FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android

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Post by mpsq » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android
email.faircode.eu

Re: FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android

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Post by sebsauvage » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

I have been using this email app for months, with 4 different email providers. It works like a charm, it's snappy, and privacy-oriented (preview links before opening them, block pixel tracking, and lot of other clever features.)

Oh and the developer is very active (several versions a week), very kind and answers very quickly.

One of the best bargains. (I bought the full version)

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Post by pw6hv » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

Just switched from K9-mail to FairEmail.

I was using the Google Play version of K9 so at the moment I am quite happy of the switch. There is only one thing that I did not manage to find in FairEmail which is the ability to read the header of emails. Like the whole information, from SPF, DKIM validation and so on. Does anyone know if it's possible to get this?

For the moment I am planning to stay with FairEmail and maybe one day try the F-Droid version of K9 as I heard it has evolved a lot in the recent times.

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Post by bantunes » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:11 PM UTC

Good it's open source and all that, but it's very hard to use and parse what's on the screen.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

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Post by Snetry » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

I've been using FreeMail for a while now and I can only say that its a fantastic app. The setup and settings are a bit unintuitive but despite that its great

Re: FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android

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Post by dlkmp » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

pw6hv wrote: post #3

Just switched from K9-mail to FairEmail. I was using the Google Play version of K9 so at the moment I am quite happy of the switch. There is only one thing that I did not manage to find in FairEmail which is the ability to read the header of emails. Like the whole information, from SPF, DKIM validation and so on. Does anyone know if it's possible to get this? For the moment I am planning to stay with FairEmail and ma…

I'm using the FDroid version of K9. What do you like from FairEmail over K9?

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Post by kop316 » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

I was curious to see if FairEmail could work with OAuth without Google Play (I have a school Google account that does not allow me to log in without OAuth):

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-co...

"OAuth for Gmail is supported via the quick setup wizard. The Android account manager will be used to fetch and refresh OAuth tokens for selected on-device accounts. OAuth for non on-device accounts is not supported because Google requires a yearly security audit ($15,000 to $75,000) for this. You can read more about this here."

You can see it here too: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/9110914#zippy=%2Cexc...

Re: FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android

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Post by pw6hv » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:24 PM UTC

dlkmp wrote: post #7

pw6hv wrote: post #3

Just switched from K9-mail to FairEmail. I was using the Google Play version of K9 so at the moment I am quite happy of the switch. There is only one thing that I did not manage to find in FairEmail which is the ability to read the header of emails. Like the whole information, from SPF, DKIM validation and so on. Does anyone know if it's possible to get this? For the moment I am planning to stay with FairEmail and ma…

I'm using the FDroid version of K9. What do you like from FairEmail over K9?

I've been on the Google Play version of K9 for years and I must say that it was perfectly fine. I changed to FairEmail as I thought having a very old version of an email client might not be ideal from a security perspective. At the moment the biggest change from my workflow is the UI, which looks better that the old K9. Now I am not switching to K9 F-Droid version just because I am lazy to configure everything again another time.

But please bear in mind that my way of using email on my phone is very minimal. I usually just need something to read and for most of my productivity task I use mutt.

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Post by chadcatlett » Mon, Mar 08, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

pw6hv wrote: post #3

Just switched from K9-mail to FairEmail. I was using the Google Play version of K9 so at the moment I am quite happy of the switch. There is only one thing that I did not manage to find in FairEmail which is the ability to read the header of emails. Like the whole information, from SPF, DKIM validation and so on. Does anyone know if it's possible to get this? For the moment I am planning to stay with FairEmail and ma…

When viewing a message, you can tap on the '...' below the address information and near the buttom of the menu will be a show headers option as well as an option to show the raw message.