Goodbye K-9 Mail
cketti.de
external-link
Looking back on 15 years of working on K-9 Mail.
@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
89d

Thunderbird… now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a loooong time

@[email protected]
creator
link
fedilink
English
159d

It’s a pretty popular desktop client, and the migration of K9 into Tbird for Android was a good thing.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
28d

I thought they were supposed to change it at some point but as of my last update it still has the k9 branding, is f-droid just behind?

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
2
edit-2
7d

They’ve stuck it under its own app entry. Both K-9 and Thunderbird end at 8.2 for suggested releases.

I just installed Thunderbird, looks identical, just a rebrand. They’re so identical the import function is seamless mostly seamless.

Not sure if it’s a quirk of GrapheneOS or just the way things are now, but for gmail accounts, you’ll need to go in to something like Settings > Account > fetching mail > incoming server and then hit next.

This will dump you back in to the google web login auth page, so you can approve the app for each account.

Otherwise, the sync and alert settings are copied just fine, so it’s good enough.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
17d

Oh I didn’t even give it my old gmail, I refuse to let it infect my graphene device even that way lol. I’m sure it’ll be fine for me, there’s nothing in that inbox right now anyway, I use it for the most private email I have (I have like 4 active depending on who is asking for it, work gets the tuta, some buying is done with the proton, extra invasive services get a gmail, and things that are just outright spam like brick and mortar stores they get a gmail that hasn’t been even accessed in about 7yr. Close friends who have pgp set up can get the one I run through tbird/k9, nobody else.)

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
249d

Funny how I use TB on desktop as long as it exists and always wanted a android version and I even knew that is was in development and still this is the first time I heard that it was released. A little cross promotion wouldn’t hurt.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
9
edit-2
9d

I’ve been using it, it’s basically still K9 mail with minor changes. It doesn’t really have the features you see in the desktop client.

They might promote it more when it’s got the features you’d expect from a mobile client, like proper search with a local index.

katy ✨
link
fedilink
English
169d

Burnout is a truly horrible thing! I hope he rests, recovers, and finds his passion again.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
39d

Now is the time to switch to Librewolf, I just wish there was a Librebird.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
39d

Still using k9mail since fairemail causes me oom issues.

I still find myself looking for other emails tho since i need something that supports mailing list stuff better.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
18d

What OOM issues have you seen so far?

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
112h

Android 15 (LOS) on my LG G7 thinq 4gb ram, when I have a large number of accounts when syncing them android will run into oom issues even after tweaking oomd

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
59d

I’ve used K9 for over a decade, until at some point work required me to have an exchange account. At that time I switched to Nine, since outlook is hot garbage.

Are there alternatives to Nine? I’ve used that for several years for my personal email because of exchange, but it has had issues the last couple of years. Not open source as far as I know.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
18d

I’m not aware of any alternatives, but then again I didn’t experience any problems so never bothered to look either.

@[email protected]
link
fedilink
English
18d

Unless you run your own davmail server and connected to that instead, probably not.

Create a post

DROID DOES

Welcome to the droidymcdroidface-iest, Lemmyest (Lemmiest), test, bestest, phoniest, pluckiest, snarkiest, and spiciest Android community on Lemmy (Do not respond)! Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules


1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.


2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.


3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.


4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.


5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.


6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.


7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.


8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.


Community Resources:


We are Android girls*,

In our Lemmy.world.

The back is plastic,

It’s fantastic.

*Well, not just girls: people of all gender identities are welcomed here.


Our Partner Communities:

[email protected]


  • 1 user online
  • 90 users / day
  • 174 users / week
  • 314 users / month
  • 1.79K users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 1.81K Posts
  • 33.8K Comments
  • Modlog