FairEmail, privacy aware email

Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV

In-app purchases

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 can see where the people don't like it because of the other features & it does look confusing. Its the other menus but you need to take into consideration, that this is a fully functional system. The pro version will allow you to filter & sort emails into their own folders just like your regular mail system does & the ability to see the logs, awesome. It is a techie thing to see the operations & the logs. Hoping that I will upgrade, you cannot seperate into folders unless its high $.

I waited several years to review this app, never understood the logic in reviewing right after receiving a product. I initially downloaded the free app, that worked fine but purchased the pro version due to all of the perks it included. Recently, I had an issue (could not send or receive emails). This was on a weekend, but Marcel responded promptly and patiently. It took until Sunday to work through the issue. The app works well for me; customer service is great too. Give it a try.

I'm so impressed after less than 24 hours! I've ditched several Android email clients in frustration, sometimes after long use, and Fair Email may be the answer. The only flaw I've encountered is also its greatest strength-- customization. There are so many features that I had trouble going back to find a few I had already set! I've already purchased the pro edition, because I need some of its capabilities. Developer is amazingly responsive, but remember he's in The Netherlands time zone.

What’s new

This version was released to improve some things:

* Fixed all reported bugs
* Limit the width of images to the screen width on the receiver side
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes
* Updated libraries and translations

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