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The wait is over! Our first stable release of Thunderbird for Android is out NOW! Find out what's new, where to get support, and how to download it in our release announcement.

And to everyone who contributed via beta testing, giving us feedback on K-9 Mail, localizing, thank you. :) Your community team work has made the dream work.

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Thunderbird for Android 8.0 Takes Flight - The Thunderbird Blog

Thunderbird for Android takes flight today! Find out what's new in the first stable release, where to download it, and how to get started!
Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)
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Edward Kennedy
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do you have a loose ETA on the iOS version? Hopefully the schedule slid to the left?
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@ekennedy80 Having Thunderbird for Android out definitely gets us closer! This is a very loose estimate, but I imagine we'll start actively planning, which will mean hiring an iOS engineer, next year, hopefully towards the beginning.

This typist is an iOS user, so I know the wait is hard, too!

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Edward Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
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have you thought about adding Bluesky to your social media portfolio and continue adding fuel to the X-odus?
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Norshgaath
Norshgaath
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is there a guide or a quick way to do a convenient migration from K-9?
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Bernard Tyers
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@norshgaath

When you install it you'll be surprised. I won't tell you exactly why but migrating was trivial (assuming you have K9 installed). Literally a few clicks.

Congrats @thunderbird on a nice simple migration process. 👏 👏 👏 👏

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@bernat @norshgaath Thank you! And seriously, thanks to everyone who helped us test the migration process and make sure it was smooth for the big day!
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Askan 🇪🇺
Askan 🇪🇺
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That is good news, happy to find it in the playstore in Germany, even though the beta version appears first depending on the search
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Vadim Zaliva
Vadim Zaliva
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Congrats, of course, but I can’t help but wonder if supporting additional platforms is the right priority when there are still numerous issues with the desktop release. For example, the long-promised message threading and the very broken calendar still need attention!
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Norshgaath
Norshgaath
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Amazing! Almost seamless transition from k-9 by exporting/importing k-9's settings/account files! Well done!

1/2

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ObsPy Dev Team
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it's really nostalgic to part with the robo-dog icon on home screen, but there's no better family for K-9 to get taken in by, hands down.
The bark notification sound will stay though. 😅😋
Big kudos to #k9mail and hello world, thunderbird! #FOSS 4 life ❤️
#foss #k9mail
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Nguyễn Hoàng Minh
Nguyễn Hoàng Minh
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the migration from K-9 was seamless and easy, just 2 taps. Though the App is now a bit too Android-ish, I think it kind of smoother than K-9?
I still need to make used to with the new panel.
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Askan 🇪🇺
Askan 🇪🇺
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I would like to use the function "export to mobile" in the Thunderbird Desktop (Flathub), how can I upgrade from 128.3 to 138.4 which is the precondition to have that function?
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Edoardo Maria Montagna
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Now Apple PLEASEEEEEEE 🍏

By the way, great job guys keep going 💪

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leighelse{}
leighelse{}
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I'm planning to install this in place of K-9, but it doesn't appear to be available on APKPure as yet. I'll try my other independent app stores later this morning.
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v613
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Congratulations on the successful release of Thunderbird for Android! It's an exciting milestone for the team. I wanted to inquire politely about when we might expect support for the Exchange Web Services protocol, as discussed in the community forum. Thank you!

Community Forum: connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/s…


Support Exchange Web Services Protocol in K-9 Mail

We use Microsoft Exchange for our email, and we probably always will. We host Exchange on our own server and have webmail.
connect.mozilla.org
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@v613 Early next year, we'll work on creating and publishing our roadmap for 2025, and we'll be looking at things like Connect to help us decide where we'll be going. Thank you for asking!
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lfromanini
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When I try to log in to Yahoo Mail it says: Oops, something was wrong. Developers: please specify a valid request and submit again.

Any hint on what should I try?

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@lfromanini Does this K-9 Mail support post help? forum.k9mail.app/t/how-do-i-ad…

How do I add a Yahoo account?

If your email address is using one of the supported domains, adding a Yahoo account should be fairly straight-forward. If your email address is using an unsupported Yahoo domain, you’ll have to manually set up your account.
K-9 Mail Forum
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lfromanini
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thank you for the reply. I could resolve the problem already. Once I configured the account on Thunderbird, either manually or loading it from K-9, the browser opens for authentication. I was using Firefox as default browser, with "strict ennhanced tracking protection". I don't know if that's the root cause, but I switched my default browser to chrome only for authenticating and it worked. After my account was correctly loaded in Thunderbird, I switched back to Firefox.
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@neil It should release on F-Droid within a few days! We'll be sure to post here on Mastodon to give everyone a heads up when it's available there!
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plausibel
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@esplovago @neil @justine
Yesss, I'm waiting for the f-droid version too!
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esplovago
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@neil @justine agree. Waiting for the #fdroid release. In the meantime I'll use #k9mail
#fdroid #k9mail @Neil Brown @Justine Smithies
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Justine Smithies
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Neil you could always use obtanium to get the release from here if you're desperate.

github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

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Release Thunderbird 8.0 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

New: Thunderbird for Android now looks like a Thunderbird! New Material 3 folder drawer gives Thunderbird a fresh new look. Migrate your settings from K-9 Mail to Thunderbird using an in-app setti...
GitHub
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Neil Brown
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@justine
Oh, yes, I could get it from there, or from Aurora's interface to Google Play.

But F-Droid is FOSS and convenient and delivers updates, and I'll probably hold off until it is available there!

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Beo
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@esplovago @neil @justine didn't thunderbird for android basically k9mail? Or these are separate project?
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@beo @esplovago @neil @justine They're identical (Thunderbird for Android was developed from K-9 Mail), just different branding.
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Justine Smithies
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Can I ask is K9Mail going to cease to exist then and would us users be advised to move across ?
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BurpTech
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@justine According to Mozilla itself, it will coexist with Thunderbird for a few months before eventually merging with it.
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mcSlibinas
mcSlibinas
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@BurpBlog @justine oh sad sad sad thing. I will keep K9 till google bans it.
Can you believe? K9 has no trackers under hood and now it's gone!
Who killed K9? 👀
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@mcSlibinas @BurpBlog @justine K-9 Mail is still very much alive, and will be available on Google Play Store, GitHub Releases, and F-Droid!
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Johnny Bigoude
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Great news! Already installed!
By the way I was wondering if it is intended to still have a "About K-9" section? I was thinking that it was during the beta phase, but now maybe not. Or maybe it is due to the translation?
Screenshot of the Thunderbird side menu. The About element is named "About K-9 Mail" ("A propos de courrier K-9 Mail" in French in the screenshot).
Screenshot of the About menu of the Thunderbird application. It is named "À propos de Courrier K-9 Mail" (About K-9 Mail).
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Pierre Equoy
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Awesome! Great work everybody!

I was a bit puzzled by the title of the article. It says "Thunderbird for Android 8.0", but in the system requirements it says "Android 5 and above"... So is 8.0 the version of Thunderbird? 😅

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Philippe
Philippe
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got it yesterday and it works fine. I was surprised, how smooth I could import the options from the desktop app. Thank you!
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David R
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Thank you all so much for your tireless work making this a reality. I am so thrilled to now have my favorite email client on all of my devices as well as computers! ♥️♥️♥️
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Martin
Martin
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Is it possible to install the apk now and update it later with releases from f-droid?
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phαη†⊕m 🎸 🏳️‍🌈 ⁂
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THANK YOU!!!
We've been waiting for this!
Signed a loyal user since version 1 of thunderbird and firefox, and netscape before that.
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Duncan Idaho
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Great! Now also please come up with a fix / solution soon for issue discussed here:
forum.k9mail.app/t/dont-show-a…

Don't show "account selector" by default or at least enable account pics

As long as Tbird doesn’t show account pictures, having the email list showing is fairly useless because there’s no way to keep them apart. I have 2 each of Yahoo + Gmail and besides the “account color” they all look the same.
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anuerysm
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Just found the Thunderbird app on f-droid; installed and imported my settings from desktop and it worked like charm.

Thanks to everyone at the team for your hard work! 👐

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Jeder
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Look at:
norden.social/@dsw28/113418717…

Is it possible to display the account names again in the account overview?
Or have I overlooked a setting?

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Jeder :mastodon: :nonazis: (@dsw28@norden.social)

Attached: 1 image Hmm Gerade wurde K-9 auf Thunderbird aktualisiert. Ich nutze mehrere Konten und habe links jetzt nur noch runde Buttons statt einer Anzeige der Kontennamen.
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Alvan
Alvan
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I was a K-9 Mail user for some time, but somehow didn't know about this upcoming update. It is SOO GOOD. Just donated.

The app is beautiful.

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Cy-real ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ⏚
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Congratulations ! Perhaps you should put the new logo (without beta) in place of the current one ? 😋
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Jacob
Jacob
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congrats on the release. But how come the f-droid version of k9 (stable verison) is now "Thunderbird Beta for testers" ? It's not very nice to suddenly be moved onto an unstable release stream.
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Askan 🇪🇺
Askan 🇪🇺
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The import via QR Code function works really well and quick for my dozen+ mailboxes.
Great job!
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