Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9

yak, 1 year ago

Not tried the app version. Been using Fairemail for a while now, since k9 was unmaintained.

Fairemail is well maintained. Quick. Supports multiple accounts very well. Loads of features (could be a downside for those who like things simple). Designed with security and privacy as top priorities right from the start. Open source development. For a long time its been the best email client on Android IMHO.

falcon15500, 1 year ago

I like how K-9 hooks directly into OpenKeychain for encryption. Does Fairemail do that?

yak, 1 year ago

Yes.

Deebster, 1 year ago

I moved from K9 to FairEmail too, and I think I’ll be staying as long as it’s maintained. I particularly like the focus on privacy.

stardreamer, 1 year ago

+1 for fairmail. Never have I seen an app so functional yet so ugly at the same time.

biddy, 1 year ago

The same could be said for K-9. What more could you want from an email app.

stardreamer, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Last time I checked, K-9 didn’t have OAUTH integration.

Granted, it’s been a few years, so that may have changed since then.

As much as I don’t like Gmail, I need it for work so it’s kinda important for productivity software to support that.

Edit: Nvm. Looks like they finally added OAUTH last year. Better late than never.

possiblylinux127, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Yes, I use it and its worked well for years. It even supports Oauth

simon_greenwood, 1 year ago

K-9 is being used as the base for Thunderbird for Android but it isn’t there yet. FairEmail is a lot closer in functionality at the moment.

I use Thunderbird for Gmail (among other accounts) and it has to regularly compress my Gmail box, which none of the Android clients do - in my experience, Aqua Mail, K-9 and FairEmail all struggle with a decent sized Gmail mailbox after a while.

Tubulous, 1 year ago

Yes, works well for me. My work uses GMail and K-9 supports it. I don’t have the Play Store and K-9 supports OAuth.

autumn64, 1 year ago

Yes, I use K-9 for my outlook/365 accounts and it works fine. I also have my NAVER account there but I can’t send emails because I’ve been too lazy to configure the SMTP settings properly.