✨ Implement Dashboard Analytics, Neon Glow Effects & Enhanced UI from mokshablr/Freesend PR #3

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This PR implements all the features from mokshablr/Freesend PR #3, bringing comprehensive dashboard analytics, interactive neon glow effects, and significantly enhanced UI/UX to the Freesend application.

📊 Dashboard Analytics & Charts

The new dashboard provides comprehensive email analytics with real-time insights:

• Interactive Charts: Three chart types showing hourly distribution (bar chart), daily activity (area chart), and monthly trends (area chart) using Recharts
• Summary Cards: Display total emails, recent activity, weekly statistics, and active API keys
• Top Performance Tables: Show top performing days, hours, and recent emails with human-friendly timestamps ("3 minutes ago")
• Auto-refresh: Dashboard automatically updates every 30 seconds via /api/dashboard-data endpoint
• Responsive Design: Charts adapt to different screen sizes with proper mobile support

💡 Neon Glow Effects

Implemented a comprehensive neon glow system that creates an engaging, modern UI:

• Pointer-tracking Glow: Cards dynamically glow and follow mouse movement with smooth transitions
• Shared Hook: useNeonEffects hook provides consistent glow behavior across components
• Universal Application: Applied to dashboard cards, email modal, and all main page wrappers
• Consistent Theme: Monochrome white (#ffffff) neon color maintains visual coherence
• Performance Optimized: Smooth 200ms transitions without impacting performance

🛠️ Enhanced Tables & Search

Completely overhauled all data tables with advanced functionality:

API Keys Page

• Advanced Search: Syntax-based searching with name:, token: prefixes for precise filtering
• Multi-select Mail Server Filter: Dropdown with badges showing API key counts per server
• Status Filtering: Filter by active/inactive status with visual indicators
• Modern Action Buttons: Replaced dropdown menus with intuitive icon-based buttons (Edit, Pause/Resume, Delete)

Mail Servers Page

• Advanced Search: Search by name:, host:, user: with intelligent parsing
• Security Filtering: Filter by SSL, TLS, STARTTLS security types
• Action Buttons: Edit, Test Email, and Delete buttons with hover states

Emails Page

• Clickable Subjects: Click any email subject to open the detailed email content modal
• Enhanced Modal: Tabbed interface with Preview, Plain Text, and HTML views
• Reply-To Support: Proper display of reply-to fields in email headers

⚙️ Settings & Navigation Improvements

Restructured settings and navigation for better user experience:

• Settings Split: Separated into Profile (/settings/profile) and Account (/settings/account) pages for logical organization
• Sidebar Profile Section: Added user profile section to sidebar bottom with quick access to settings and sign out
• Navigation Flow: Updated landing page buttons to point to /mail-servers (Get Started) and /dashboard (Try now)
• Header Cleanup: Removed user account nav from header, moving user controls to sidebar for cleaner layout

⚡ Performance & Infrastructure

Several backend and performance improvements:

• SMTP Connection Pooling: Enabled connection pooling for email sending to reduce overhead
• Smart Pagination: Client-side pagination with configurable page sizes (default 10 items)
• Efficient Data Processing: Memoized chart calculations and optimized dashboard data utilities
• Real-time Updates: Dashboard auto-refresh without full page reloads

🎨 UI/UX Enhancements

• Plus Icons: Added to "Create API Key" and "Add Mail Server" buttons for better visual consistency
• Status Badges: Enhanced status indicators with hover effects and color coding
• Responsive Design: All new components work seamlessly across desktop and mobile
• Accessibility: Proper focus management and keyboard navigation in modals

📁 Key Files Added/Modified

New Components

• components/dashboard/dashboard-charts.tsx - Interactive analytics charts
• components/shared/neon-wrapper.tsx - Shared neon glow effects
• components/modals/email-content-modal.tsx - Enhanced email viewer
• components/layout/user-profile-section.tsx - Sidebar user section
• hooks/use-neon-effects.ts - Centralized neon effect management

Enhanced Pages

• Dashboard page with complete analytics system
• API Keys page with advanced search and modern actions
• Mail Servers page with enhanced filtering
• Emails page with modal integration
• Settings pages restructured into profile/account sections

This implementation provides all the visual polish, interactive features, and performance optimizations from the original PR, creating a significantly more engaging and functional user experience for email management and analytics.

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