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Thunderbird for Android 8.0
When can I get it for android 14? End dad joke.
I get the joke, but also I was shocked to see in the article:
Thunderbird for Android runs on mobile devices running Android 5 and above.
Who out there is still running Lollipop?! That came out over a decade ago. You can’t even get Thunderbird through the Play Store because Google Play Services dropped support for 5.1 back in July. I have so many questions.
I mean Thunderbird on windows always looked like it could work on windows 95 so I’m not surprised
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Been looking forward to this for a long time—K-9 Mail is an excellent mail client, but this is one step closer to Desktop/Mobile sync.
Doesn’t IMAP sync anyway?
Been using Thunderbird and K9 for years. All is the same on both.
After waiting years for this I ended up using FairEmail, which is absolutely amazing. I’d have a hard time switching to something else at this point.
I’ve been fairly happy with K9 but if they are about to Mozillify it, I will check out FairEmail.
I don’t understand the downvotes. Mozilla’s new CEO is questionable at best. He’s been stuffing ad-related nonsense into Firefox since he assumed.
Is Mozilla that involved in Thunderbird? IIRC their revitalization happened more under The Thunderbird Foundation after Mozilla put them out to pasture to die after years of neglect.
Last time I talked about Thunderbird here on Lemmy (and was downvoted because, allegedly, Thunderbird and K-9 are the exact same app, according to android@lemmy.world), I seem to recall it was however mentioned one of the differences between the two is that Thunderbird was going to include setup for Google play subscriptions (whatever that is)…
They mention it in the article, but I think its purely for donations, so you can subscribe to donate on a monthly basis
Only that FairEmail looks like an ancient elephant… I tried to use it, but found it pretty complex.
The devs description states that it’s intentionally minimalistic visually and focuses on advanced features. FairEmail is way overkill for someone with a single gmail account for example. At the time that I found it, FairEmail was the only client that met all of my needs. Like managing multiple accounts, each with multiple folders and none of that unified nonsense. It’s also available on F-Droid and GitHub.
One important thing K-9 does that this doesn’t: realese on F-Droid.
What is this? At least provide a repository like DivestOS… while you are at it, get the code for the free software off of proprietary Microsoft GitHub.
The post says they’re working on releasing to F-Droid.
How on Earth do you lose this support in the handover shuffle—especially knowing the audience a third-party email client? I would say it shouldn’t be released if F-Droid support isn’t there since it isn’t something you would want to back-burner.
I’m pretty sure it’s an issue on F-Droid’s end, as it’s always a few days behind for all my other apps that get released on the play store as well. IIRC they have a release process that involves them compiling the packages that takes a while to run.
Just downloaded the apk. Thanks for the heads-up!
Android 8.0 💀💀💀
Is this worth it or is it just K9 with a different name? Like does it really add anything
It looks better imo
Also you will have to check whether k9 will still receive updates
From what I’ve seen in the changelog its basically the same, beside the branding and donation links/IAP
Great news!
As I already said on Mastodon, I’m surprised how good the app looks. Couldn’t expect that from Thunderbird.
It’s actually K9 mail with a new name. They went over to the Mozilla foundation a year or two ago.
Thunderbird 128 ESR has a really nice/modern look. Besides, if you don’t like the default look, you have plenty of themes to use with.
Anyone know if they plan to add other parts of the desktop version to the Android version? Would be nice to see at least the calendar. The RSS stuff would be cool too.
I think I remember reading some comments in a previous blogpost that it wasn’t really in the near-future roadmap at least. I think there are a couple good android calendar apps without needing Thunderbird to port that. RSS sync would be great though, I’d love that too.
Does it support schools microsoft exchange ?
Seems unlikely - I believe Office 365 disables third-party email clients by default these days
Exchange ActiveSync is a licensed protocol. If any FOSS app handles it for free I’d love to know.
Evolution in Linux does.
What’s the use of active sync ?
ActiveSync is to Exchange as IMAP/POP3 is to other email providers.
So if you want your email client to speak with an Exchange server you’re using ActiveSync, not other protocols used by other types of servers.
I wonder how much the success of Thunderbird affect Firefox
Note that -
Operated by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird community.
