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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.

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[–] scrion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

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 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've really tried to use it, im sorry it's just so ugly

[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Undertaker@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago
[–] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly, you should be able to just install the GitHub version.

[–] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love FairMail for desktop Linux