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One of the most important feature requests we've heard from you is "WHERE THE HECK IS MY #THUNDERBIRD MOBILE APP?"

Here's a straight answer:

YES, we're excited to announce that an Android version of Thunderbird is coming!

We'll have more details to share with you in a few weeks. We'll talk to you about it here, and over on our blog at blog.thunderbird.net.

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Wolf480pl
Wolf480pl
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Do I remember correctly that a couple years ago you were short on manpower to maintain desktop version of Thunderbird?
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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We'll have more to share in a few weeks.
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fuomag9
fuomag9
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FINALLY
I use fairmail currently but I'd love to try it out!

Also PLEASE have feature parity with the desktop version (PGP/SMIME) since most android apps are either not open source or missing them :(

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Jamian
Jamian
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Nice ! I'll be glad to test it out, even if I'm currently fine with K9mail. (already using Thunderbird on desktop, though).
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Axel
Axel
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Great to see you around the Fediverse 🥳 :mastolove:
And I'm looking forward to see #Thunderbird on Android :mastolove:

However, I think that @Ahorn and @fuomag9 have raised two important points that I'd like to second:
Please plan to publish your app via #FDroid right from the start - and include encryption via #PGP and #SMIME :mastoinnocent:

Oh - and just drop the word here when you start looking for beta testers 😊

#fdroid #thunderbird #pgp #smime @Ahorn @fuomag9
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Plumeros ☮️
Plumeros ☮️
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Please invest your effort in making encryption rules work again as in enigma. K9 with open key chain does already a good job on android. No need for tb there.
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Dr. Dan Killam
Dr. Dan Killam
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very stoked for this! I've not been satisfied with K9, mostly just because of some illogical decisions it has on merged inboxes. Fairemail is functional but it ain't pretty. So there is a real need for FOSS alternatives!
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straw
straw
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damn that's awesome! the current options for mobile email clients are very ugly
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John Mierau
John Mierau
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whaaaaaaaaat?

I mean, FairEmail has thrilled me now so mobile email is a high bar, but YAY!

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Jonathan
Jonathan
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I'm happy to read that ! I'll gladly test it, I currently use K9-Mail which is pretty decent already.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thanks for offering! Stay tuned and we'll try to share all the details as soon as humanly possible.
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Maddie
Maddie
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Nice, the options for a good FOSS mail client are pretty sparse on Android in my opinion. I might try it out.
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fmo
fmo
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Great news, I'm looking forward to trying it out! I hope it will be available on Fdroid
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That makes sense to us, in addition to releasing it as a standalone APK.
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Airikr
Airikr
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It will be interesting if you can create a better app than FairEmail 🙂 It can be hard, though, but it is not impossible.
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cybersoldier
cybersoldier
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Currently I am using FairEmail as my main email client, Thunderbird for android will be my choice I believe when it comes out.
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JRT
JRT
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starting with an Android version feels strange. There is @k9mail with PGP support that does tick a lot of boxes.
Sadly there is no good foss option on iOS.
@K-9 Mail
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Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️
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So far no mobile email app I've ever seen has proper filtering like #Thunderbird does. I really hope this survives in the mobile version!
#thunderbird
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