Just recently started using thunderbird to see how it would help managing múltiple Gmail accounts. Has anybody used the app version? Is it good? Bad?

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I’ve been using K-9 for a while, works great, didn’t realise it was related to thunderbird.

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Mozilla hired the dev, and K9 will be renamed to Thunderbird next month.

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Interesting.

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One or two years ago Mozilla hired the main developer of K-9 Mail. The dev previously raised enough donations to work on K-9 Mail for a while and modernize it after not having an official release for years.

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Same. At some point had jumped on librem mail as it had forked k9 to update the interface, but have been back for a few years now.

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I’ve been using it for a couple years with two accounts. It’s great imo, highly recommended

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K-9 is simply the best email client on android, I’ve been using it since 2015

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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Yes.

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I’ve been using it for many years with my four mailboxes and I am very happy with it!

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