_addr() {
        assert_eq!(may_be_valid_addr(""), false);
@@ -1121,10 +1077,6 @@ mod tests {
    fn test_normalize_addr() {
        assert_eq!(addr_normalize("mailto:john@doe.com"), "john@doe.com");
        assert_eq!(addr_normalize("  hello@world.com   "), "hello@world.com");
-
-        // normalisation preserves case to allow user-defined spelling.
-        // however, case is ignored on addr_cmp()
-        assert_ne!(addr_normalize("John@Doe.com"), "john@doe.com");
    }

    #[test]
@@ -1141,128 +1093,4 @@ mod tests {
            vec![("Name one", "Address one"), ("Name two", "Address two")]
        )
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_get_contacts() {
-        let context = dummy_context();
-        let contacts = Contact::get_all(&context.ctx, 0, Some("some2")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contacts.len(), 0);
-
-        let id = Contact::create(&context.ctx, "bob", "bob@mail.de").unwrap();
-        assert_ne!(id, 0);
-
-        let contacts = Contact::get_all(&context.ctx, 0, Some("bob")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contacts.len(), 1);
-
-        let contacts = Contact::get_all(&context.ctx, 0, Some("alice")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contacts.len(), 0);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_is_self_addr() -> Result<()> {
-        let t = test_context(None);
-        assert!(t.ctx.is_self_addr("me@me.org").is_err());
-
-        let addr = configure_alice_keypair(&t.ctx);
-        assert_eq!(t.ctx.is_self_addr("me@me.org")?, false);
-        assert_eq!(t.ctx.is_self_addr(&addr)?, true);
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_add_or_lookup() {
-        // add some contacts, this also tests add_address_book()
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let book = concat!(
-            "  Name one  \n one@eins.org \n",
-            "Name two\ntwo@deux.net\n",
-            "\nthree@drei.sam\n",
-            "Name two\ntwo@deux.net\n" // should not be added again
-        );
-        assert_eq!(Contact::add_address_book(&t.ctx, book).unwrap(), 3);
-
-        // check first added contact, this does not modify because of lower origin
-        let (contact_id, sth_modified) =
-            Contact::add_or_lookup(&t.ctx, "bla foo", "one@eins.org", Origin::IncomingUnknownTo)
-                .unwrap();
-        assert!(contact_id > DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL);
-        assert_eq!(sth_modified, Modifier::None);
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_id(), contact_id);
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name(), "Name one");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_display_name(), "Name one");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_addr(), "one@eins.org");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name_n_addr(), "Name one (one@eins.org)");
-
-        // modify first added contact
-        let (contact_id_test, sth_modified) = Contact::add_or_lookup(
-            &t.ctx,
-            "Real one",
-            " one@eins.org  ",
-            Origin::ManuallyCreated,
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact_id, contact_id_test);
-        assert_eq!(sth_modified, Modifier::Modified);
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name(), "Real one");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_addr(), "one@eins.org");
-        assert!(!contact.is_blocked());
-
-        // check third added contact (contact without name)
-        let (contact_id, sth_modified) =
-            Contact::add_or_lookup(&t.ctx, "", "three@drei.sam", Origin::IncomingUnknownTo)
-                .unwrap();
-        assert!(contact_id > DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL);
-        assert_eq!(sth_modified, Modifier::None);
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name(), "");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_display_name(), "three@drei.sam");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_addr(), "three@drei.sam");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name_n_addr(), "three@drei.sam");
-
-        // add name to third contact from incoming message (this becomes authorized name)
-        let (contact_id_test, sth_modified) = Contact::add_or_lookup(
-            &t.ctx,
-            "m. serious",
-            "three@drei.sam",
-            Origin::IncomingUnknownFrom,
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact_id, contact_id_test);
-        assert_eq!(sth_modified, Modifier::Modified);
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name_n_addr(), "m. serious (three@drei.sam)");
-        assert!(!contact.is_blocked());
-
-        // manually edit name of third contact (does not changed authorized name)
-        let (contact_id_test, sth_modified) = Contact::add_or_lookup(
-            &t.ctx,
-            "schnucki",
-            "three@drei.sam",
-            Origin::ManuallyCreated,
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact_id, contact_id_test);
-        assert_eq!(sth_modified, Modifier::Modified);
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, contact_id).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_authname(), "m. serious");
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name_n_addr(), "schnucki (three@drei.sam)");
-        assert!(!contact.is_blocked());
-
-        // check SELF
-        let contact = Contact::load_from_db(&t.ctx, DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF, 1);
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_name(), t.ctx.stock_str(StockMessage::SelfMsg));
-        assert_eq!(contact.get_addr(), ""); // we're not configured
-        assert!(!contact.is_blocked());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_addr_cmp() {
-        assert!(addr_cmp("AA@AA.ORG", "aa@aa.ORG"));
-        assert!(addr_cmp(" aa@aa.ORG ", "AA@AA.ORG"));
-        assert!(addr_cmp(" mailto:AA@AA.ORG", "Aa@Aa.orG"));
-    }
 }
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/dc_array.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/dc_array.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::location::Location;
+use crate::types::*;

 /* * the structure behind dc_array_t */
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 pub enum dc_array_t {
    Locations(Vec<Location>),
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ impl dc_array_t {
        dc_array_t::Locations(Vec::with_capacity(capacity))
    }

-    pub fn add_id(&mut self, item: u32) {
+    pub fn add_id(&mut self, item: uint32_t) {
        if let Self::Uint(array) = self {
            array.push(item);
        } else {
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ impl dc_array_t {
        }
    }

-    pub fn get_id(&self, index: usize) -> u32 {
+    pub fn get_id(&self, index: usize) -> uint32_t {
        match self {
            Self::Locations(array) => array[index].location_id,
-            Self::Uint(array) => array[index] as u32,
+            Self::Uint(array) => array[index] as uint32_t,
        }
    }

--- a/src/dc_dehtml.rs
+++ b/src/dc_dehtml.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-//! De-HTML
-//!
-//! A module to remove HTML tags from the email text
-
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use quick_xml;
 use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText};
@@ -23,18 +19,22 @@ enum AddText {
    YesPreserveLineEnds,
 }

-// dehtml() returns way too many newlines; however, an optimisation on this issue is not needed as
-// the newlines are typically removed in further processing by the caller
-pub fn dehtml(buf: &str) -> String {
-    let buf = buf.trim();
+// dc_dehtml() returns way too many lineends; however, an optimisation on this issue is not needed as
+// the lineends are typically remove in further processing by the caller
+pub fn dc_dehtml(buf_terminated: &str) -> String {
+    let buf_terminated = buf_terminated.trim();
+
+    if buf_terminated.is_empty() {
+        return "".into();
+    }

    let mut dehtml = Dehtml {
-        strbuilder: String::with_capacity(buf.len()),
+        strbuilder: String::with_capacity(buf_terminated.len()),
        add_text: AddText::YesRemoveLineEnds,
        last_href: None,
    };

-    let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(buf);
+    let mut reader = quick_xml::Reader::from_str(buf_terminated);

    let mut buf = Vec::new();

@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@ fn dehtml_starttag_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
            dehtml.add_text = AddText::YesPreserveLineEnds;
        }
        "a" => {
-            if let Some(href) = event
-                .html_attributes()
-                .filter_map(|attr| attr.ok())
-                .find(|attr| String::from_utf8_lossy(attr.key).trim().to_lowercase() == "href")
-            {
+            if let Some(href) = event.html_attributes().find(|attr| {
+                attr.as_ref()
+                    .map(|a| String::from_utf8_lossy(a.key).trim().to_lowercase() == "href")
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+            }) {
                let href = href
+                    .unwrap()
                    .unescape_and_decode_value(reader)
                    .unwrap_or_default()
                    .to_lowercase();
@@ -164,28 +165,3 @@ fn dehtml_starttag_cb<B: std::io::BufRead>(
        _ => {}
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_dehtml() {
-        let cases = vec![
-            (
-                "<a href='https://example.com'> Foo </a>",
-                "[ Foo ](https://example.com)",
-            ),
-            ("<img href='/foo.png'>", ""),
-            ("<b> bar </b>", "* bar *"),
-            ("<b> bar <i> foo", "* bar _ foo"),
-            ("&amp; bar", "& bar"),
-            // Note missing '
-            ("<a href='/foo.png>Hi</a> ", ""),
-            ("", ""),
-        ];
-        for (input, output) in cases {
-            assert_eq!(dehtml(input), output);
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/dc_imex.rs
+++ b/src/dc_imex.rs
--- a/src/dc_mimefactory.rs
+++ b/src/dc_mimefactory.rs
--- a/src/dc_mimeparser.rs
+++ b/src/dc_mimeparser.rs
--- a/src/dc_receive_imf.rs
+++ b/src/dc_receive_imf.rs
--- a/src/dc_simplify.rs
+++ b/src/dc_simplify.rs
@@ -1,169 +1,179 @@
-use crate::dehtml::*;
+use crate::dc_dehtml::*;
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct Simplify {
+    pub is_forwarded: bool,
+}
+
+/// Return index of footer line in vector of message lines, or vector length if
+/// no footer is found.
+///
+/// Also return whether not-standard (rfc3676, §4.3) footer is found.
+fn find_message_footer(lines: &[&str]) -> (usize, bool) {
+    for ix in 0..lines.len() {
+        let line = lines[ix];

-/// Remove standard (RFC 3676, §4.3) footer if it is found.
-fn remove_message_footer<'a>(lines: &'a [&str]) -> &'a [&'a str] {
-    for (ix, &line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
        // quoted-printable may encode `-- ` to `-- =20` which is converted
        // back to `--  `
-        match line {
-            "-- " | "--  " => return &lines[..ix],
+        match line.as_ref() {
+            "-- " | "--  " => return (ix, false),
+            "--" | "---" | "----" => return (ix, true),
            _ => (),
        }
    }
-    lines
+    return (lines.len(), false);
 }

-/// Remove nonstandard footer and a boolean indicating whether such
-/// footer was removed.
-fn remove_nonstandard_footer<'a>(lines: &'a [&str]) -> (&'a [&'a str], bool) {
-    for (ix, &line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
-        if line == "--"
-            || line == "---"
-            || line == "----"
-            || line.starts_with("-----")
-            || line.starts_with("_____")
-            || line.starts_with("=====")
-            || line.starts_with("*****")
-            || line.starts_with("~~~~~")
-        {
-            return (&lines[..ix], true);
+impl Simplify {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Simplify {
+            is_forwarded: false,
        }
    }
-    (lines, false)
-}

-fn split_lines(buf: &str) -> Vec<&str> {
-    buf.split('\n').collect()
-}
+    /// Simplify and normalise text: Remove quotes, signatures, unnecessary
+    /// lineends etc.
+    /// The data returned from simplify() must be free()'d when no longer used.
+    pub fn simplify(&mut self, input: &str, is_html: bool, is_msgrmsg: bool) -> String {
+        let mut out = if is_html {
+            dc_dehtml(input)
+        } else {
+            input.to_string()
+        };

-/// Simplify message text for chat display.
-/// Remove quotes, signatures, trailing empty lines etc.
-pub fn simplify(input: &str, is_html: bool, is_chat_message: bool) -> (String, bool) {
-    let mut out = if is_html {
-        dehtml(input)
-    } else {
-        input.to_string()
-    };
+        out.retain(|c| c != '\r');
+        out = self.simplify_plain_text(&out, is_msgrmsg);
+        out.retain(|c| c != '\r');

-    out.retain(|c| c != '\r');
-    let lines = split_lines(&out);
-    let (lines, is_forwarded) = skip_forward_header(&lines);
-
-    let lines = remove_message_footer(lines);
-    let (lines, has_nonstandard_footer) = remove_nonstandard_footer(lines);
-    let (lines, has_bottom_quote) = if !is_chat_message {
-        remove_bottom_quote(lines)
-    } else {
-        (lines, false)
-    };
-    let (lines, has_top_quote) = if !is_chat_message {
-        remove_top_quote(lines)
-    } else {
-        (lines, false)
-    };
-
-    // re-create buffer from the remaining lines
-    let text = render_message(
-        lines,
-        has_top_quote,
-        has_nonstandard_footer || has_bottom_quote,
-    );
-    (text, is_forwarded)
-}
-
-/// Skips "forwarded message" header.
-/// Returns message body lines and a boolean indicating whether
-/// a message is forwarded or not.
-fn skip_forward_header<'a>(lines: &'a [&str]) -> (&'a [&'a str], bool) {
-    if lines.len() >= 3
-        && lines[0] == "---------- Forwarded message ----------"
-        && lines[1].starts_with("From: ")
-        && lines[2].is_empty()
-    {
-        (&lines[3..], true)
-    } else {
-        (lines, false)
+        out
    }
-}

-fn remove_bottom_quote<'a>(lines: &'a [&str]) -> (&'a [&'a str], bool) {
-    let mut last_quoted_line = None;
-    for (l, line) in lines.iter().enumerate().rev() {
-        if is_plain_quote(line) {
-            last_quoted_line = Some(l)
-        } else if !is_empty_line(line) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    if let Some(mut l_last) = last_quoted_line {
-        if l_last > 1 && is_empty_line(lines[l_last - 1]) {
-            l_last -= 1
-        }
-        if l_last > 1 {
-            let line = lines[l_last - 1];
-            if is_quoted_headline(line) {
-                l_last -= 1
+    /**
+     * Simplify Plain Text
+     */
+    #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+    fn simplify_plain_text(&mut self, buf_terminated: &str, is_msgrmsg: bool) -> String {
+        /* This function ...
+        ... removes all text after the line `-- ` (footer mark)
+        ... removes full quotes at the beginning and at the end of the text -
+            these are all lines starting with the character `>`
+        ... remove a non-empty line before the removed quote (contains sth. like "On 2.9.2016, Bjoern wrote:" in different formats and lanugages) */
+        /* split the given buffer into lines */
+        let lines: Vec<_> = buf_terminated.split('\n').collect();
+        let mut l_first: usize = 0;
+        let mut is_cut_at_begin = false;
+        let (mut l_last, mut is_cut_at_end) = find_message_footer(&lines);
+
+        if l_last > l_first + 2 {
+            let line0 = lines[l_first];
+            let line1 = lines[l_first + 1];
+            let line2 = lines[l_first + 2];
+            if line0 == "---------- Forwarded message ----------"
+                && line1.starts_with("From: ")
+                && line2.is_empty()
+            {
+                self.is_forwarded = true;
+                l_first += 3
            }
        }
-        (&lines[..l_last], true)
-    } else {
-        (lines, false)
-    }
-}
-
-fn remove_top_quote<'a>(lines: &'a [&str]) -> (&'a [&'a str], bool) {
-    let mut last_quoted_line = None;
-    let mut has_quoted_headline = false;
-    for (l, line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
-        if is_plain_quote(line) {
-            last_quoted_line = Some(l)
-        } else if !is_empty_line(line) {
-            if is_quoted_headline(line) && !has_quoted_headline && last_quoted_line.is_none() {
-                has_quoted_headline = true
-            } else {
-                /* non-quoting line found */
+        for l in l_first..l_last {
+            let line = lines[l];
+            if line == "-----"
+                || line == "_____"
+                || line == "====="
+                || line == "*****"
+                || line == "~~~~~"
+            {
+                l_last = l;
+                is_cut_at_end = true;
+                /* done */
                break;
            }
        }
-    }
-    if let Some(last_quoted_line) = last_quoted_line {
-        (&lines[last_quoted_line + 1..], true)
-    } else {
-        (lines, false)
-    }
-}
-
-fn render_message(lines: &[&str], is_cut_at_begin: bool, is_cut_at_end: bool) -> String {
-    let mut ret = String::new();
-    if is_cut_at_begin {
-        ret += "[...]";
-    }
-    /* we write empty lines only in case and non-empty line follows */
-    let mut pending_linebreaks = 0;
-    let mut empty_body = true;
-    for line in lines {
-        if is_empty_line(line) {
-            pending_linebreaks += 1
-        } else {
-            if !empty_body {
-                if pending_linebreaks > 2 {
-                    pending_linebreaks = 2
-                }
-                while 0 != pending_linebreaks {
-                    ret += "\n";
-                    pending_linebreaks -= 1
+        if !is_msgrmsg {
+            let mut l_lastQuotedLine = None;
+            for l in (l_first..l_last).rev() {
+                let line = lines[l];
+                if is_plain_quote(line) {
+                    l_lastQuotedLine = Some(l)
+                } else if !is_empty_line(line) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(last_quoted_line) = l_lastQuotedLine {
+                l_last = last_quoted_line;
+                is_cut_at_end = true;
+                if l_last > 1 {
+                    if is_empty_line(lines[l_last - 1]) {
+                        l_last -= 1
+                    }
+                }
+                if l_last > 1 {
+                    let line = lines[l_last - 1];
+                    if is_quoted_headline(line) {
+                        l_last -= 1
+                    }
                }
            }
-            // the incoming message might contain invalid UTF8
-            ret += line;
-            empty_body = false;
-            pending_linebreaks = 1
        }
+        if !is_msgrmsg {
+            let mut l_lastQuotedLine_0 = None;
+            let mut hasQuotedHeadline = 0;
+            for l in l_first..l_last {
+                let line = lines[l];
+                if is_plain_quote(line) {
+                    l_lastQuotedLine_0 = Some(l)
+                } else if !is_empty_line(line) {
+                    if is_quoted_headline(line)
+                        && 0 == hasQuotedHeadline
+                        && l_lastQuotedLine_0.is_none()
+                    {
+                        hasQuotedHeadline = 1i32
+                    } else {
+                        /* non-quoting line found */
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(last_quoted_line) = l_lastQuotedLine_0 {
+                l_first = last_quoted_line + 1;
+                is_cut_at_begin = true
+            }
+        }
+        /* re-create buffer from the remaining lines */
+        let mut ret = String::new();
+        if is_cut_at_begin {
+            ret += "[...]";
+        }
+        /* we write empty lines only in case and non-empty line follows */
+        let mut pending_linebreaks: libc::c_int = 0i32;
+        let mut content_lines_added: libc::c_int = 0i32;
+        for l in l_first..l_last {
+            let line = lines[l];
+            if is_empty_line(line) {
+                pending_linebreaks += 1
+            } else {
+                if 0 != content_lines_added {
+                    if pending_linebreaks > 2i32 {
+                        pending_linebreaks = 2i32
+                    }
+                    while 0 != pending_linebreaks {
+                        ret += "\n";
+                        pending_linebreaks -= 1
+                    }
+                }
+                // the incoming message might contain invalid UTF8
+                ret += line;
+                content_lines_added += 1;
+                pending_linebreaks = 1i32
+            }
+        }
+        if is_cut_at_end && (!is_cut_at_begin || 0 != content_lines_added) {
+            ret += " [...]";
+        }
+
+        ret
    }
-    if is_cut_at_end && (!is_cut_at_begin || !empty_body) {
-        ret += " [...]";
-    }
-    ret
 }

 /**
@@ -195,71 +205,52 @@ fn is_quoted_headline(buf: &str) -> bool {
 }

 fn is_plain_quote(buf: &str) -> bool {
-    buf.starts_with('>')
+    buf.starts_with(">")
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
-    use proptest::prelude::*;
-
-    proptest! {
-        #[test]
-        // proptest does not support [[:graphical:][:space:]] regex.
-        fn test_simplify_plain_text_fuzzy(input in "[!-~\t \n]+") {
-            let (output, _is_forwarded) = simplify(&input, false, true);
-            assert!(output.split('\n').all(|s| s != "-- "));
-        }
-    }

    #[test]
    fn test_simplify_trim() {
+        let mut simplify = Simplify::new();
        let html = "\r\r\nline1<br>\r\n\r\n\r\rline2\n\r";
-        let (plain, is_forwarded) = simplify(html, true, false);
+        let plain = simplify.simplify(html, true, false);

        assert_eq!(plain, "line1\nline2");
-        assert!(!is_forwarded);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_simplify_parse_href() {
+        let mut simplify = Simplify::new();
        let html = "<a href=url>text</a";
-        let (plain, is_forwarded) = simplify(html, true, false);
+        let plain = simplify.simplify(html, true, false);

        assert_eq!(plain, "[text](url)");
-        assert!(!is_forwarded);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_simplify_bold_text() {
+        let mut simplify = Simplify::new();
        let html = "<!DOCTYPE name [<!DOCTYPE ...>]><!-- comment -->text <b><?php echo ... ?>bold</b><![CDATA[<>]]>";
-        let (plain, is_forwarded) = simplify(html, true, false);
+        let plain = simplify.simplify(html, true, false);

        assert_eq!(plain, "text *bold*<>");
-        assert!(!is_forwarded);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_simplify_forwarded_message() {
-        let text = "---------- Forwarded message ----------\r\nFrom: test@example.com\r\n\r\nForwarded message\r\n-- \r\nSignature goes here";
-        let (plain, is_forwarded) = simplify(text, false, false);
-
-        assert_eq!(plain, "Forwarded message");
-        assert!(is_forwarded);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_simplify_html_encoded() {
+        let mut simplify = Simplify::new();
        let html =
                "&lt;&gt;&quot;&apos;&amp; &auml;&Auml;&ouml;&Ouml;&uuml;&Uuml;&szlig; foo&AElig;&ccedil;&Ccedil; &diams;&lrm;&rlm;&zwnj;&noent;&zwj;";

-        let (plain, is_forwarded) = simplify(html, true, false);
+        let plain = simplify.simplify(html, true, false);

        assert_eq!(
            plain,
            "<>\"\'& äÄöÖüÜß fooÆçÇ \u{2666}\u{200e}\u{200f}\u{200c}&noent;\u{200d}"
        );
-        assert!(!is_forwarded);
    }

    #[test]
@@ -273,19 +264,4 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(!is_plain_quote("Life is pain"));
        assert!(!is_plain_quote(""));
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_remove_top_quote() {
-        let (lines, has_top_quote) = remove_top_quote(&["> first", "> second"]);
-        assert!(lines.is_empty());
-        assert!(has_top_quote);
-
-        let (lines, has_top_quote) = remove_top_quote(&["> first", "> second", "not a quote"]);
-        assert_eq!(lines, &["not a quote"]);
-        assert!(has_top_quote);
-
-        let (lines, has_top_quote) = remove_top_quote(&["not a quote", "> first", "> second"]);
-        assert_eq!(lines, &["not a quote", "> first", "> second"]);
-        assert!(!has_top_quote);
-    }
 }
--- a/src/dc_strencode.rs
+++ b/src/dc_strencode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,427 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::ptr;
+
+use charset::Charset;
+use mmime::mailmime_decode::*;
+use mmime::mmapstring::*;
+use mmime::other::*;
+use percent_encoding::{percent_decode, utf8_percent_encode, AsciiSet, CONTROLS};
+
+use crate::dc_tools::*;
+use crate::types::*;
+use crate::x::*;
+
+pub unsafe fn dc_encode_header_words(to_encode: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+    let mut ok_to_continue = true;
+    let mut ret_str: *mut libc::c_char = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut cur: *const libc::c_char = to_encode;
+    let mmapstr: *mut MMAPString = mmap_string_new(b"\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
+    if to_encode.is_null() || mmapstr.is_null() {
+        ok_to_continue = false;
+    }
+    loop {
+        if !ok_to_continue {
+            if !mmapstr.is_null() {
+                mmap_string_free(mmapstr);
+            }
+            break;
+        } else {
+            if *cur as libc::c_int != '\u{0}' as i32 {
+                let begin: *const libc::c_char;
+                let mut end: *const libc::c_char;
+                let mut do_quote: bool;
+                let mut quote_words: libc::c_int;
+                begin = cur;
+                end = begin;
+                quote_words = 0i32;
+                do_quote = true;
+                while *cur as libc::c_int != '\u{0}' as i32 {
+                    get_word(cur, &mut cur, &mut do_quote);
+                    if !do_quote {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    quote_words = 1i32;
+                    end = cur;
+                    if *cur as libc::c_int != '\u{0}' as i32 {
+                        cur = cur.offset(1isize)
+                    }
+                }
+                if 0 != quote_words {
+                    if !quote_word(
+                        b"utf-8\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+                        mmapstr,
+                        begin,
+                        end.wrapping_offset_from(begin) as size_t,
+                    ) {
+                        ok_to_continue = false;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if *end as libc::c_int == ' ' as i32 || *end as libc::c_int == '\t' as i32 {
+                        if mmap_string_append_c(mmapstr, *end).is_null() {
+                            ok_to_continue = false;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        end = end.offset(1isize)
+                    }
+                    if *end as libc::c_int != '\u{0}' as i32 {
+                        if mmap_string_append_len(
+                            mmapstr,
+                            end,
+                            cur.wrapping_offset_from(end) as size_t,
+                        )
+                        .is_null()
+                        {
+                            ok_to_continue = false;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else if mmap_string_append_len(
+                    mmapstr,
+                    begin,
+                    cur.wrapping_offset_from(begin) as size_t,
+                )
+                .is_null()
+                {
+                    ok_to_continue = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if !(*cur as libc::c_int == ' ' as i32 || *cur as libc::c_int == '\t' as i32) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if mmap_string_append_c(mmapstr, *cur).is_null() {
+                    ok_to_continue = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                cur = cur.offset(1isize);
+            } else {
+                ret_str = strdup((*mmapstr).str_0);
+                ok_to_continue = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret_str
+}
+
+unsafe fn quote_word(
+    display_charset: *const libc::c_char,
+    mmapstr: *mut MMAPString,
+    word: *const libc::c_char,
+    size: size_t,
+) -> bool {
+    let mut cur: *const libc::c_char;
+    let mut i: size_t = 0i32 as size_t;
+    let mut hex: [libc::c_char; 4] = [0; 4];
+    // let mut col: libc::c_int = 0i32;
+    if mmap_string_append(mmapstr, b"=?\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char).is_null() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if mmap_string_append(mmapstr, display_charset).is_null() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if mmap_string_append(mmapstr, b"?Q?\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char).is_null() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // col = (*mmapstr).len as libc::c_int;
+    cur = word;
+    while i < size {
+        let mut do_quote_char = false;
+        match *cur as u8 as char {
+            ',' | ':' | '!' | '"' | '#' | '$' | '@' | '[' | '\\' | ']' | '^' | '`' | '{' | '|'
+            | '}' | '~' | '=' | '?' | '_' => do_quote_char = true,
+            _ => {
+                if *cur as u8 >= 128 {
+                    do_quote_char = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if do_quote_char {
+            print_hex(hex.as_mut_ptr(), cur);
+            if mmap_string_append(mmapstr, hex.as_mut_ptr()).is_null() {
+                return false;
+            }
+        // col += 3i32
+        } else {
+            if *cur as libc::c_int == ' ' as i32 {
+                if mmap_string_append_c(mmapstr, '_' as i32 as libc::c_char).is_null() {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            } else if mmap_string_append_c(mmapstr, *cur).is_null() {
+                return false;
+            }
+            // col += 3i32
+        }
+        cur = cur.offset(1isize);
+        i = i.wrapping_add(1)
+    }
+    if mmap_string_append(mmapstr, b"?=\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char).is_null() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    true
+}
+
+unsafe fn get_word(
+    begin: *const libc::c_char,
+    pend: *mut *const libc::c_char,
+    pto_be_quoted: *mut bool,
+) {
+    let mut cur: *const libc::c_char = begin;
+    while *cur as libc::c_int != ' ' as i32
+        && *cur as libc::c_int != '\t' as i32
+        && *cur as libc::c_int != '\u{0}' as i32
+    {
+        cur = cur.offset(1isize)
+    }
+    *pto_be_quoted = to_be_quoted(begin, cur.wrapping_offset_from(begin) as size_t);
+    *pend = cur;
+}
+
+/* ******************************************************************************
+ * Encode/decode header words, RFC 2047
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/* see comment below */
+unsafe fn to_be_quoted(word: *const libc::c_char, size: size_t) -> bool {
+    let mut cur: *const libc::c_char = word;
+    let mut i: size_t = 0i32 as size_t;
+    while i < size {
+        match *cur as libc::c_int {
+            44 | 58 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 64 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 96 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126
+            | 61 | 63 | 95 => return true,
+            _ => {
+                if *cur as libc::c_uchar as libc::c_int >= 128i32 {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        cur = cur.offset(1isize);
+        i = i.wrapping_add(1)
+    }
+
+    false
+}
+
+pub unsafe fn dc_decode_header_words(in_0: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+    if in_0.is_null() {
+        return ptr::null_mut();
+    }
+    let mut out: *mut libc::c_char = ptr::null_mut();
+    let mut cur_token: size_t = 0i32 as size_t;
+    let r: libc::c_int = mailmime_encoded_phrase_parse(
+        b"iso-8859-1\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+        in_0,
+        strlen(in_0),
+        &mut cur_token,
+        b"utf-8\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+        &mut out,
+    );
+    if r != MAILIMF_NO_ERROR as libc::c_int || out.is_null() {
+        out = dc_strdup(in_0)
+    }
+
+    out
+}
+
+pub fn dc_needs_ext_header(to_check: impl AsRef<str>) -> bool {
+    let to_check = to_check.as_ref();
+
+    if to_check.is_empty() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    to_check.chars().any(|c| {
+        !(c.is_ascii_alphanumeric()
+            || c == '-'
+            || c == '_'
+            || c == '_'
+            || c == '.'
+            || c == '~'
+            || c == '%')
+    })
+}
+
+const EXT_ASCII_ST: &AsciiSet = &CONTROLS
+    .add(b' ')
+    .add(b'-')
+    .add(b'_')
+    .add(b'.')
+    .add(b'~')
+    .add(b'%');
+
+/// Encode an UTF-8 string to the extended header format.
+pub fn dc_encode_ext_header(to_encode: impl AsRef<str>) -> String {
+    let encoded = utf8_percent_encode(to_encode.as_ref(), &EXT_ASCII_ST);
+    format!("utf-8''{}", encoded)
+}
+
+/// Decode an extended-header-format strings to UTF-8.
+pub fn dc_decode_ext_header(to_decode: &[u8]) -> Cow<str> {
+    if let Some(index) = bytes!(b'\'').find(to_decode) {
+        let (charset, rest) = to_decode.split_at(index);
+        if !charset.is_empty() {
+            // skip language
+            if let Some(index2) = bytes!(b'\'').find(&rest[1..]) {
+                let decoded = percent_decode(&rest[index2 + 2..]);
+
+                if charset != b"utf-8" && charset != b"UTF-8" {
+                    if let Some(encoding) = Charset::for_label(charset) {
+                        let bytes = decoded.collect::<Vec<u8>>();
+                        let (res, _, _) = encoding.decode(&bytes);
+                        return Cow::Owned(res.into_owned());
+                    } else {
+                        return decoded.decode_utf8_lossy();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return decoded.decode_utf8_lossy();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(to_decode)
+}
+
+unsafe fn print_hex(target: *mut libc::c_char, cur: *const libc::c_char) {
+    assert!(!target.is_null());
+    assert!(!cur.is_null());
+
+    let bytes = std::slice::from_raw_parts(cur as *const _, strlen(cur));
+    let raw = CString::yolo(format!("={}", &hex::encode_upper(bytes)[..2]));
+    libc::memcpy(target as *mut _, raw.as_ptr() as *const _, 4);
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::ffi::CStr;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dc_decode_header_words() {
+        unsafe {
+            let mut buf1: *mut libc::c_char = dc_decode_header_words(
+                b"=?utf-8?B?dGVzdMOkw7bDvC50eHQ=?=\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                strcmp(
+                    buf1,
+                    b"test\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc.txt\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char
+                ),
+                0
+            );
+            free(buf1 as *mut libc::c_void);
+
+            buf1 =
+                dc_decode_header_words(b"just ascii test\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
+            assert_eq!(CStr::from_ptr(buf1).to_str().unwrap(), "just ascii test");
+            free(buf1 as *mut libc::c_void);
+
+            buf1 = dc_encode_header_words(b"abcdef\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
+            assert_eq!(CStr::from_ptr(buf1).to_str().unwrap(), "abcdef");
+            free(buf1 as *mut libc::c_void);
+
+            buf1 = dc_encode_header_words(
+                b"test\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc.txt\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                strncmp(buf1, b"=?utf-8\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char, 7),
+                0
+            );
+
+            let buf2: *mut libc::c_char = dc_decode_header_words(buf1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                strcmp(
+                    buf2,
+                    b"test\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc.txt\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char
+                ),
+                0
+            );
+            free(buf1 as *mut libc::c_void);
+            free(buf2 as *mut libc::c_void);
+
+            buf1 = dc_decode_header_words(
+                b"=?ISO-8859-1?Q?attachment=3B=0D=0A_filename=3D?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22test=E4=F6=FC=2Etxt=22=3B=0D=0A_size=3D39?=\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                strcmp(
+                    buf1,
+                    b"attachment;\r\n filename=\"test\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc.txt\";\r\n size=39\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char,
+
+                ),
+                0
+            );
+            free(buf1 as *mut libc::c_void);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dc_encode_ext_header() {
+        let buf1 = dc_encode_ext_header("Björn Petersen");
+        assert_eq!(&buf1, "utf-8\'\'Bj%C3%B6rn%20Petersen");
+        let buf2 = dc_decode_ext_header(buf1.as_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(&buf2, "Björn Petersen",);
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"iso-8859-1\'en\'%A3%20rates");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "£ rates",);
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"wrong\'format");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "wrong\'format",);
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"\'\'");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "\'\'");
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"x\'\'");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "");
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"\'");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "\'");
+
+        let buf1 = dc_decode_ext_header(b"");
+        assert_eq!(buf1, "");
+
+        // regressions
+        assert_eq!(
+            dc_decode_ext_header(dc_encode_ext_header("%0A").as_bytes()),
+            "%0A"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_dc_needs_ext_header() {
+        assert_eq!(dc_needs_ext_header("Björn"), true);
+        assert_eq!(dc_needs_ext_header("Bjoern"), false);
+        assert_eq!(dc_needs_ext_header(""), false);
+        assert_eq!(dc_needs_ext_header(" "), true);
+        assert_eq!(dc_needs_ext_header("a b"), true);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_print_hex() {
+        let mut hex: [libc::c_char; 4] = [0; 4];
+        let cur = b"helloworld" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char;
+        unsafe { print_hex(hex.as_mut_ptr(), cur) };
+        assert_eq!(to_string(hex.as_ptr() as *const _), "=68");
+
+        let cur = b":" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char;
+        unsafe { print_hex(hex.as_mut_ptr(), cur) };
+        assert_eq!(to_string(hex.as_ptr() as *const _), "=3A");
+    }
+
+    use proptest::prelude::*;
+
+    proptest! {
+        #[test]
+        fn test_ext_header_roundtrip(buf: String) {
+            let encoded = dc_encode_ext_header(&buf);
+            let decoded = dc_decode_ext_header(encoded.as_bytes());
+            assert_eq!(buf, decoded);
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_ext_header_decode_anything(buf: Vec<u8>) {
+            // make sure this never panics
+            let _decoded = dc_decode_ext_header(&buf);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/dc_tools.rs
+++ b/src/dc_tools.rs
--- a/src/e2ee.rs
+++ b/src/e2ee.rs
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-//! # Error handling
-
-use lettre_email::mime;
+use failure::Fail;

 #[derive(Debug, Fail)]
 pub enum Error {
+    #[fail(display = "Sqlite Error: {:?}", _0)]
+    Sql(rusqlite::Error),
+    #[fail(display = "Sqlite Connection Pool Error: {:?}", _0)]
+    ConnectionPool(r2d2::Error),
    #[fail(display = "{:?}", _0)]
    Failure(failure::Error),
-    #[fail(display = "SQL error: {:?}", _0)]
-    SqlError(#[cause] crate::sql::Error),
+    #[fail(display = "Sqlite: Connection closed")]
+    SqlNoConnection,
+    #[fail(display = "Sqlite: Already open")]
+    SqlAlreadyOpen,
+    #[fail(display = "Sqlite: Failed to open")]
+    SqlFailedToOpen,
    #[fail(display = "{:?}", _0)]
    Io(std::io::Error),
    #[fail(display = "{:?}", _0)]
@@ -16,39 +22,13 @@ pub enum Error {
    Image(image_meta::ImageError),
    #[fail(display = "{:?}", _0)]
    Utf8(std::str::Utf8Error),
-    #[fail(display = "PGP: {:?}", _0)]
-    Pgp(pgp::errors::Error),
-    #[fail(display = "Base64Decode: {:?}", _0)]
-    Base64Decode(base64::DecodeError),
-    #[fail(display = "{:?}", _0)]
-    FromUtf8(std::string::FromUtf8Error),
-    #[fail(display = "{}", _0)]
-    BlobError(#[cause] crate::blob::BlobError),
-    #[fail(display = "Invalid Message ID.")]
-    InvalidMsgId,
-    #[fail(display = "Watch folder not found {:?}", _0)]
-    WatchFolderNotFound(String),
-    #[fail(display = "Invalid Email: {:?}", _0)]
-    MailParseError(#[cause] mailparse::MailParseError),
-    #[fail(display = "Building invalid Email: {:?}", _0)]
-    LettreError(#[cause] lettre_email::error::Error),
-    #[fail(display = "FromStr error: {:?}", _0)]
-    FromStr(#[cause] mime::FromStrError),
-    #[fail(display = "Not Configured")]
-    NotConfigured,
 }

 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;

-impl From<crate::sql::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: crate::sql::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::SqlError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<base64::DecodeError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: base64::DecodeError) -> Error {
-        Error::Base64Decode(err)
+impl From<rusqlite::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: rusqlite::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::Sql(err)
    }
 }

@@ -58,6 +38,12 @@ impl From<failure::Error> for Error {
    }
 }

+impl From<r2d2::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: r2d2::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::ConnectionPool(err)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Error {
        Error::Io(err)
@@ -76,48 +62,6 @@ impl From<image_meta::ImageError> for Error {
    }
 }

-impl From<pgp::errors::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: pgp::errors::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::Pgp(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<std::string::FromUtf8Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: std::string::FromUtf8Error) -> Error {
-        Error::FromUtf8(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<crate::blob::BlobError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: crate::blob::BlobError) -> Error {
-        Error::BlobError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<crate::message::InvalidMsgId> for Error {
-    fn from(_err: crate::message::InvalidMsgId) -> Error {
-        Error::InvalidMsgId
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<mailparse::MailParseError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: mailparse::MailParseError) -> Error {
-        Error::MailParseError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<lettre_email::error::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: lettre_email::error::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::LettreError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<mime::FromStrError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: mime::FromStrError) -> Error {
-        Error::FromStr(err)
-    }
-}
-
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! bail {
    ($e:expr) => {
--- a/src/events.rs
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-//! # Events specification
-
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use strum::EnumProperty;
-
-use crate::message::MsgId;
-
-impl Event {
-    /// Returns the corresponding Event id.
-    pub fn as_id(&self) -> i32 {
-        self.get_str("id")
-            .expect("missing id")
-            .parse()
-            .expect("invalid id")
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, EnumProperty)]
-pub enum Event {
-    /// The library-user may write an informational string to the log.
-    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
-    /// This event should not be reported to the end-user using a popup or something like that.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "100"))]
-    Info(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when SMTP connection is established and login was successful.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "101"))]
-    SmtpConnected(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when IMAP connection is established and login was successful.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "102"))]
-    ImapConnected(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when a message was successfully sent to the SMTP server.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "103"))]
-    SmtpMessageSent(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when an IMAP message has been marked as deleted
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "104"))]
-    ImapMessageDeleted(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when an IMAP message has been moved
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "105"))]
-    ImapMessageMoved(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when an IMAP folder was emptied
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "106"))]
-    ImapFolderEmptied(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when an new file in the $BLOBDIR was created
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "150"))]
-    NewBlobFile(String),
-
-    /// Emitted when an new file in the $BLOBDIR was created
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "151"))]
-    DeletedBlobFile(String),
-
-    /// The library-user should write a warning string to the log.
-    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
-    ///
-    /// This event should not be reported to the end-user using a popup or something like that.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "300"))]
-    Warning(String),
-
-    /// The library-user should report an error to the end-user.
-    /// Passed to the callback given to dc_context_new().
-    ///
-    /// As most things are asynchronous, things may go wrong at any time and the user
-    /// should not be disturbed by a dialog or so.  Instead, use a bubble or so.
-    ///
-    /// However, for ongoing processes (eg. configure())
-    /// or for functions that are expected to fail (eg. dc_continue_key_transfer())
-    /// it might be better to delay showing these events until the function has really
-    /// failed (returned false). It should be sufficient to report only the *last* error
-    /// in a messasge box then.
-    ///
-    /// @return
-    #[strum(props(id = "400"))]
-    Error(String),
-
-    /// An action cannot be performed because there is no network available.
-    ///
-    /// The library will typically try over after a some time
-    /// and when dc_maybe_network() is called.
-    ///
-    /// Network errors should be reported to users in a non-disturbing way,
-    /// however, as network errors may come in a sequence,
-    /// it is not useful to raise each an every error to the user.
-    /// For this purpose, data1 is set to 1 if the error is probably worth reporting.
-    ///
-    /// Moreover, if the UI detects that the device is offline,
-    /// it is probably more useful to report this to the user
-    /// instead of the string from data2.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "401"))]
-    ErrorNetwork(String),
-
-    /// An action cannot be performed because the user is not in the group.
-    /// Reported eg. after a call to
-    /// dc_set_chat_name(), dc_set_chat_profile_image(),
-    /// dc_add_contact_to_chat(), dc_remove_contact_from_chat(),
-    /// dc_send_text_msg() or another sending function.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "410"))]
-    ErrorSelfNotInGroup(String),
-
-    /// Messages or chats changed.  One or more messages or chats changed for various
-    /// reasons in the database:
-    /// - Messages sent, received or removed
-    /// - Chats created, deleted or archived
-    /// - A draft has been set
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2000"))]
-    MsgsChanged { chat_id: u32, msg_id: MsgId },
-
-    /// There is a fresh message. Typically, the user will show an notification
-    /// when receiving this message.
-    ///
-    /// There is no extra #DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED event send together with this event.
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2005"))]
-    IncomingMsg { chat_id: u32, msg_id: MsgId },
-
-    /// A single message is sent successfully. State changed from  DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING to
-    /// DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED, see dc_msg_get_state().
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2010"))]
-    MsgDelivered { chat_id: u32, msg_id: MsgId },
-
-    /// A single message could not be sent. State changed from DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING or DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED to
-    /// DC_STATE_OUT_FAILED, see dc_msg_get_state().
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2012"))]
-    MsgFailed { chat_id: u32, msg_id: MsgId },
-
-    /// A single message is read by the receiver. State changed from DC_STATE_OUT_DELIVERED to
-    /// DC_STATE_OUT_MDN_RCVD, see dc_msg_get_state().
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2015"))]
-    MsgRead { chat_id: u32, msg_id: MsgId },
-
-    /// Chat changed.  The name or the image of a chat group was changed or members were added or removed.
-    /// Or the verify state of a chat has changed.
-    /// See dc_set_chat_name(), dc_set_chat_profile_image(), dc_add_contact_to_chat()
-    /// and dc_remove_contact_from_chat().
-    ///
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2020"))]
-    ChatModified(u32),
-
-    /// Contact(s) created, renamed, blocked or deleted.
-    ///
-    /// @param data1 (int) If set, this is the contact_id of an added contact that should be selected.
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2030"))]
-    ContactsChanged(Option<u32>),
-
-    /// Location of one or more contact has changed.
-    ///
-    /// @param data1 (u32) contact_id of the contact for which the location has changed.
-    ///     If the locations of several contacts have been changed,
-    ///     eg. after calling dc_delete_all_locations(), this parameter is set to `None`.
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2035"))]
-    LocationChanged(Option<u32>),
-
-    /// Inform about the configuration progress started by configure().
-    ///
-    /// @param data1 (usize) 0=error, 1-999=progress in permille, 1000=success and done
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2041"))]
-    ConfigureProgress(usize),
-
-    /// Inform about the import/export progress started by imex().
-    ///
-    /// @param data1 (usize) 0=error, 1-999=progress in permille, 1000=success and done
-    /// @param data2 0
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2051"))]
-    ImexProgress(usize),
-
-    /// A file has been exported. A file has been written by imex().
-    /// This event may be sent multiple times by a single call to imex().
-    ///
-    /// A typical purpose for a handler of this event may be to make the file public to some system
-    /// services.
-    ///
-    /// @param data2 0
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2052"))]
-    ImexFileWritten(PathBuf),
-
-    /// Progress information of a secure-join handshake from the view of the inviter
-    /// (Alice, the person who shows the QR code).
-    ///
-    /// These events are typically sent after a joiner has scanned the QR code
-    /// generated by dc_get_securejoin_qr().
-    ///
-    /// @param data1 (int) ID of the contact that wants to join.
-    /// @param data2 (int) Progress as:
-    ///     300=vg-/vc-request received, typically shown as "bob@addr joins".
-    ///     600=vg-/vc-request-with-auth received, vg-member-added/vc-contact-confirm sent, typically shown as "bob@addr verified".
-    ///     800=vg-member-added-received received, shown as "bob@addr securely joined GROUP", only sent for the verified-group-protocol.
-    ///     1000=Protocol finished for this contact.
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2060"))]
-    SecurejoinInviterProgress { contact_id: u32, progress: usize },
-
-    /// Progress information of a secure-join handshake from the view of the joiner
-    /// (Bob, the person who scans the QR code).
-    /// The events are typically sent while dc_join_securejoin(), which
-    /// may take some time, is executed.
-    /// @param data1 (int) ID of the inviting contact.
-    /// @param data2 (int) Progress as:
-    ///     400=vg-/vc-request-with-auth sent, typically shown as "alice@addr verified, introducing myself."
-    ///     (Bob has verified alice and waits until Alice does the same for him)
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2061"))]
-    SecurejoinJoinerProgress { contact_id: u32, progress: usize },
-
-    /// This event is sent out to the inviter when a joiner successfully joined a group.
-    /// @param data1 (int) chat_id
-    /// @param data2 (int) contact_id
-    /// @return 0
-    #[strum(props(id = "2062"))]
-    SecurejoinMemberAdded { chat_id: u32, contact_id: u32 },
-}
--- a/src/headerdef.rs
+++ b/src/headerdef.rs
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, EnumVariantNames)]
-#[strum(serialize_all = "kebab_case")]
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub enum HeaderDef {
-    MessageId,
-    Subject,
-    Date,
-    From_,
-    To,
-    Cc,
-    Disposition,
-    OriginalMessageId,
-    ListId,
-    References,
-    InReplyTo,
-    Precedence,
-    ChatVersion,
-    ChatGroupId,
-    ChatGroupName,
-    ChatGroupNameChanged,
-    ChatVerified,
-    ChatGroupImage, // deprecated
-    ChatGroupAvatar,
-    ChatUserAvatar,
-    ChatVoiceMessage,
-    ChatGroupMemberRemoved,
-    ChatGroupMemberAdded,
-    ChatContent,
-    ChatDuration,
-    ChatDispositionNotificationTo,
-    AutocryptSetupMessage,
-    SecureJoin,
-    SecureJoinGroup,
-    SecureJoinFingerprint,
-    SecureJoinInvitenumber,
-    SecureJoinAuth,
-    _TestHeader,
-}
-
-impl HeaderDef {
-    /// Returns the corresponding Event id.
-    pub fn get_headername(&self) -> String {
-        self.to_string()
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    /// Test that kebab_case serialization works as expected
-    fn kebab_test() {
-        assert_eq!(HeaderDef::From_.to_string(), "from");
-
-        assert_eq!(HeaderDef::_TestHeader.to_string(), "test-header");
-    }
-}
--- a/src/imap.rs
+++ b/src/imap.rs
--- a/src/imap/idle.rs
+++ b/src/imap/idle.rs
@@ -1,273 +0,0 @@
-use super::Imap;
-
-use async_imap::extensions::idle::IdleResponse;
-use async_std::prelude::*;
-use async_std::task;
-use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
-use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
-
-use crate::context::Context;
-use crate::imap_client::*;
-
-use super::select_folder;
-
-type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP IDLE protocol failed to init/complete")]
-    IdleProtocolFailed(#[cause] async_imap::error::Error),
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP IDLE protocol timed out")]
-    IdleTimeout(#[cause] async_std::future::TimeoutError),
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP server does not have IDLE capability")]
-    IdleAbilityMissing,
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP select folder error")]
-    SelectFolderError(#[cause] select_folder::Error),
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP error")]
-    ImapError(#[cause] async_imap::error::Error),
-
-    #[fail(display = "Setup handle error")]
-    SetupHandleError(#[cause] super::Error),
-}
-
-impl From<select_folder::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: select_folder::Error) -> Error {
-        Error::SelectFolderError(err)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Imap {
-    pub fn can_idle(&self) -> bool {
-        task::block_on(async move { self.config.read().await.can_idle })
-    }
-
-    pub fn idle(&self, context: &Context, watch_folder: Option<String>) -> Result<()> {
-        task::block_on(async move {
-            if !self.can_idle() {
-                return Err(Error::IdleAbilityMissing);
-            }
-
-            self.setup_handle_if_needed(context)
-                .await
-                .map_err(Error::SetupHandleError)?;
-
-            self.select_folder(context, watch_folder.clone()).await?;
-
-            let session = self.session.lock().await.take();
-            let timeout = Duration::from_secs(23 * 60);
-            if let Some(session) = session {
-                match session.idle() {
-                    // BEWARE: If you change the Secure branch you
-                    // typically also need to change the Insecure branch.
-                    IdleHandle::Secure(mut handle) => {
-                        if let Err(err) = handle.init().await {
-                            return Err(Error::IdleProtocolFailed(err));
-                        }
-
-                        let (idle_wait, interrupt) = handle.wait_with_timeout(timeout);
-                        *self.interrupt.lock().await = Some(interrupt);
-
-                        if self.skip_next_idle_wait.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
-                            // interrupt_idle has happened before we
-                            // provided self.interrupt
-                            self.skip_next_idle_wait.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                            std::mem::drop(idle_wait);
-                            info!(context, "Idle wait was skipped");
-                        } else {
-                            info!(context, "Idle entering wait-on-remote state");
-                            match idle_wait.await {
-                                IdleResponse::NewData(_) => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle has NewData");
-                                }
-                                // TODO: idle_wait does not distinguish manual interrupts
-                                // from Timeouts if we would know it's a Timeout we could bail
-                                // directly and reconnect .
-                                IdleResponse::Timeout => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle-wait timeout or interruption");
-                                }
-                                IdleResponse::ManualInterrupt => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle wait was interrupted");
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        // if we can't properly terminate the idle
-                        // protocol let's break the connection.
-                        let res =
-                            async_std::future::timeout(Duration::from_secs(15), handle.done())
-                                .await
-                                .map_err(|err| {
-                                    self.trigger_reconnect();
-                                    Error::IdleTimeout(err)
-                                })?;
-
-                        match res {
-                            Ok(session) => {
-                                *self.session.lock().await = Some(Session::Secure(session));
-                            }
-                            Err(err) => {
-                                // if we cannot terminate IDLE it probably
-                                // means that we waited long (with idle_wait)
-                                // but the network went away/changed
-                                self.trigger_reconnect();
-                                return Err(Error::IdleProtocolFailed(err));
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    IdleHandle::Insecure(mut handle) => {
-                        if let Err(err) = handle.init().await {
-                            return Err(Error::IdleProtocolFailed(err));
-                        }
-
-                        let (idle_wait, interrupt) = handle.wait_with_timeout(timeout);
-                        *self.interrupt.lock().await = Some(interrupt);
-
-                        if self.skip_next_idle_wait.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
-                            // interrupt_idle has happened before we
-                            // provided self.interrupt
-                            self.skip_next_idle_wait.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                            std::mem::drop(idle_wait);
-                            info!(context, "Idle wait was skipped");
-                        } else {
-                            info!(context, "Idle entering wait-on-remote state");
-                            match idle_wait.await {
-                                IdleResponse::NewData(_) => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle has NewData");
-                                }
-                                // TODO: idle_wait does not distinguish manual interrupts
-                                // from Timeouts if we would know it's a Timeout we could bail
-                                // directly and reconnect .
-                                IdleResponse::Timeout => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle-wait timeout or interruption");
-                                }
-                                IdleResponse::ManualInterrupt => {
-                                    info!(context, "Idle wait was interrupted");
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        // if we can't properly terminate the idle
-                        // protocol let's break the connection.
-                        let res =
-                            async_std::future::timeout(Duration::from_secs(15), handle.done())
-                                .await
-                                .map_err(|err| {
-                                    self.trigger_reconnect();
-                                    Error::IdleTimeout(err)
-                                })?;
-
-                        match res {
-                            Ok(session) => {
-                                *self.session.lock().await = Some(Session::Insecure(session));
-                            }
-                            Err(err) => {
-                                // if we cannot terminate IDLE it probably
-                                // means that we waited long (with idle_wait)
-                                // but the network went away/changed
-                                self.trigger_reconnect();
-                                return Err(Error::IdleProtocolFailed(err));
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            Ok(())
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn fake_idle(&self, context: &Context, watch_folder: Option<String>) {
-        // Idle using polling. This is also needed if we're not yet configured -
-        // in this case, we're waiting for a configure job (and an interrupt).
-        task::block_on(async move {
-            let fake_idle_start_time = SystemTime::now();
-
-            info!(context, "IMAP-fake-IDLEing...");
-
-            let interrupt = stop_token::StopSource::new();
-
-            // check every minute if there are new messages
-            // TODO: grow sleep durations / make them more flexible
-            let interval = async_std::stream::interval(Duration::from_secs(60));
-            let mut interrupt_interval = interrupt.stop_token().stop_stream(interval);
-            *self.interrupt.lock().await = Some(interrupt);
-            if self.skip_next_idle_wait.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
-                // interrupt_idle has happened before we
-                // provided self.interrupt
-                self.skip_next_idle_wait.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                info!(context, "fake-idle wait was skipped");
-            } else {
-                // loop until we are interrupted or if we fetched something
-                while let Some(_) = interrupt_interval.next().await {
-                    // try to connect with proper login params
-                    // (setup_handle_if_needed might not know about them if we
-                    // never successfully connected)
-                    if let Err(err) = self.connect_configured(context) {
-                        warn!(context, "fake_idle: could not connect: {}", err);
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    if self.config.read().await.can_idle {
-                        // we only fake-idled because network was gone during IDLE, probably
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    info!(context, "fake_idle is connected");
-                    // we are connected, let's see if fetching messages results
-                    // in anything.  If so, we behave as if IDLE had data but
-                    // will have already fetched the messages so perform_*_fetch
-                    // will not find any new.
-
-                    if let Some(ref watch_folder) = watch_folder {
-                        match self.fetch_new_messages(context, watch_folder).await {
-                            Ok(res) => {
-                                info!(context, "fetch_new_messages returned {:?}", res);
-                                if res {
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                            Err(err) => {
-                                error!(context, "could not fetch from folder: {}", err);
-                                self.trigger_reconnect()
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            self.interrupt.lock().await.take();
-
-            info!(
-                context,
-                "IMAP-fake-IDLE done after {:.4}s",
-                SystemTime::now()
-                    .duration_since(fake_idle_start_time)
-                    .unwrap_or_default()
-                    .as_millis() as f64
-                    / 1000.,
-            );
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn interrupt_idle(&self, context: &Context) {
-        task::block_on(async move {
-            let mut interrupt: Option<stop_token::StopSource> = self.interrupt.lock().await.take();
-            if interrupt.is_none() {
-                // idle wait is not running, signal it needs to skip
-                self.skip_next_idle_wait.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-
-                // meanwhile idle-wait may have produced the StopSource
-                interrupt = self.interrupt.lock().await.take();
-            }
-            // let's manually drop the StopSource
-            if interrupt.is_some() {
-                // the imap thread provided us a stop token but might
-                // not have entered idle_wait yet, give it some time
-                // for that to happen. XXX handle this without extra wait
-                // https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/925
-                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
-                info!(context, "low-level: dropping stop-source to interrupt idle");
-                std::mem::drop(interrupt)
-            }
-        });
-    }
-}
--- a/src/imap/mod.rs
+++ b/src/imap/mod.rs
--- a/src/imap/select_folder.rs
+++ b/src/imap/select_folder.rs
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-use super::Imap;
-
-use crate::context::Context;
-
-type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP Could not obtain imap-session object.")]
-    NoSession,
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP Connection Lost or no connection established")]
-    ConnectionLost,
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP Folder name invalid: {:?}", _0)]
-    BadFolderName(String),
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP close/expunge failed: {}", _0)]
-    CloseExpungeFailed(#[cause] async_imap::error::Error),
-
-    #[fail(display = "IMAP other error: {:?}", _0)]
-    Other(String),
-}
-
-impl Imap {
-    /// select a folder, possibly update uid_validity and, if needed,
-    /// expunge the folder to remove delete-marked messages.
-    pub(super) async fn select_folder<S: AsRef<str>>(
-        &self,
-        context: &Context,
-        folder: Option<S>,
-    ) -> Result<()> {
-        if self.session.lock().await.is_none() {
-            let mut cfg = self.config.write().await;
-            cfg.selected_folder = None;
-            cfg.selected_folder_needs_expunge = false;
-            self.trigger_reconnect();
-            return Err(Error::NoSession);
-        }
-
-        // if there is a new folder and the new folder is equal to the selected one, there's nothing to do.
-        // if there is _no_ new folder, we continue as we might want to expunge below.
-        if let Some(ref folder) = folder {
-            if let Some(ref selected_folder) = self.config.read().await.selected_folder {
-                if folder.as_ref() == selected_folder {
-                    return Ok(());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // deselect existing folder, if needed (it's also done implicitly by SELECT, however, without EXPUNGE then)
-        let needs_expunge = { self.config.read().await.selected_folder_needs_expunge };
-        if needs_expunge {
-            if let Some(ref folder) = self.config.read().await.selected_folder {
-                info!(context, "Expunge messages in \"{}\".", folder);
-
-                // A CLOSE-SELECT is considerably faster than an EXPUNGE-SELECT, see
-                // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.4.2
-                if let Some(ref mut session) = &mut *self.session.lock().await {
-                    match session.close().await {
-                        Ok(_) => {
-                            info!(context, "close/expunge succeeded");
-                        }
-                        Err(err) => {
-                            self.trigger_reconnect();
-                            return Err(Error::CloseExpungeFailed(err));
-                        }
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    return Err(Error::NoSession);
-                }
-            }
-            self.config.write().await.selected_folder_needs_expunge = false;
-        }
-
-        // select new folder
-        if let Some(ref folder) = folder {
-            if let Some(ref mut session) = &mut *self.session.lock().await {
-                let res = session.select(folder).await;
-
-                // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.3.1
-                // says that if the server reports select failure we are in
-                // authenticated (not-select) state.
-
-                match res {
-                    Ok(mailbox) => {
-                        let mut config = self.config.write().await;
-                        config.selected_folder = Some(folder.as_ref().to_string());
-                        config.selected_mailbox = Some(mailbox);
-                        Ok(())
-                    }
-                    Err(async_imap::error::Error::ConnectionLost) => {
-                        self.trigger_reconnect();
-                        self.config.write().await.selected_folder = None;
-                        Err(Error::ConnectionLost)
-                    }
-                    Err(async_imap::error::Error::Validate(_)) => {
-                        Err(Error::BadFolderName(folder.as_ref().to_string()))
-                    }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        self.config.write().await.selected_folder = None;
-                        self.trigger_reconnect();
-                        Err(Error::Other(err.to_string()))
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                Err(Error::NoSession)
-            }
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/imap_client.rs
+++ b/src/imap_client.rs
@@ -1,292 +0,0 @@
-use async_imap::{
-    error::{Error as ImapError, Result as ImapResult},
-    extensions::idle::Handle as ImapIdleHandle,
-    types::{Capabilities, Fetch, Mailbox, Name},
-    Client as ImapClient, Session as ImapSession,
-};
-use async_native_tls::TlsStream;
-use async_std::net::{self, TcpStream};
-use async_std::prelude::*;
-
-use crate::login_param::{dc_build_tls, CertificateChecks};
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum Client {
-    Secure(ImapClient<TlsStream<TcpStream>>),
-    Insecure(ImapClient<TcpStream>),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum Session {
-    Secure(ImapSession<TlsStream<TcpStream>>),
-    Insecure(ImapSession<TcpStream>),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum IdleHandle {
-    Secure(ImapIdleHandle<TlsStream<TcpStream>>),
-    Insecure(ImapIdleHandle<TcpStream>),
-}
-
-impl Client {
-    pub async fn connect_secure<A: net::ToSocketAddrs, S: AsRef<str>>(
-        addr: A,
-        domain: S,
-        certificate_checks: CertificateChecks,
-    ) -> ImapResult<Self> {
-        let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
-        let tls = dc_build_tls(certificate_checks)?;
-        let tls_connector: async_native_tls::TlsConnector = tls.into();
-        let tls_stream = tls_connector.connect(domain.as_ref(), stream).await?;
-        let mut client = ImapClient::new(tls_stream);
-        if std::env::var(crate::DCC_IMAP_DEBUG).is_ok() {
-            client.debug = true;
-        }
-
-        let _greeting = client
-            .read_response()
-            .await
-            .ok_or_else(|| ImapError::Bad("failed to read greeting".to_string()))?;
-
-        Ok(Client::Secure(client))
-    }
-
-    pub async fn connect_insecure<A: net::ToSocketAddrs>(addr: A) -> ImapResult<Self> {
-        let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
-
-        let mut client = ImapClient::new(stream);
-        if std::env::var(crate::DCC_IMAP_DEBUG).is_ok() {
-            client.debug = true;
-        }
-        let _greeting = client
-            .read_response()
-            .await
-            .ok_or_else(|| ImapError::Bad("failed to read greeting".to_string()))?;
-
-        Ok(Client::Insecure(client))
-    }
-
-    pub async fn secure<S: AsRef<str>>(
-        self,
-        domain: S,
-        certificate_checks: CertificateChecks,
-    ) -> ImapResult<Client> {
-        match self {
-            Client::Insecure(client) => {
-                let tls = dc_build_tls(certificate_checks)?;
-                let tls_stream = tls.into();
-
-                let client_sec = client.secure(domain, &tls_stream).await?;
-
-                Ok(Client::Secure(client_sec))
-            }
-            // Nothing to do
-            Client::Secure(_) => Ok(self),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn authenticate<A: async_imap::Authenticator, S: AsRef<str>>(
-        self,
-        auth_type: S,
-        authenticator: &A,
-    ) -> Result<Session, (ImapError, Client)> {
-        match self {
-            Client::Secure(i) => match i.authenticate(auth_type, authenticator).await {
-                Ok(session) => Ok(Session::Secure(session)),
-                Err((err, c)) => Err((err, Client::Secure(c))),
-            },
-            Client::Insecure(i) => match i.authenticate(auth_type, authenticator).await {
-                Ok(session) => Ok(Session::Insecure(session)),
-                Err((err, c)) => Err((err, Client::Insecure(c))),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn login<U: AsRef<str>, P: AsRef<str>>(
-        self,
-        username: U,
-        password: P,
-    ) -> Result<Session, (ImapError, Client)> {
-        match self {
-            Client::Secure(i) => match i.login(username, password).await {
-                Ok(session) => Ok(Session::Secure(session)),
-                Err((err, c)) => Err((err, Client::Secure(c))),
-            },
-            Client::Insecure(i) => match i.login(username, password).await {
-                Ok(session) => Ok(Session::Insecure(session)),
-                Err((err, c)) => Err((err, Client::Insecure(c))),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Session {
-    pub async fn capabilities(&mut self) -> ImapResult<Capabilities> {
-        let res = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.capabilities().await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.capabilities().await?,
-        };
-
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn list(
-        &mut self,
-        reference_name: Option<&str>,
-        mailbox_pattern: Option<&str>,
-    ) -> ImapResult<Vec<Name>> {
-        let res = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => {
-                i.list(reference_name, mailbox_pattern)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-            Session::Insecure(i) => {
-                i.list(reference_name, mailbox_pattern)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-        };
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn create<S: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, mailbox_name: S) -> ImapResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.create(mailbox_name).await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.create(mailbox_name).await?,
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn subscribe<S: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, mailbox: S) -> ImapResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.subscribe(mailbox).await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.subscribe(mailbox).await?,
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn close(&mut self) -> ImapResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.close().await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.close().await?,
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn select<S: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, mailbox_name: S) -> ImapResult<Mailbox> {
-        let mbox = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.select(mailbox_name).await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.select(mailbox_name).await?,
-        };
-
-        Ok(mbox)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn fetch<S1, S2>(&mut self, sequence_set: S1, query: S2) -> ImapResult<Vec<Fetch>>
-    where
-        S1: AsRef<str>,
-        S2: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let res = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => {
-                i.fetch(sequence_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-            Session::Insecure(i) => {
-                i.fetch(sequence_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-        };
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn uid_fetch<S1, S2>(&mut self, uid_set: S1, query: S2) -> ImapResult<Vec<Fetch>>
-    where
-        S1: AsRef<str>,
-        S2: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let res = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => {
-                i.uid_fetch(uid_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-            Session::Insecure(i) => {
-                i.uid_fetch(uid_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    pub fn idle(self) -> IdleHandle {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => {
-                let h = i.idle();
-                IdleHandle::Secure(h)
-            }
-            Session::Insecure(i) => {
-                let h = i.idle();
-                IdleHandle::Insecure(h)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn uid_store<S1, S2>(&mut self, uid_set: S1, query: S2) -> ImapResult<Vec<Fetch>>
-    where
-        S1: AsRef<str>,
-        S2: AsRef<str>,
-    {
-        let res = match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => {
-                i.uid_store(uid_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-            Session::Insecure(i) => {
-                i.uid_store(uid_set, query)
-                    .await?
-                    .collect::<ImapResult<_>>()
-                    .await?
-            }
-        };
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    pub async fn uid_mv<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>>(
-        &mut self,
-        uid_set: S1,
-        mailbox_name: S2,
-    ) -> ImapResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.uid_mv(uid_set, mailbox_name).await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.uid_mv(uid_set, mailbox_name).await?,
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn uid_copy<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>>(
-        &mut self,
-        uid_set: S1,
-        mailbox_name: S2,
-    ) -> ImapResult<()> {
-        match self {
-            Session::Secure(i) => i.uid_copy(uid_set, mailbox_name).await?,
-            Session::Insecure(i) => i.uid_copy(uid_set, mailbox_name).await?,
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
--- a/src/imex.rs
+++ b/src/imex.rs
@@ -1,849 +0,0 @@
-//! # Import/export module
-
-use core::cmp::{max, min};
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
-
-use crate::blob::BlobObject;
-use crate::chat;
-use crate::config::Config;
-use crate::configure::*;
-use crate::constants::*;
-use crate::context::Context;
-use crate::dc_tools::*;
-use crate::e2ee;
-use crate::error::*;
-use crate::events::Event;
-use crate::job::*;
-use crate::key::*;
-use crate::message::{Message, MsgId};
-use crate::mimeparser::SystemMessage;
-use crate::param::*;
-use crate::pgp;
-use crate::sql::{self, Sql};
-use crate::stock::StockMessage;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Display, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
-#[repr(i32)]
-pub enum ImexMode {
-    /// Export all private keys and all public keys of the user to the
-    /// directory given as `param1`.  The default key is written to the files `public-key-default.asc`
-    /// and `private-key-default.asc`, if there are more keys, they are written to files as
-    /// `public-key-<id>.asc` and `private-key-<id>.asc`
-    ExportSelfKeys = 1,
-    /// Import private keys found in the directory given as `param1`.
-    /// The last imported key is made the default keys unless its name contains the string `legacy`.
-    /// Public keys are not imported.
-    ImportSelfKeys = 2,
-    /// Export a backup to the directory given as `param1`.
-    /// The backup contains all contacts, chats, images and other data and device independent settings.
-    /// The backup does not contain device dependent settings as ringtones or LED notification settings.
-    /// The name of the backup is typically `delta-chat.<day>.bak`, if more than one backup is create on a day,
-    /// the format is `delta-chat.<day>-<number>.bak`
-    ExportBackup = 11,
-    /// `param1` is the file (not: directory) to import. The file is normally
-    /// created by DC_IMEX_EXPORT_BACKUP and detected by dc_imex_has_backup(). Importing a backup
-    /// is only possible as long as the context is not configured or used in another way.
-    ImportBackup = 12,
-}
-
-/// Import/export things.
-/// For this purpose, the function creates a job that is executed in the IMAP-thread then;
-/// this requires to call dc_perform_inbox_jobs() regularly.
-///
-/// What to do is defined by the *what* parameter.
-///
-/// While dc_imex() returns immediately, the started job may take a while,
-/// you can stop it using dc_stop_ongoing_process(). During execution of the job,
-/// some events are sent out:
-///
-/// - A number of #DC_EVENT_IMEX_PROGRESS events are sent and may be used to create
-///   a progress bar or stuff like that. Moreover, you'll be informed when the imex-job is done.
-///
-/// - For each file written on export, the function sends #DC_EVENT_IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN
-///
-/// Only one import-/export-progress can run at the same time.
-/// To cancel an import-/export-progress, use dc_stop_ongoing_process().
-pub fn imex(context: &Context, what: ImexMode, param1: Option<impl AsRef<Path>>) {
-    let mut param = Params::new();
-    param.set_int(Param::Cmd, what as i32);
-    if let Some(param1) = param1 {
-        param.set(Param::Arg, param1.as_ref().to_string_lossy());
-    }
-
-    job_kill_action(context, Action::ImexImap);
-    job_add(context, Action::ImexImap, 0, param, 0);
-}
-
-/// Returns the filename of the backup found (otherwise an error)
-pub fn has_backup(context: &Context, dir_name: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<String> {
-    let dir_name = dir_name.as_ref();
-    let dir_iter = std::fs::read_dir(dir_name)?;
-    let mut newest_backup_time = 0;
-    let mut newest_backup_path: Option<std::path::PathBuf> = None;
-    for dirent in dir_iter {
-        if let Ok(dirent) = dirent {
-            let path = dirent.path();
-            let name = dirent.file_name();
-            let name = name.to_string_lossy();
-            if name.starts_with("delta-chat") && name.ends_with(".bak") {
-                let sql = Sql::new();
-                if sql.open(context, &path, true) {
-                    let curr_backup_time = sql
-                        .get_raw_config_int(context, "backup_time")
-                        .unwrap_or_default();
-                    if curr_backup_time > newest_backup_time {
-                        newest_backup_path = Some(path);
-                        newest_backup_time = curr_backup_time;
-                    }
-                    info!(context, "backup_time of {} is {}", name, curr_backup_time);
-                    sql.close(&context);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    match newest_backup_path {
-        Some(path) => Ok(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
-        None => bail!("no backup found in {}", dir_name.display()),
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn initiate_key_transfer(context: &Context) -> Result<String> {
-    ensure!(context.alloc_ongoing(), "could not allocate ongoing");
-    let res = do_initiate_key_transfer(context);
-    context.free_ongoing();
-    res
-}
-
-fn do_initiate_key_transfer(context: &Context) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut msg: Message;
-    let setup_code = create_setup_code(context);
-    /* this may require a keypair to be created. this may take a second ... */
-    ensure!(!context.shall_stop_ongoing(), "canceled");
-    let setup_file_content = render_setup_file(context, &setup_code)?;
-    /* encrypting may also take a while ... */
-    ensure!(!context.shall_stop_ongoing(), "canceled");
-    let setup_file_blob = BlobObject::create(
-        context,
-        "autocrypt-setup-message.html",
-        setup_file_content.as_bytes(),
-    )?;
-
-    let chat_id = chat::create_by_contact_id(context, DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF)?;
-    msg = Message::default();
-    msg.type_0 = Viewtype::File;
-    msg.param.set(Param::File, setup_file_blob.as_name());
-
-    msg.param
-        .set(Param::MimeType, "application/autocrypt-setup");
-    msg.param.set_cmd(SystemMessage::AutocryptSetupMessage);
-    msg.param
-        .set_int(Param::ForcePlaintext, DC_FP_NO_AUTOCRYPT_HEADER);
-
-    ensure!(!context.shall_stop_ongoing(), "canceled");
-    let msg_id = chat::send_msg(context, chat_id, &mut msg)?;
-    info!(context, "Wait for setup message being sent ...",);
-    while !context.shall_stop_ongoing() {
-        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
-        if let Ok(msg) = Message::load_from_db(context, msg_id) {
-            if msg.is_sent() {
-                info!(context, "... setup message sent.",);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    // no maybe_add_bcc_self_device_msg() here.
-    // the ui shows the dialog with the setup code on this device,
-    // it would be too much noise to have two things popping up at the same time.
-    // maybe_add_bcc_self_device_msg() is called on the other device
-    // once the transfer is completed.
-    Ok(setup_code)
-}
-
-/// Renders HTML body of a setup file message.
-///
-/// The `passphrase` must be at least 2 characters long.
-pub fn render_setup_file(context: &Context, passphrase: &str) -> Result<String> {
-    ensure!(
-        passphrase.len() >= 2,
-        "Passphrase must be at least 2 chars long."
-    );
-    let self_addr = e2ee::ensure_secret_key_exists(context)?;
-    let private_key = Key::from_self_private(context, self_addr, &context.sql)
-        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("Failed to get private key."))?;
-    let ac_headers = match context.get_config_bool(Config::E2eeEnabled) {
-        false => None,
-        true => Some(("Autocrypt-Prefer-Encrypt", "mutual")),
-    };
-    let private_key_asc = private_key.to_asc(ac_headers);
-    let encr = pgp::symm_encrypt(&passphrase, private_key_asc.as_bytes())?;
-
-    let replacement = format!(
-        concat!(
-            "-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\r\n",
-            "Passphrase-Format: numeric9x4\r\n",
-            "Passphrase-Begin: {}"
-        ),
-        &passphrase[..2]
-    );
-    let pgp_msg = encr.replace("-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----", &replacement);
-
-    let msg_subj = context.stock_str(StockMessage::AcSetupMsgSubject);
-    let msg_body = context.stock_str(StockMessage::AcSetupMsgBody);
-    let msg_body_html = msg_body.replace("\r", "").replace("\n", "<br>");
-    Ok(format!(
-        concat!(
-            "<!DOCTYPE html>\r\n",
-            "<html>\r\n",
-            "  <head>\r\n",
-            "    <title>{}</title>\r\n",
-            "  </head>\r\n",
-            "  <body>\r\n",
-            "    <h1>{}</h1>\r\n",
-            "    <p>{}</p>\r\n",
-            "    <pre>\r\n{}\r\n</pre>\r\n",
-            "  </body>\r\n",
-            "</html>\r\n"
-        ),
-        msg_subj, msg_subj, msg_body_html, pgp_msg
-    ))
-}
-
-pub fn create_setup_code(_context: &Context) -> String {
-    let mut random_val: u16;
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    let mut ret = String::new();
-
-    for i in 0..9 {
-        loop {
-            random_val = rng.gen();
-            if random_val as usize <= 60000 {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        random_val = (random_val as usize % 10000) as u16;
-        ret += &format!(
-            "{}{:04}",
-            if 0 != i { "-" } else { "" },
-            random_val as usize
-        );
-    }
-
-    ret
-}
-
-fn maybe_add_bcc_self_device_msg(context: &Context) -> Result<()> {
-    if !context.sql.get_raw_config_bool(context, "bcc_self") {
-        let mut msg = Message::new(Viewtype::Text);
-        // TODO: define this as a stockstring once the wording is settled.
-        msg.text = Some(
-            "It seems you are using multiple devices with Delta Chat. Great!\n\n\
-             If you also want to synchronize outgoing messages accross all devices, \
-             go to the settings and enable \"Send copy to self\"."
-                .to_string(),
-        );
-        chat::add_device_msg(context, Some("bcc-self-hint"), Some(&mut msg))?;
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub fn continue_key_transfer(context: &Context, msg_id: MsgId, setup_code: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    ensure!(!msg_id.is_special(), "wrong id");
-
-    let msg = Message::load_from_db(context, msg_id)?;
-    ensure!(
-        msg.is_setupmessage(),
-        "Message is no Autocrypt Setup Message."
-    );
-
-    if let Some(filename) = msg.get_file(context) {
-        let file = dc_open_file(context, filename)?;
-        let sc = normalize_setup_code(setup_code);
-        let armored_key = decrypt_setup_file(context, &sc, file)?;
-        set_self_key(context, &armored_key, true, true)?;
-        maybe_add_bcc_self_device_msg(context)?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        bail!("Message is no Autocrypt Setup Message.");
-    }
-}
-
-fn set_self_key(
-    context: &Context,
-    armored: &str,
-    set_default: bool,
-    prefer_encrypt_required: bool,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    // try hard to only modify key-state
-    let keys = Key::from_armored_string(armored, KeyType::Private)
-        .and_then(|(k, h)| if k.verify() { Some((k, h)) } else { None })
-        .and_then(|(k, h)| k.split_key().map(|pub_key| (k, pub_key, h)));
-
-    ensure!(keys.is_some(), "Not a valid private key");
-
-    let (private_key, public_key, header) = keys.unwrap();
-    let preferencrypt = header.get("Autocrypt-Prefer-Encrypt");
-    match preferencrypt.map(|s| s.as_str()) {
-        Some(headerval) => {
-            let e2ee_enabled = match headerval {
-                "nopreference" => 0,
-                "mutual" => 1,
-                _ => {
-                    bail!("invalid Autocrypt-Prefer-Encrypt header: {:?}", header);
-                }
-            };
-            context
-                .sql
-                .set_raw_config_int(context, "e2ee_enabled", e2ee_enabled)?;
-        }
-        None => {
-            if prefer_encrypt_required {
-                bail!("missing Autocrypt-Prefer-Encrypt header");
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
-    let self_addr = context.get_config(Config::ConfiguredAddr);
-    ensure!(self_addr.is_some(), "Missing self addr");
-
-    // XXX maybe better make dc_key_save_self_keypair delete things
-    sql::execute(
-        context,
-        &context.sql,
-        "DELETE FROM keypairs WHERE public_key=? OR private_key=?;",
-        params![public_key.to_bytes(), private_key.to_bytes()],
-    )?;
-
-    if set_default {
-        sql::execute(
-            context,
-            &context.sql,
-            "UPDATE keypairs SET is_default=0;",
-            params![],
-        )?;
-    }
-
-    if !dc_key_save_self_keypair(
-        context,
-        &public_key,
-        &private_key,
-        self_addr.unwrap_or_default(),
-        set_default,
-        &context.sql,
-    ) {
-        bail!("Cannot save keypair, internal key-state possibly corrupted now!");
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn decrypt_setup_file<T: std::io::Read + std::io::Seek>(
-    _context: &Context,
-    passphrase: &str,
-    file: T,
-) -> Result<String> {
-    let plain_bytes = pgp::symm_decrypt(passphrase, file)?;
-    let plain_text = std::string::String::from_utf8(plain_bytes)?;
-
-    Ok(plain_text)
-}
-
-pub fn normalize_setup_code(s: &str) -> String {
-    let mut out = String::new();
-    for c in s.chars() {
-        if c >= '0' && c <= '9' {
-            out.push(c);
-            if let 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 39 = out.len() {
-                out += "-"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    out
-}
-
-#[allow(non_snake_case)]
-pub fn JobImexImap(context: &Context, job: &Job) -> Result<()> {
-    ensure!(context.alloc_ongoing(), "could not allocate ongoing");
-    let what: Option<ImexMode> = job.param.get_int(Param::Cmd).and_then(ImexMode::from_i32);
-    let param = job.param.get(Param::Arg).unwrap_or_default();
-
-    ensure!(!param.is_empty(), "No Import/export dir/file given.");
-    info!(context, "Import/export process started.");
-    context.call_cb(Event::ImexProgress(10));
-
-    ensure!(context.sql.is_open(), "Database not opened.");
-    if what == Some(ImexMode::ExportBackup) || what == Some(ImexMode::ExportSelfKeys) {
-        // before we export anything, make sure the private key exists
-        if e2ee::ensure_secret_key_exists(context).is_err() {
-            context.free_ongoing();
-            bail!("Cannot create private key or private key not available.");
-        } else {
-            dc_create_folder(context, &param)?;
-        }
-    }
-    let path = Path::new(param);
-    let success = match what {
-        Some(ImexMode::ExportSelfKeys) => export_self_keys(context, path),
-        Some(ImexMode::ImportSelfKeys) => import_self_keys(context, path),
-        Some(ImexMode::ExportBackup) => export_backup(context, path),
-        Some(ImexMode::ImportBackup) => import_backup(context, path),
-        None => {
-            bail!("unknown IMEX type");
-        }
-    };
-    context.free_ongoing();
-    match success {
-        Ok(()) => {
-            info!(context, "IMEX successfully completed");
-            context.call_cb(Event::ImexProgress(1000));
-            Ok(())
-        }
-        Err(err) => {
-            context.call_cb(Event::ImexProgress(0));
-            bail!("IMEX FAILED to complete: {}", err);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Import Backup
-fn import_backup(context: &Context, backup_to_import: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    info!(
-        context,
-        "Import \"{}\" to \"{}\".",
-        backup_to_import.as_ref().display(),
-        context.get_dbfile().display()
-    );
-
-    ensure!(
-        !dc_is_configured(context),
-        "Cannot import backups to accounts in use."
-    );
-    context.sql.close(&context);
-    dc_delete_file(context, context.get_dbfile());
-    ensure!(
-        !context.get_dbfile().exists(),
-        "Cannot delete old database."
-    );
-
-    ensure!(
-        dc_copy_file(context, backup_to_import.as_ref(), context.get_dbfile()),
-        "could not copy file"
-    );
-    /* error already logged */
-    /* re-open copied database file */
-    ensure!(
-        context.sql.open(&context, &context.get_dbfile(), false),
-        "could not re-open db"
-    );
-
-    let total_files_cnt = context
-        .sql
-        .query_get_value::<_, isize>(context, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM backup_blobs;", params![])
-        .unwrap_or_default() as usize;
-    info!(
-        context,
-        "***IMPORT-in-progress: total_files_cnt={:?}", total_files_cnt,
-    );
-
-    let res = context.sql.query_map(
-        "SELECT file_name, file_content FROM backup_blobs ORDER BY id;",
-        params![],
-        |row| {
-            let name: String = row.get(0)?;
-            let blob: Vec<u8> = row.get(1)?;
-
-            Ok((name, blob))
-        },
-        |files| {
-            for (processed_files_cnt, file) in files.enumerate() {
-                let (file_name, file_blob) = file?;
-                if context.shall_stop_ongoing() {
-                    return Ok(false);
-                }
-                let mut permille = processed_files_cnt * 1000 / total_files_cnt;
-                if permille < 10 {
-                    permille = 10
-                }
-                if permille > 990 {
-                    permille = 990
-                }
-                context.call_cb(Event::ImexProgress(permille));
-                if file_blob.is_empty() {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                let path_filename = context.get_blobdir().join(file_name);
-                dc_write_file(context, &path_filename, &file_blob)?;
-            }
-            Ok(true)
-        },
-    );
-
-    match res {
-        Ok(all_files_extracted) => {
-            if all_files_extracted {
-                // only delete backup_blobs if all files were successfully extracted
-                sql::execute(context, &context.sql, "DROP TABLE backup_blobs;", params![])?;
-                sql::try_execute(context, &context.sql, "VACUUM;").ok();
-                Ok(())
-            } else {
-                bail!("received stop signal");
-            }
-        }
-        Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
-    }
-}
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Export backup
- ******************************************************************************/
-/* the FILE_PROGRESS macro calls the callback with the permille of files processed.
-The macro avoids weird values of 0% or 100% while still working. */
-fn export_backup(context: &Context, dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    // get a fine backup file name (the name includes the date so that multiple backup instances are possible)
-    // FIXME: we should write to a temporary file first and rename it on success. this would guarantee the backup is complete.
-    // let dest_path_filename = dc_get_next_backup_file(context, dir, res);
-    let now = time();
-    let dest_path_filename = dc_get_next_backup_path(dir, now)?;
-    let dest_path_string = dest_path_filename.to_string_lossy().to_string();
-
-    sql::housekeeping(context);
-
-    sql::try_execute(context, &context.sql, "VACUUM;").ok();
-
-    // we close the database during the copy of the dbfile
-    context.sql.close(context);
-    info!(
-        context,
-        "Backup '{}' to '{}'.",
-        context.get_dbfile().display(),
-        dest_path_filename.display(),
-    );
-    let copied = dc_copy_file(context, context.get_dbfile(), &dest_path_filename);
-    context.sql.open(&context, &context.get_dbfile(), false);
-
-    if !copied {
-        bail!(
-            "could not copy file from '{}' to '{}'",
-            context.get_dbfile().display(),
-            dest_path_string
-        );
-    }
-    let dest_sql = Sql::new();
-    ensure!(
-        dest_sql.open(context, &dest_path_filename, false),
-        "could not open exported database {}",
-        dest_path_string
-    );
-    let res = match add_files_to_export(context, &dest_sql) {
-        Err(err) => {
-            dc_delete_file(context, &dest_path_filename);
-            error!(context, "backup failed: {}", err);
-            Err(err)
-        }
-        Ok(()) => {
-            dest_sql.set_raw_config_int(context, "backup_time", now as i32)?;
-            context.call_cb(Event::ImexFileWritten(dest_path_filename));
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    };
-    dest_sql.close(context);
-
-    Ok(res?)
-}
-
-fn add_files_to_export(context: &Context, sql: &Sql) -> Result<()> {
-    // add all files as blobs to the database copy (this does not require
-    // the source to be locked, neigher the destination as it is used only here)
-    if !sql.table_exists("backup_blobs") {
-        sql::execute(
-            context,
-            &sql,
-            "CREATE TABLE backup_blobs (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, file_name, file_content);",
-            params![],
-        )?
-    }
-    // copy all files from BLOBDIR into backup-db
-    let mut total_files_cnt = 0;
-    let dir = context.get_blobdir();
-    let dir_handle = std::fs::read_dir(&dir)?;
-    total_files_cnt += dir_handle.filter(|r| r.is_ok()).count();
-
-    info!(context, "EXPORT: total_files_cnt={}", total_files_cnt);
-    // scan directory, pass 2: copy files
-    let dir_handle = std::fs::read_dir(&dir)?;
-    let exported_all_files = sql.prepare(
-        "INSERT INTO backup_blobs (file_name, file_content) VALUES (?, ?);",
-        |mut stmt, _| {
-            let mut processed_files_cnt = 0;
-            for entry in dir_handle {
-                let entry = entry?;
-                if context.shall_stop_ongoing() {
-                    return Ok(false);
-                }
-                processed_files_cnt += 1;
-                let permille = max(min(processed_files_cnt * 1000 / total_files_cnt, 990), 10);
-                context.call_cb(Event::ImexProgress(permille));
-
-                let name_f = entry.file_name();
-                let name = name_f.to_string_lossy();
-                if name.starts_with("delta-chat") && name.ends_with(".bak") {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                info!(context, "EXPORT: copying filename={}", name);
-                let curr_path_filename = context.get_blobdir().join(entry.file_name());
-                if let Ok(buf) = dc_read_file(context, &curr_path_filename) {
-                    if buf.is_empty() {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    // bail out if we can't insert
-                    stmt.execute(params![name, buf])?;
-                }
-            }
-            Ok(true)
-        },
-    )?;
-    ensure!(exported_all_files, "canceled during export-files");
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Classic key import
- ******************************************************************************/
-fn import_self_keys(context: &Context, dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    /* hint: even if we switch to import Autocrypt Setup Files, we should leave the possibility to import
-    plain ASC keys, at least keys without a password, if we do not want to implement a password entry function.
-    Importing ASC keys is useful to use keys in Delta Chat used by any other non-Autocrypt-PGP implementation.
-
-    Maybe we should make the "default" key handlong also a little bit smarter
-    (currently, the last imported key is the standard key unless it contains the string "legacy" in its name) */
-    let mut set_default: bool;
-    let mut imported_cnt = 0;
-
-    let dir_name = dir.as_ref().to_string_lossy();
-    let dir_handle = std::fs::read_dir(&dir)?;
-    for entry in dir_handle {
-        let entry_fn = entry?.file_name();
-        let name_f = entry_fn.to_string_lossy();
-        let path_plus_name = dir.as_ref().join(&entry_fn);
-        match dc_get_filesuffix_lc(&name_f) {
-            Some(suffix) => {
-                if suffix != "asc" {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                set_default = if name_f.contains("legacy") {
-                    info!(context, "found legacy key '{}'", path_plus_name.display());
-                    false
-                } else {
-                    true
-                }
-            }
-            None => {
-                continue;
-            }
-        }
-        match dc_read_file(context, &path_plus_name) {
-            Ok(buf) => {
-                let armored = std::string::String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf);
-                if let Err(err) = set_self_key(context, &armored, set_default, false) {
-                    error!(context, "set_self_key: {}", err);
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            Err(_) => continue,
-        }
-        imported_cnt += 1;
-    }
-    ensure!(
-        imported_cnt > 0,
-        "No private keys found in \"{}\".",
-        dir_name
-    );
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn export_self_keys(context: &Context, dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut export_errors = 0;
-
-    context.sql.query_map(
-        "SELECT id, public_key, private_key, is_default FROM keypairs;",
-        params![],
-        |row| {
-            let id = row.get(0)?;
-            let public_key_blob: Vec<u8> = row.get(1)?;
-            let public_key = Key::from_slice(&public_key_blob, KeyType::Public);
-            let private_key_blob: Vec<u8> = row.get(2)?;
-            let private_key = Key::from_slice(&private_key_blob, KeyType::Private);
-            let is_default: i32 = row.get(3)?;
-
-            Ok((id, public_key, private_key, is_default))
-        },
-        |keys| {
-            for key_pair in keys {
-                let (id, public_key, private_key, is_default) = key_pair?;
-                let id = Some(id).filter(|_| is_default != 0);
-                if let Some(key) = public_key {
-                    if export_key_to_asc_file(context, &dir, id, &key).is_err() {
-                        export_errors += 1;
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    export_errors += 1;
-                }
-                if let Some(key) = private_key {
-                    if export_key_to_asc_file(context, &dir, id, &key).is_err() {
-                        export_errors += 1;
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    export_errors += 1;
-                }
-            }
-
-            Ok(())
-        },
-    )?;
-
-    ensure!(export_errors == 0, "errors while exporting keys");
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Classic key export
- ******************************************************************************/
-fn export_key_to_asc_file(
-    context: &Context,
-    dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    id: Option<i64>,
-    key: &Key,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let file_name = {
-        let kind = if key.is_public() { "public" } else { "private" };
-        let id = id.map_or("default".into(), |i| i.to_string());
-
-        dir.as_ref().join(format!("{}-key-{}.asc", kind, &id))
-    };
-    info!(context, "Exporting key {}", file_name.display());
-    dc_delete_file(context, &file_name);
-
-    let res = key.write_asc_to_file(&file_name, context);
-    if res.is_err() {
-        error!(context, "Cannot write key to {}", file_name.display());
-    } else {
-        context.call_cb(Event::ImexFileWritten(file_name));
-    }
-    res
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    use crate::pgp::{split_armored_data, HEADER_AUTOCRYPT, HEADER_SETUPCODE};
-    use crate::test_utils::*;
-    use ::pgp::armor::BlockType;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_render_setup_file() {
-        let t = test_context(Some(Box::new(logging_cb)));
-
-        configure_alice_keypair(&t.ctx);
-        let msg = render_setup_file(&t.ctx, "hello").unwrap();
-        println!("{}", &msg);
-        // Check some substrings, indicating things got substituted.
-        // In particular note the mixing of `\r\n` and `\n` depending
-        // on who generated the stings.
-        assert!(msg.contains("<title>Autocrypt Setup Message</title"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("<h1>Autocrypt Setup Message</h1>"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("<p>This is the Autocrypt Setup Message used to"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----\r\n"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("Passphrase-Format: numeric9x4\r\n"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("Passphrase-Begin: he\n"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("==\n"));
-        assert!(msg.contains("-----END PGP MESSAGE-----\n"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_render_setup_file_newline_replace() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        t.ctx
-            .set_stock_translation(StockMessage::AcSetupMsgBody, "hello\r\nthere".to_string())
-            .unwrap();
-        configure_alice_keypair(&t.ctx);
-        let msg = render_setup_file(&t.ctx, "pw").unwrap();
-        println!("{}", &msg);
-        assert!(msg.contains("<p>hello<br>there</p>"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_create_setup_code() {
-        let t = dummy_context();
-        let setupcode = create_setup_code(&t.ctx);
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.len(), 44);
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(4).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(9).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(14).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(19).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(24).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(29).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(34).unwrap(), '-');
-        assert_eq!(setupcode.chars().nth(39).unwrap(), '-');
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_export_key_to_asc_file() {
-        let context = dummy_context();
-        let base64 = include_str!("../test-data/key/public.asc");
-        let key = Key::from_base64(base64, KeyType::Public).unwrap();
-        let blobdir = "$BLOBDIR";
-        assert!(export_key_to_asc_file(&context.ctx, blobdir, None, &key).is_ok());
-        let blobdir = context.ctx.get_blobdir().to_str().unwrap();
-        let filename = format!("{}/public-key-default.asc", blobdir);
-        let bytes = std::fs::read(&filename).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(bytes, key.to_asc(None).into_bytes());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_normalize_setup_code() {
-        let norm = normalize_setup_code("123422343234423452346234723482349234");
-        assert_eq!(norm, "1234-2234-3234-4234-5234-6234-7234-8234-9234");
-
-        let norm =
-            normalize_setup_code("\t1 2 3422343234- foo bar-- 423-45 2 34 6234723482349234      ");
-        assert_eq!(norm, "1234-2234-3234-4234-5234-6234-7234-8234-9234");
-    }
-
-    /* S_EM_SETUPFILE is a AES-256 symm. encrypted setup message created by Enigmail
-    with an "encrypted session key", see RFC 4880.  The code is in S_EM_SETUPCODE */
-    const S_EM_SETUPCODE: &str = "1742-0185-6197-1303-7016-8412-3581-4441-0597";
-    const S_EM_SETUPFILE: &str = include_str!("../test-data/message/stress.txt");
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_split_and_decrypt() {
-        let ctx = dummy_context();
-        let context = &ctx.ctx;
-
-        let buf_1 = S_EM_SETUPFILE.as_bytes().to_vec();
-        let (typ, headers, base64) = split_armored_data(&buf_1).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(typ, BlockType::Message);
-        assert!(S_EM_SETUPCODE.starts_with(headers.get(HEADER_SETUPCODE).unwrap()));
-        assert!(headers.get(HEADER_AUTOCRYPT).is_none());
-
-        assert!(!base64.is_empty());
-
-        let setup_file = S_EM_SETUPFILE.to_string();
-        let decrypted = decrypt_setup_file(
-            context,
-            S_EM_SETUPCODE,
-            std::io::Cursor::new(setup_file.as_bytes()),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let (typ, headers, _base64) = split_armored_data(decrypted.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(typ, BlockType::PrivateKey);
-        assert_eq!(headers.get(HEADER_AUTOCRYPT), Some(&"mutual".to_string()));
-        assert!(headers.get(HEADER_SETUPCODE).is_none());
-    }
-}
--- a/src/job.rs
+++ b/src/job.rs
--- a/src/job_thread.rs
+++ b/src/job_thread.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};

+use crate::configure::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::imap::Imap;

-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct JobThread {
    pub name: &'static str,
    pub folder_config_name: &'static str,
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct JobThread {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct JobState {
    idle: bool,
-    jobs_needed: bool,
+    jobs_needed: i32,
    suspended: bool,
    using_handle: bool,
 }
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ impl JobThread {
    }

    pub fn suspend(&self, context: &Context) {
-        info!(context, "Suspending {}-thread.", self.name,);
+        info!(context, 0, "Suspending {}-thread.", self.name,);
        {
            self.state.0.lock().unwrap().suspended = true;
        }
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ impl JobThread {
    }

    pub fn unsuspend(&self, context: &Context) {
-        info!(context, "Unsuspending {}-thread.", self.name);
+        info!(context, 0, "Unsuspending {}-thread.", self.name);

        let &(ref lock, ref cvar) = &*self.state.clone();
        let mut state = lock.lock().unwrap();
@@ -58,22 +57,21 @@ impl JobThread {

    pub fn interrupt_idle(&self, context: &Context) {
        {
-            self.state.0.lock().unwrap().jobs_needed = true;
+            self.state.0.lock().unwrap().jobs_needed = 1;
        }

-        info!(context, "Interrupting {}-IDLE...", self.name);
+        info!(context, 0, "Interrupting {}-IDLE...", self.name);

-        self.imap.interrupt_idle(context);
+        self.imap.interrupt_idle();

        let &(ref lock, ref cvar) = &*self.state.clone();
        let mut state = lock.lock().unwrap();

        state.idle = true;
        cvar.notify_one();
-        info!(context, "Interrupting {}-IDLE... finished", self.name);
    }

-    pub async fn fetch(&mut self, context: &Context, use_network: bool) {
+    pub fn fetch(&mut self, context: &Context, use_network: bool) {
        {
            let &(ref lock, _) = &*self.state.clone();
            let mut state = lock.lock().unwrap();
@@ -86,53 +84,54 @@ impl JobThread {
        }

        if use_network {
-            if let Err(err) = self.connect_and_fetch(context).await {
-                warn!(context, "connect+fetch failed: {}, reconnect & retry", err);
-                self.imap.trigger_reconnect();
-                if let Err(err) = self.connect_and_fetch(context).await {
-                    warn!(context, "connect+fetch failed: {}", err);
+            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            if self.connect_to_imap(context) {
+                info!(context, 0, "{}-fetch started...", self.name);
+                self.imap.fetch(context);
+
+                if self.imap.should_reconnect() {
+                    info!(context, 0, "{}-fetch aborted, starting over...", self.name,);
+                    self.imap.fetch(context);
                }
+                info!(
+                    context,
+                    0,
+                    "{}-fetch done in {:.3} ms.",
+                    self.name,
+                    start.elapsed().as_millis(),
+                );
            }
        }
+
        self.state.0.lock().unwrap().using_handle = false;
    }

-    async fn connect_and_fetch(&mut self, context: &Context) -> Result<()> {
-        let prefix = format!("{}-fetch", self.name);
-        match self.imap.connect_configured(context) {
-            Ok(()) => {
-                if let Some(watch_folder) = self.get_watch_folder(context) {
-                    let start = std::time::Instant::now();
-                    info!(context, "{} started...", prefix);
-                    let res = self
-                        .imap
-                        .fetch(context, &watch_folder)
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(Into::into);
-                    let elapsed = start.elapsed().as_millis();
-                    info!(context, "{} done in {:.3} ms.", prefix, elapsed);
-
-                    res
-                } else {
-                    Err(Error::WatchFolderNotFound("not-set".to_string()))
-                }
-            }
-            Err(err) => Err(crate::error::Error::Message(err.to_string())),
+    fn connect_to_imap(&self, context: &Context) -> bool {
+        if self.imap.is_connected() {
+            return true;
        }
-    }

-    fn get_watch_folder(&self, context: &Context) -> Option<String> {
-        match context.sql.get_raw_config(context, self.folder_config_name) {
-            Some(name) => Some(name),
-            None => {
-                if self.folder_config_name == "configured_inbox_folder" {
-                    // initialized with old version, so has not set configured_inbox_folder
-                    Some("INBOX".to_string())
-                } else {
-                    None
-                }
+        let mut ret_connected = dc_connect_to_configured_imap(context, &self.imap) != 0;
+
+        if ret_connected {
+            if context
+                .sql
+                .get_config_int(context, "folders_configured")
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+                < 3
+            {
+                self.imap.configure_folders(context, 0x1);
+            }
+
+            if let Some(mvbox_name) = context.sql.get_config(context, self.folder_config_name) {
+                self.imap.set_watch_folder(mvbox_name);
+            } else {
+                self.imap.disconnect(context);
+                ret_connected = false;
            }
        }
+
+        ret_connected
    }

    pub fn idle(&self, context: &Context, use_network: bool) {
@@ -140,13 +139,14 @@ impl JobThread {
            let &(ref lock, ref cvar) = &*self.state.clone();
            let mut state = lock.lock().unwrap();

-            if state.jobs_needed {
+            if 0 != state.jobs_needed {
                info!(
                    context,
+                    0,
                    "{}-IDLE will not be started as it was interrupted while not ideling.",
                    self.name,
                );
-                state.jobs_needed = false;
+                state.jobs_needed = 0;
                return;
            }

@@ -171,36 +171,10 @@ impl JobThread {
            }
        }

-        let prefix = format!("{}-IDLE", self.name);
-        let do_fake_idle = match self.imap.connect_configured(context) {
-            Ok(()) => {
-                if !self.imap.can_idle() {
-                    true // we have to do fake_idle
-                } else {
-                    let watch_folder = self.get_watch_folder(context);
-                    info!(context, "{} started...", prefix);
-                    let res = self.imap.idle(context, watch_folder);
-                    info!(context, "{} ended...", prefix);
-                    if let Err(err) = res {
-                        warn!(context, "{} failed: {} -> reconnecting", prefix, err);
-                        // something is borked, let's start afresh on the next occassion
-                        self.imap.disconnect(context);
-                    }
-                    false
-                }
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                info!(context, "{}-IDLE connection fail: {:?}", self.name, err);
-                // if the connection fails, use fake_idle to retry periodically
-                // fake_idle() will be woken up by interrupt_idle() as
-                // well so will act on maybe_network events
-                true
-            }
-        };
-        if do_fake_idle {
-            let watch_folder = self.get_watch_folder(context);
-            self.imap.fake_idle(context, watch_folder);
-        }
+        self.connect_to_imap(context);
+        info!(context, 0, "{}-IDLE started...", self.name,);
+        self.imap.idle(context);
+        info!(context, 0, "{}-IDLE ended.", self.name);

        self.state.0.lock().unwrap().using_handle = false;
    }
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-//! Cryptographic key module
-
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::io::Cursor;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::slice;

+use libc;
 use pgp::composed::{Deserializable, SignedPublicKey, SignedSecretKey};
 use pgp::ser::Serialize;
 use pgp::types::{KeyTrait, SecretKeyTrait};
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::dc_tools::*;
 use crate::sql::{self, Sql};
+use crate::x::*;

-/// Cryptographic key
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub enum Key {
    Public(SignedPublicKey),
@@ -32,44 +32,44 @@ impl From<SignedSecretKey> for Key {
    }
 }

-impl std::convert::TryFrom<Key> for SignedSecretKey {
+impl std::convert::TryInto<SignedSecretKey> for Key {
    type Error = ();

-    fn try_from(value: Key) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<SignedSecretKey, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
            Key::Public(_) => Err(()),
            Key::Secret(key) => Ok(key),
        }
    }
 }

-impl<'a> std::convert::TryFrom<&'a Key> for &'a SignedSecretKey {
+impl<'a> std::convert::TryInto<&'a SignedSecretKey> for &'a Key {
    type Error = ();

-    fn try_from(value: &'a Key) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<&'a SignedSecretKey, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
            Key::Public(_) => Err(()),
            Key::Secret(key) => Ok(key),
        }
    }
 }

-impl std::convert::TryFrom<Key> for SignedPublicKey {
+impl std::convert::TryInto<SignedPublicKey> for Key {
    type Error = ();

-    fn try_from(value: Key) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<SignedPublicKey, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
            Key::Public(key) => Ok(key),
            Key::Secret(_) => Err(()),
        }
    }
 }

-impl<'a> std::convert::TryFrom<&'a Key> for &'a SignedPublicKey {
+impl<'a> std::convert::TryInto<&'a SignedPublicKey> for &'a Key {
    type Error = ();

-    fn try_from(value: &'a Key) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<&'a SignedPublicKey, Self::Error> {
+        match self {
            Key::Public(key) => Ok(key),
            Key::Secret(_) => Err(()),
        }
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ impl Key {
        }
    }

+    pub fn from_binary(data: *const u8, len: libc::c_int, key_type: KeyType) -> Option<Self> {
+        if data.is_null() || len == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let bytes = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(data, len as usize) };
+        Self::from_slice(bytes, key_type)
+    }
+
    pub fn from_armored_string(
        data: &str,
        key_type: KeyType,
@@ -143,10 +152,11 @@ impl Key {
    ) -> Option<Self> {
        let addr = self_addr.as_ref();

-        sql.query_get_value(
+        sql.query_row_col(
            context,
            "SELECT public_key FROM keypairs WHERE addr=? AND is_default=1;",
            &[addr],
+            0,
        )
        .and_then(|blob: Vec<u8>| Self::from_slice(&blob, KeyType::Public))
    }
@@ -156,18 +166,19 @@ impl Key {
        self_addr: impl AsRef<str>,
        sql: &Sql,
    ) -> Option<Self> {
-        sql.query_get_value(
+        sql.query_row_col(
            context,
            "SELECT private_key FROM keypairs WHERE addr=? AND is_default=1;",
            &[self_addr.as_ref()],
+            0,
        )
        .and_then(|blob: Vec<u8>| Self::from_slice(&blob, KeyType::Private))
    }

    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
        match self {
-            Key::Public(k) => k.to_bytes().unwrap_or_default(),
-            Key::Secret(k) => k.to_bytes().unwrap_or_default(),
+            Key::Public(k) => k.to_bytes().unwrap(),
+            Key::Secret(k) => k.to_bytes().unwrap(),
        }
    }

@@ -178,9 +189,21 @@ impl Key {
        }
    }

-    pub fn to_base64(&self) -> String {
+    pub fn to_base64(&self, break_every: usize) -> String {
        let buf = self.to_bytes();
-        base64::encode(&buf)
+
+        let encoded = base64::encode(&buf);
+        encoded
+            .as_bytes()
+            .chunks(break_every)
+            .fold(String::new(), |mut res, buf| {
+                // safe because we are using a base64 encoded string
+                res += unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(buf) };
+                res += " ";
+                res
+            })
+            .trim()
+            .to_string()
    }

    pub fn to_armored_string(
@@ -205,18 +228,30 @@ impl Key {
            .expect("failed to serialize key")
    }

-    pub fn write_asc_to_file(
-        &self,
-        file: impl AsRef<Path>,
-        context: &Context,
-    ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let file_content = self.to_asc(None).into_bytes();
-
-        let res = dc_write_file(context, &file, &file_content);
-        if res.is_err() {
-            error!(context, "Cannot write key to {}", file.as_ref().display());
+    pub fn write_asc_to_file(&self, file: *const libc::c_char, context: &Context) -> bool {
+        if file.is_null() {
+            return false;
        }
-        res
+
+        let file_content = self.to_asc(None);
+        let file_content_c = CString::new(file_content).unwrap();
+
+        let success = if 0
+            == unsafe {
+                dc_write_file(
+                    context,
+                    file,
+                    file_content_c.as_ptr() as *const libc::c_void,
+                    file_content_c.as_bytes().len(),
+                )
+            } {
+            error!(context, 0, "Cannot write key to {}", to_string(file));
+            false
+        } else {
+            true
+        };
+
+        success
    }

    pub fn fingerprint(&self) -> String {
@@ -226,11 +261,23 @@ impl Key {
        }
    }

+    pub fn fingerprint_c(&self) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+        let res = CString::new(self.fingerprint()).unwrap();
+
+        unsafe { strdup(res.as_ptr()) }
+    }
+
    pub fn formatted_fingerprint(&self) -> String {
        let rawhex = self.fingerprint();
        dc_format_fingerprint(&rawhex)
    }

+    pub fn formatted_fingerprint_c(&self) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+        let res = CString::new(self.formatted_fingerprint()).unwrap();
+
+        unsafe { strdup(res.as_ptr()) }
+    }
+
    pub fn split_key(&self) -> Option<Key> {
        match self {
            Key::Public(_) => None,
@@ -247,14 +294,14 @@ pub fn dc_key_save_self_keypair(
    public_key: &Key,
    private_key: &Key,
    addr: impl AsRef<str>,
-    is_default: bool,
+    is_default: libc::c_int,
    sql: &Sql,
 ) -> bool {
    sql::execute(
        context,
        sql,
        "INSERT INTO keypairs (addr, is_default, public_key, private_key, created) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?);",
-        params![addr.as_ref(), is_default as i32, public_key.to_bytes(), private_key.to_bytes(), time()],
+        params![addr.as_ref(), is_default, public_key.to_bytes(), private_key.to_bytes(), time()],
    ).is_ok()
 }

@@ -276,6 +323,14 @@ pub fn dc_format_fingerprint(fingerprint: &str) -> String {
    res
 }

+pub fn dc_format_fingerprint_c(fp: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+    let input = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(fp).to_str().unwrap() };
+    let res = dc_format_fingerprint(input);
+    let res_c = CString::new(res).unwrap();
+
+    unsafe { strdup(res_c.as_ptr()) }
+}
+
 /// Bring a human-readable or otherwise formatted fingerprint back to the 40-characters-uppercase-hex format.
 pub fn dc_normalize_fingerprint(fp: &str) -> String {
    fp.to_uppercase()
@@ -284,6 +339,14 @@ pub fn dc_normalize_fingerprint(fp: &str) -> String {
        .collect()
 }

+pub fn dc_normalize_fingerprint_c(fp: *const libc::c_char) -> *mut libc::c_char {
+    let input = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(fp).to_str().unwrap() };
+    let res = dc_normalize_fingerprint(input);
+    let res_c = CString::new(res).unwrap();
+
+    unsafe { strdup(res_c.as_ptr()) }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -375,7 +438,7 @@ i8pcjGO+IZffvyZJVRWfVooBJmWWbPB1pueo3tx8w3+fcuzpxz+RLFKaPyqXO+dD
    #[test]
    #[ignore] // is too expensive
    fn test_from_slice_roundtrip() {
-        let (public_key, private_key) = crate::pgp::create_keypair("hello").unwrap();
+        let (public_key, private_key) = crate::pgp::dc_pgp_create_keypair("hello").unwrap();

        let binary = public_key.to_bytes();
        let public_key2 = Key::from_slice(&binary, KeyType::Public).expect("invalid public key");
@@ -386,31 +449,10 @@ i8pcjGO+IZffvyZJVRWfVooBJmWWbPB1pueo3tx8w3+fcuzpxz+RLFKaPyqXO+dD
        assert_eq!(private_key, private_key2);
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn test_from_slice_bad_data() {
-        let mut bad_data: [u8; 4096] = [0; 4096];
-
-        for i in 0..4096 {
-            bad_data[i] = (i & 0xff) as u8;
-        }
-
-        for j in 0..(4096 / 40) {
-            let bad_key = Key::from_slice(
-                &bad_data[j..j + 4096 / 2 + j],
-                if 0 != j & 1 {
-                    KeyType::Public
-                } else {
-                    KeyType::Private
-                },
-            );
-            assert!(bad_key.is_none());
-        }
-    }
-
    #[test]
    #[ignore] // is too expensive
    fn test_ascii_roundtrip() {
-        let (public_key, private_key) = crate::pgp::create_keypair("hello").unwrap();
+        let (public_key, private_key) = crate::pgp::dc_pgp_create_keypair("hello").unwrap();

        let s = public_key.to_armored_string(None).unwrap();
        let (public_key2, _) =
--- a/src/keyring.rs
+++ b/src/keyring.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ impl<'a> Keyring<'a> {
        self_addr: impl AsRef<str>,
        sql: &Sql,
    ) -> bool {
-        sql.query_get_value(
+        sql.query_row_col(
            context,
            "SELECT private_key FROM keypairs ORDER BY addr=? DESC, is_default DESC;",
            &[self_addr.as_ref()],
+            0,
        )
        .and_then(|blob: Vec<u8>| Key::from_slice(&blob, KeyType::Private))
        .map(|key| self.add_owned(key))
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
				`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`char* dc_mprintf (const char* format, ...); /* The result must be free()'d. */`