# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Email gateway HTML and SMTP SSL improvements

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #11941: \[Feature\]: HTML email support for email gateway (multipart/alternative + Markdown rendering)
- PR #25441: feat(gateway): add HTML detection and multipart/alternative support to email adapter
- PR #73294: feat(email): Markdown-to-HTML rendering for all 4 send paths

These issues and pull requests concern adding HTML email support (multipart/alternative with Markdown rendering) to the email gateway, along with SMTP SSL/TLS connection fixes including implicit TLS on port 465.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.23`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #11941: \[Feature\]: HTML email support for email gateway (multipart/alternative + Markdown rendering)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #25439: \[Feature\]: Email gateway should support sending HTML responses

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#27680: fix(email): use implicit TLS for SMTPS port 465**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#41112`
- **#25441: feat(gateway): add HTML detection and multipart/alternative support to email adapter**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#73294`, `#73294`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/email.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`
- **#46619: feat(email): Markdown-to-HTML rendering for outbound emails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73294`
- **#46626: fix(email): SMTP SSL + IPv4 + HTML email support (#11941)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#27680`
- **#46642: feat(email): HTML email support with Markdown conversion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46619`, `#46619`
- **#73294: feat(email): Markdown-to-HTML rendering for all 4 send paths**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `73f3f64eb9`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email_html.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/email.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`