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Marco Bresciani
Marco Bresciani
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It's been a while I've proudly moved to #FairEmail but I'm thinking to possibly give another chance to @k9mail or Thunderbird.
But I'll wait for it on @fdroidorg.
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#fairemail @K-9 Mail @F-Droid
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@Nickname @AAMfP @k9mail K-9 Mail will be identical to Thunderbird for Android, though it will remain a separately branded app for a while. And we will announce when the Thunderbird for Android Beta is available for our F-Droid users as soon as its ready!
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meles
meles
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@Nickname @AAMfP @k9mail

No, it has already changed for the worse: "A client ID and various device data (model, manufacturer, CPU, etc.) are requested from the device and transmitted to Mozilla without consent."

social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/1…

@K-9 Mail @Marco Bresciani @Nickname
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Damien
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mich wΓΌrde hier ja mal ein ausfΓΌhrlicher Test/Vergleich vom @kuketzblog zu Fair Email interessieren. FrΓΌher war K-9 die Empfehlung. Davon bin ich weggegangen, wurde doch aber von #mozilla ΓΌbernommen bzw. eine Kooperation gegrΓΌndet, oder?
#mozilla @Mike Kuketz πŸ›‘
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ljΒ·rk
ljΒ·rk
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@d4m13n @kuketzblog Exakt, das hier ist auch genau die gleiche Code Base und K9 wird, kurz ΓΌber lang, Thunderbird for Android werden. Der K9 Entwickler ist auch genauso weiter beteiligt, und im Repo von Thunderbird steht "formerly known as K9".
@Mike Kuketz πŸ›‘ @Damien
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@ljrk @d4m13n @kuketzblog Our very first blog post explains it pretty well. And since then, we've hired another K-9 Mail developer to the team! blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/r…
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SomeAnoTooter
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@ljrk @d4m13n @kuketzblog that's awesome and showing a good way in open source software, that things can also grow together and become one(, while at ever time it could branch out).
Open source is kind of a living thing that always move forward and where pay things hardly can vanish.
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twijg
twijg
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Looks great and seems to work great and fast, both for a gmail and a custom domain hosted with #purelymail . The setup of the custom domain seemed more confusing than with Thunderbird on desktop or apps like #fairemail .
#fairemail #purelymail
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@twijg Thanks for trying us and for the feedback! Is there anything specific that made the custom domain setup frustrating, aka what you'd hope to see improved in a future release?
@twijg
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Fredrik
Fredrik
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@twijg I experienced the opposite, the setup for my own domain for my own emailserver was a LOT easier on the app than on desktop, nice work :)
@twijg
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ljΒ·rk
ljΒ·rk
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Switched from K9 Beta to Thunderbird Beta, looks pretty and worked without any trouble, thanks to everyone involved! :)
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@ljrk Oh fantastic! We want it to be a smooth transition for our K-9 users, and so thank you for testing it!
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Linkinsoldier
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@ljrk unfortunately the import of the k9 settings did not work via App for me (no specific error response).

Export and import via file did work.

Is this a known bug?

Pixel 8, latest Android software
K9 mail and Thunderbird are both beta!

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Ning Sun
Ning Sun
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It would be great to have Sync built-in for the first release. This will make mobile onboading super smooth.
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@sunng Even if Sync isn't ready (and we're working very hard on getting it ready!) we'll still have a smooth mobile onboarding that will be ready for testing by the first release candidate in about three weeks' time. :)
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Nick G
Nick G
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Installed the beta from Google Play and migrated from K9. Longer report sent to mailing list.
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@ratcatcher Thank you so much! Testing the migration is so important for K-9 users, and we appreciate not only that you're doing this, but also providing detailed information.
@Nick G
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Marcin Juszkiewicz
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Hm. That's kind of end of era for me.

K9-Mail was the app which shown me that 800x480px screen can be used better than Maemo does it. So after playing with NITDroid on Nokia N900 l went and bought Nexus S.

Over decade passed. K9-Mail was always on my phone. Still it.

Tb beta migrated settings fine. Folder names in side menu look worse. Probably something to get used to.

Anyway staying with K9-Mail 8beta for now.

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A.B.
A.B.
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Got it and 2 major accounts are set up; secondaries will do later. One was not in the database but not difficult to config. Anxious for this and eager to see how it develops, but my heart is with K-9. Congrats!
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@neurer @cketti Great suggestion for Mozilla Connect - sorry about the long but directed link incoming! (connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/i…)
@cketti @neurer
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Adam Lein
Adam Lein
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I only see a 15 minute poll frequency... does this not support IMAP IDLE yet for push delivery?
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@Adam Hey there - I (Monica) don't have an Android device to check this, but this recent post on the K-9 Mail forum might be helpful for troubleshooting this: forum.k9mail.app/t/cannot-get-…

Also, we're using all the feedback to help us create FAQs and Getting Started guides on Mozilla Support, and I've added a note we should include Push and Poll settings in said guides.

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Adam Lein
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Thanks! I was expecting "push" or "automatic" to be an option in the Polling pop-up menu, but "15 minutes" was the fastest option. The accounts I tried do support push in other email clients, but sometimes it's an option that I have to turn on somewhere when setting up the account.
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Dan Keck
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Can't wait to use it! I tried importing my settings. K-9 Mail is an option, and I select it. But I get this error: "Failed to read settings file." Is there some way I can help troubleshoot this?
An Android screen titled "Import settings." Two buttons are featured in the middle: "Select file" and "Import from app." A message on the bottom reads "Failed to read settings file"
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Pixelcode πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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@dankeck I had the issue too. Workaround: Manually export the settings from K-9 Mail to a file and manually import it in Thunderbird.
@Dan Keck
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Dan Keck
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Also, I tried browsing the import screen with Android's screen reader, TalkBack. It mostly worked, except I did not hear a label for the back arrow button at the top. It was just announced as "button" so I didn't know its purpose. Is that something that could be fixed?
An Android screen titled "Import settings" To the left of the title, an arrow pointing left is highlighted.
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@dankeck Thank you for alerting us to this! If you feel comfortable doing so, you can file this as a bug on our GitHub Issues page under 'type: accessibility' github.com/thunderbird/thunder…
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Tobias Schmidl
Tobias Schmidl
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will the upgrade to from K-9 be made available via Play Store? play.google.com/store/apps/det… still lists as 6.904, and I'm on the Beta Program.
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@schtobia Because of Play Store policy, we can't change K-9 Mail to Thunderbird in the App Store, which is why we've been asking people to test the K-9 Mail beta to Thunderbird Beta transfer, to help ensure the K-9 Mail to Thunderbird transfer is smooth when both have their regular release later this month.
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melocipede
melocipede
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testing it now and it seems to be working fine. import from k9 went smooth. I was wondering if we can expect some addons (i.e. quicktext) to be working on mobile too...

as a k9 user I did not notice major changes yet, but that's not a bad thing, on a beta.

looking forward for synching too.

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DaAnda
DaAnda
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just tried to migrate from k9, import from app did not work (file worked). There already is an older ticket on GitHub, but is it not assigned.
Next thing which is a huge show stopper for me is the missing support for nested and collapsible/expandable IMAP folders. The "folder.subfolder.subsubfolder.foo" workaround is a real deal-breaker, especially when you have 100 folders (incl subfolders). There also already is an existing unassigned ticket for this.

The rest seems fine so far πŸ‘

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@DaAnda Thanks for the feedback, and for making it both descriptive and honest. It's good to know what missing features potential users need most, and that can help us prioritize our roadmap.
@DaAnda
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DaAnda
DaAnda
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sorry for being so direct above, had to strip it down due to char limit.
Really looking forward to TB on Android, already love using it on desktop. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Ronny Adsetts
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will there be support for IMAP shared folders at any point? We use them quite a lot and it's a big limitation not having them visible on my phone.
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Cats Who Pencil
Cats Who Pencil
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I love Thunderbird! I would like to help beta test
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@catswhocode Awesome! And it's seriously easy. If you're on F-Droid there's still a little wait, but otherwise follow the blog, come chat with us on Matrix or our mailing list, and let us know if you could get through the testing checklist! (Also, we might be birds who adopted a robot dog, but a lot of Team Thunderbird are cat people!)
@Cats Who Pencil
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qugalet
qugalet
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wow, material you, so cool! export from app didn't work, but it works fine when importing from file
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@qugalet We've done a lot of work on Material! Did you have the most recent K-9 Mail beta for the import?
@qugalet
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Yaksh Bariya
Yaksh Bariya
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> We are still working on preparing F-Droid builds. In the meanwhile, please make use of the other two download mechanisms.

Amazing! Would also love to see official Firefox releases through F-Droid!

Also seems to work really well with Migadu, didn't sign in yet with personal gmail since i assume it's already tested well.

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Johnny
Johnny
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does this mean we will finally get support for S/MIME on Android πŸ₯ΊπŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ
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Sebastian
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I installed Thunderbird Android Beta from Github.
The settings import from the App K9 fails but the export in K9 and the import in Thunderbird Android worked without problems.

In K9 the Accounts show a picture. Thats the only thing I miss in Thunderbird Android.

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Underfaker
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Breaking laws is not a good start is it? As mentioned in other comments, it is not allowed to collect (even anonymous) data without consent at least in Germany.

The argument "Otherwise de do not get enough data" is no argument. First, K9 worked without as well and second, it is ridiculous to break a law with such an explanation.

I recommend everyone to checkout FairEmail as real alternative.

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David R
David R
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So excited to finally get the (beta) app on our Android phones and tablets. Looking forward to progress!
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@houdave Thank you so much for testing out the beta! All your feedback has helped so much!
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