FairEmail, privacy aware email

Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV

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About this app

FairEmail is easy to set up and works with virtually all email providers, including Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo!

FairEmail might be for you if you value your privacy.

FairEmail is simple to use, but if you are looking for a very simple email app, FairEmail might not be the right choice.

FairEmail is an email client only, so you need to bring your own email address. FairEmail is not a calendar/contact/task/note manager and cannot make you coffee.

FairEmail does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync.

Almost all features are free to use, but to maintain and support the app in the long term, not every feature can be for free. See below for a list of pro features.

A lot of effort has gone into this mail app, which was developed to help you protect your privacy. If you have a question or problem, there is always support at [e-mail].

Main features

* Fully featured
* 100% open source
* Privacy oriented
* Unlimited accounts
* Unlimited email addresses
* Unified inbox (optionally accounts or folders)
* Conversation threading
* Two way synchronization
* Push notifications
* Offline storage and operations
* Common text style options (size, color, lists, etc.)
* Battery friendly
* Low data usage
* Small (<30 MB)
* Material design (including dark/black theme)
* Maintained and supported

This app is deliberately minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.

This app starts a foreground service with a low-priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new emails.

Privacy features

* Encryption/decryption supported (OpenPGP, S/MIME)
* Reformat messages to prevent phishing
* Confirm showing images to prevent tracking
* Confirm opening links to prevent tracking and phishing
* Attempt to recognize and disable tracking images
* Warning if messages could not be authenticated

Simple

* Quick setup
* Easy navigation
* No bells and whistles
* No distracting "eye candy"

Secure

* No data storage on third-party servers
* Using open standards (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc.)
* Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
* Confirm opening links, images and attachments
* No special permissions required
* No advertisements
* No analytics and no tracking (error reporting via Bugsnag is opt-in)
* Optional Android backup
* No Firebase Cloud Messaging
* FairEmail is an original work, not a fork or a clone

Efficient

* Fast and lightweight
* IMAP IDLE (push messages) supported
* Built with latest development tools and libraries

Pro features

All pro features are convenience or advanced features.

* Account/identity/folder colors/avatars
* Colored stars
* Notification settings (sounds) per account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo)
* Configurable notification actions
* Snooze messages
* Send messages after selected time
* Synchronization scheduling
* Reply templates
* Accept/decline calendar invitations
* Add message to calendar
* Automatically generate vCard attachments
* Filter rules
* Automatic message classification
* Search indexing
* S/MIME sign/encrypt
* Biometric/PIN authentication
* Message list widget
* Export settings

Support

If you have a question or problem, please check here first:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md

If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact me at [e-mail], and I will try to help you.

Ratings and reviews

I used K9 and Blue Mail previously, but both eventually suffered from lack of development and became less stable. I found FairEmail almost by accident, but have been really impressed by this app so far. It easily does everything I need, and seems really well developed and supported. I personally won't pay subscriptions for apps, so was pleased to find that a one time payment option was given. I happily paid it to support the developer, even though I don't really need any of the 'pro' features.

Instead of short tap for action (reply) and long tap for options (reply to, forward, etc.), FairEmail has it the opposite way. I know interfaces are a matter of preference, but some do have expected behavior and it's really hard to figure them out otherwise. I must admit I was surprised by the support the author provides to users who didn't even pay. 5 stars just for that!

I've tried a few mail clients recently, and settling with this one. It has lots of configuration to tweak, which can be both a good thing (for advanced users) and a negative (for regular users). Luckily you don't really need to dive into the settings if you're a regular user, and if you want to tweak things you can. It has privacy and tracking protection by default. I probably won't use many if any Pro features, but this app is worth a bit of your local currency anyway to show some support!

What’s new

This version was released to improve some things:

* Added undo to swipe to hide
* Added option to select space between messages (display settings tab page)
* Fixed message list widget flickering on some devices
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes
* Updated libraries, built tools, and translations

If needed, there is always personal support available via [e-mail]