You had the right idea to begin with - never do take home assignments. Second - this is the wrong approach. Nothing wrong with writing a small doc. Write it, t

You had the right idea to begin with - never do take home assignments. Second - this is the wrong approach. Nothing wrong with writing a small doc. Write it, then implement the necessary features (terminal inspired client that can read and send email), and test it. Literally a cli for read and send, tack on curses or use imgui. Do IMAP/POP/SMTP or emulate it. The job position is for a backend role in the email team. Tack on bells and whistles later.