Mozilla Thunderbird for Android is now available in beta, built upon the K-9 Mail app.

The beta includes core email features like account setup, email organization, and notifications, with feedback encouraged from users.

Thunderbird for Android will remain a separate app from K-9 Mail, requiring users to migrate if they previously used K-9.

  • pixelscript@lemm.eeEnglish
    47·
    2 个月前

    For anyone who was using K-9 wondering why Thunderbird looks no different, it’s because they aren’t different.

    They build both apps from the exact same codebase. Only difference between the two are the default color scheme, the branding icons, and the text strings of the application’s name. It’s literally just a choice of which brand skin you prefer.

    Which, honestly, kinda cool. A virtually zero-cost way to keep a few K-9 stans happy.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.org
      81·
      2 个月前

      As long as it’s compliant with Thunderbird, eg. using the same autoconfig at /mail/config-v1.1.xml, I’m happy.

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
        61·
        2 个月前

        I cannot imagine that it would support that. Android generally does not give its users root access…

        • Lucy :3@feddit.org
          9·
          2 个月前

          No, autoconfig is a way for mail servers to tell clients the config they should use (ports, ssl/starttls, username, name/domain of the server, authentication for imap, pop and smtp). There are multiple standards by different mail client devs, eg. Thunderbird, K-9 Mail and some other check for autoconfig.<mailserverdomain>/mail/config-v1.1.xml and outlook etc. check for a “autodiscover” SRV record, or use autodiscover.<emaildomain> or check <emaildomain>/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml. As you see, it’s a mess. Well, only Outlooks “standard” is, as usually you wouldn’t care because M$ Winshit Crasher Server does that automatically, so they don’t care about good docs. Thunderbirds autoconfig is pretty well made and documented tho.

          • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 个月前

            Literally running into this problem. I have a microsoft account with shared calendar and just can’t seem to add it to the outlook app. It keeps trying to go to my domain. There’s a button to specify the provider, outlook, but it just won’t do it. Can’t tell what this closed source garbage is doing wrong, it shows the manual entry fields with my server’s info entered wrongfully.

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
    14·
    2 个月前

    OK, I switched. I don’t know if it’s a placebo because it looks identical but ut feels smoother.

    • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 个月前

      For me it definitely looks different, are you sure you have the new version…? They’ve updated a lot of the UI elements to material design 3, but kept all the same layout and whatnot

      I really like it so far! Feels like a really welcome refresh

  • scrion@lemmy.world
    2411·
    2 个月前

    Honestly, if you’re in the audience for Thunderbird on Android, you probably also want to have a look at FairMail instead.

    Edit: phrasing

    • ISOmorph@feddit.org
      26·
      2 个月前

      Why? What does FairMail do better? The headline says it’s privacy oriented, but so is k-9.

      • johant@lemmy.ml
        8·
        2 个月前

        I’d say customizability. Haven’t used k-9 since I found FairEmail so can’t really say anything about how it is now but it used to be pretty bare bones. At least compared to FairEmail.

      • d_k_bo@feddit.org
        61·
        2 个月前

        I love FairEmail’s simplified mail viewer that doesn’t render HTML mails completely and they look more like an enhanced plain text mail instead.

      • m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 个月前

        I agree, it’s kind of funny in their website claim they don’t put “bells and whistles” in their UI yet it looks way cluttered compared to K-9/Thunderbird.

        No doubt it can work better than the aforementioned but it’d be nice if their devs could be a bit humble and recognize its UI could get some love and it would be beneficial for FairEmail.

    • onlooker@lemmy.ml
      10·
      2 个月前

      I’m sure it’s a very capable email client, but the UI just didn’t mesh well with me.

    • pedroapero@lemmy.ml
      71·
      2 个月前

      I uninstalled it quickly after finding out it was trialware (missing features; popups to pay)

  • Don_alForno@feddit.org
    9·
    2 个月前

    Noob question:

    Is there any advantage over my phone’s stock email client, considering 99% of my emails are confirmation emails from online shops and similar stuff and I hardly ever actually send an email to anyone or receive one from an actual person anymore?

    • Taylor@mstdn.social
      6·
      2 个月前

      @Don_alForno @AnActOfCreation AFAIK, some clients can block external trackers and block images from loading (because images can have trackers)

      I don’t know if it’d benefit you tremendously, but it’s worth the shot imho. but that’s because I love trying out new apps lol

    • hector@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 个月前

      Not for you indeed ! But for me who works on code project through email this is exciting :)

      And for people who work in pokitics/administrative stuff, they use a SHIT TON of emails

      Not even mentioning people in university

  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 个月前

    Seems slicker than k9 and a bit speedier.

    Downside is it appears using openkeychain is not working for encrypted emails. I fill in the settings but it still won’t show it, even after closing the app and reopening.

    Edit- it works now. No idea what I did it didn’t do.

    • Baggins@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 个月前

      ‘You can download Thunderbird Beta on the Google Play Store, or get the latest pre-release version from the Github Releases page.’

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 个月前

      It’s just launched today in beta. I’d expect it to be there eventually, but you can grab it from GitHub if you want to try it.

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 个月前

        Well, an unbranded build would be perfectly possible, like how “Fennec” is just a build of Firefox. In case they continue to release updates for K-9, that would be an unbranded app right there…

    • j4yt33@feddit.org
      2·
      2 个月前

      I’m interested in Thunderbird but I’ve been very happy with aquamail, so no reason to switch