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submitted 2 years ago by Sinfaen@beehaw.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 44 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 36 points 2 years ago

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

[-] _s10e@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Interesting.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 31 points 2 years ago

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

[-] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 27 points 2 years ago

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

[-] yak@lmy.brx.io 24 points 2 years 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.

[-] stardreamer 18 points 2 years ago

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

[-] biddy@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] stardreamer 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 7 points 2 years 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.

[-] falcon15500@lemmy.nine-hells.net 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] yak@lmy.brx.io 1 points 2 years ago
[-] tsl@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 years ago

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

[-] h3ndrik@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] Sinfaen@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Wow that's a long time! I think I'm gonna go ahead and try it

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I have 4 accounts and it works as it should. Lots of options. It's a complete mail system

[-] kjo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago

I do. It suffice.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 7 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, I wasn't aware bridging was desktop-only. Thanks for correcting me. 👍

[-] simon_greenwood@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years 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@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years 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.

[-] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hangs down, the best email client for IMAP.

[-] JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Eikichi@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Ofc. This is the way,

[-] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Used to. Prefer Aquamail. I'm a thunderbird user on my workstation though. The latest changes were controversial, but it's fine once you enable the system title bar and hide the menu bar.

[-] xinayder@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago

Which changes, care to elaborate?

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Love it. No adds in my Gmail!

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Do you get ads in Gmail in other clients? I don't think I've ever seen one

[-] junezephier@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Google's gmail app recently started showing ads in the inbox alongside messages, really gross stuff

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

That sucks. I haven't had any yet, but I'll keep an eye out

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago
[-] autumn64 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

that sucks sm

[-] autumn64 2 points 2 years 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.

[-] anoklola@mastodon.world 2 points 2 years ago

@Sinfaen I really want to, but the UI is just not that good, and I do really care about how the application looks.

[-] Sinfaen@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing's gonna be perfect for everyone 👍

[-] revv 2 points 2 years ago

I like it. My only issue with it is that it doesn't seem to want to download attached (vs remote) images automatically.

[-] movie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It requires 2-step verification which requires a phone number, security key or google prompt for google accounts. Hard pass :D edit: i stand corrected, this seems to have been changed

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