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

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    I think I’ve been using K-9 Mail for 10+ years or something. The settings were kind of all over the place but it has always been one of the email clients with the most features.

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      Fairmail has a ton of features. I left k9 when it seemed like it was abandoned.

      I am using both now that it is maintained again.

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    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.

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    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.

  • I do not, but only because I use ProtonMail and don’t have premium so I don’t have IMAP/SMTP bridging.

    I used it all the time back around 2011/2012 and it was pretty great, but that was admittedly a long time ago so I imagine lots have changed since them.

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      I do have protonmail premium with my own domain, but the IMAP bridging is for desktop. It’s a small program that kind of works as a MITM, one side connecting to protonmail securely using, i guess, not IMAP, and the other acting as an IMAP server that your mail clients connect to. On mobile you have to use the protonmail app, AFAIK.

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    For me it’s good, let’s me leave emails on the server so my desktop can read them too. Let’s me reply below or above and compose in ascii. Doesn’t impose ways of working I don’t want.