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[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
How would you formulate this?

Edit: I have removed the remark because I will look at feature requests on case by case basis, with this as guideline:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-get-support
[Android Apps and Games] chris122380:
I just scrolled through the US Play Store reviews and the majority of them are five with a few four star rating. When the majority is positive how can you claim that the negative is outweighing the positive. If that's the case it's because that is what you are primarily focusing on.

If it's because the positive review people aren't purchasing the app there are some people who will never purchase an app. I have purchased it but I also submitted a request for the license so I could easily bypass the Play Store in case you decided to remove it from there.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Not all reviews have a text, and therefore not all ratings are visible. The average Play store rating calculated by Google has been going down only the past months, with a few days with an upward blip.

Anyway, circumstances force me to reduce the time I am spending on this project anyhow, which means that fixing bugs will be prioritized, with little room for new features. I might take on some challenges as a distraction, though.
[Android Apps and Games] chris122380:
The US dropped from 4.9 to 4.8 but is still the highest rated email app in the Play Store. As many have said in hear before the over all rating really doesn't mean that much especially when less then a .1 difference and when there is no other app even closer to reaching the reviews or rating of this app.

I understand the need to focus on personal life. Health, mental health, family etc are more important. As I have suggested before it would be wise to not be the only one handling everything related to the projector. It would be less stressful to allow members of the community to respond to complaints or issues.

I'm also concerned who will manage or maintain this app once for whatever reason you can't. I don't have the computer power or the programming skills to help with development (I wish I did) but I do have front end skills and time to respond to complaints and emails. Just something to think about again.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I understand your concern, but I am not planning to abandon the project. I am one of the fans of the app myself and use it to handle thousands of messages every month.

If you want to be sure (if such a thing exist), you can always switch to the Gmail or Outlook app.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just added this to the opening post and support section:

"For support on authorizing accounts you should contact your provider."
[Android Apps and Games] Banayat:
No, I haven't do this before. However, I won't do so. I am trying to look for another email provider that does not like to boss me around. Thank you M66B for all your help :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Gmail is know to be quite critical about authentication and let's not talk about privacy ...
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
Outlook/hotmail supports app passwords without 2-factor authentication.

You might as well, since everything is already set up.

You can also follow the example of nakedbrowser developer:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fevdev.nakedbrowserpro

The dev also has this in free version:

Ratings is quite good. Not sure how he does it, because there must be many users complaining and unreasonable.

You can contact him. Worth a try.

Authentication is becoming pathetic. If you travel immediately logging on through web and 3rd party apps force you through recovery procedure. For both outlook and gmail.

Gmail is worse, though. As even with less-secure apps enabled it is a hassle.

The main difference is Outlook accepts app passwords without 2 factor auth, so no mobile number needed, whereas google unfortunately does not - which forces recovery email etc. Each time you login from different country. Very annoying.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
A VPN helps here. But since is it causing people to move away from Gmail: no harm done ;)

[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]: Thanks for a great app, and thanks for continuing to develop it while it was way beyond your own needs. Now that it has become a serious contender for K9, I'd suggest to have it added in Play Store and just see what happens. Don't let negative comments get to you too much. You know most people only comment when they have a complaint. Just make sure that most of the times, if you even want to reply to comments/reviews, you can refer to the description or the FAQ. And who knows, maybe someone comes with a brilliant idea for an addition. All the hard work is done already, now just sit back and enjoy. Every additional Pro user is one donation.

(Or offer a free limited test version that works a limited amount of time, like 1 month, and make the fully featured version really cheap, like $0.99?)

P.S. I've donated extra for the implementation of encryption, as promised. Hope others did the same! Just a reminder, peepz ;)
[Android Apps and Games] mine420:
Just wanted to let you know I appreciate this program and the effort you put into it. I cannot think of much of anything one would need in a mobile mail reader. Only one thing I could think of is maybe something I overlooked but being able to white list some emails so they open in original view. The most loved feature is being able to send things directly to the trash from heads up nice feature.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There is no white listing for view original and since the goal is to be privacy friendly, it won't be added either.
[Android Apps and Games] BunnyWarrior:
If all mature features are implemented now you could think about releasing it to the Play Store and give away the pro features for free. Let´s say the offer lasts three days and the pro features are permanently activated. I know other apps like Conversations (3.x € in the Play Store) that can be downloaded for free from time to time just to spread the word and increase the user base. It seems to work for those apps. The short period of pro features for free would lead your app to be mentioned in different blogs (like the already mentioned Kuketz-Blog) and I bet the attracted people are the sort who will donate afterwards if they like the app. Of course the pro version should be available on github, too. If there aren´t many donations anyway what can you lose?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION],

I have an email account with a domain name I own, where the mail server is located at a different domain. So, the server for mail@mydomain.com is located at mail.provider.com.

I can setup an account and an identity for that account, but when I try to create and send a mail, the draft and the sent items are stored in my primary account. Also, sender (From: address) changes from the mydomain.com identity to the primary address as soon as I start writing the message text. I can change that back to mail@mydomain.com, but still the primary account is being used for actual sending of the message.

I hope you understand what I mean.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Which account is used to send a message depends on which folder you were in. If you were in the unified inbox, the primary account will be used. If you want to use a specific account, go to the inbox (or any other folder) of this account first.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
Ah yes, I see that now. But isn't it more logical to use the account that the identity used as sender is linked to? Even if the mail is created from another inbox screen?

For instance, if I start composing a mail from the inbox of account1 and decide to send it from an identity linked to account2, I would have to start all over. Just changing the sender should suffice.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The isn't possible as the draft will be saved in the first account.

If this is a common use case for you, you should add the identity to the first account too.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
It is not common for me, that's why I only notice it now.

Temporarily saving the draft in the 'wrong' account would not be a problem, but having a sent mail in a different mailbox than the senders Sent folder is.

For the draft, if the message is not sent immediately you could delete it from the first account and store it in the right place when the user leaves the Compose screen of presses the Save button.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I think it is too much an exception to write code for this. It is also more complicated as it seems because the composed activity needs a stable draft to handle rotation changes, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
Have the possibility to activate the option "Browse messages on the server" in the settings of the e-mail box

I just want to disable this option with some e-mail boxes that take too long to display messages (to avoid battery consumption)

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You already know the answer.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=4356248]heinhuiz[/MENTION] the next version will show the account name in the action bar while composing a message.

I hope this will help.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
People are still sending me unsolicited debug info without problem description.

Fortunately there is plenty of room in my trash folder ...
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.121

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases/

This version is not available in the Play store.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
How about a button "show original" like "show images" ?
[Android Apps and Games] chris122380:
No way, I'm staying on Fairemail.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
Wish I had a FairEmail equivalent for desktop Windows. What is everyone using btw? ( Apologies if this a off topic question}
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The next version will be able to decode Mandrill and Amazon tracking links, as well as go.dhlparcel.nl links. I am looking for raw message files of DHL emails, so this maybe can be added for other / all DHL branches too.
[Android Apps and Games] Adobovs:
@M66B

Hello,

I am a paid user of your applications via F-Droid:

- FairEmail

- NetGuard

Due to a small question, I was looking for some support (Discord, Matrix, forum - chat) and came across this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/ush1mu

I am upset that you have problems with Google.

I'm not a developer but I used to use the Google API and the answers from the Google support guy were the most stupid I've ever read. (Assuming they'll even maybe talk to you).

There here is too much information,,, FairEmail so I want to ask if the development will continue?

PS:

Thank you for your time that you have devoted to the development of these awesome applications :)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Development will continue. Please see also here:

FairEmail in the Play Store

Status and frequently asked questions

email.faircode.eu
[Android Apps and Games] bruno.mercier:
Honestly, I am baffled: seems quite everyday there is something new... And some of them I have no idea what it is 😁.

Again Marcel thx a lot for your dedication and giving us that incredible tool!
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
With referenced to this post https://xdaforums.com/t/is-there-an-email-app-with-account-sign-out-option.4501567/

Just for clarity, does this Fairemail app have an option to connect to an MS exchange server? Also, after signing-in and using the app to retrieve emails, does it allow to sign-out via a menu option and disconnect from the exchange server?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please see this FAQ:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq8

If you want to disconnect from the email server, you can disable receiving in the receive settings. You can do this with a widget too.
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
Thank you for the super fast reply. Very promising indeed. I am glad that I found your app here. I was looking for Desktop Outlook like app with similar functionality with being able to disconnect from the exchange server after use. I'll certainly download and try this app. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Version 1.1976 is available on GitHub now.

!!! THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION !!!

If email is very important to you, do not install this version.

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases
[Android Apps and Games] de_Wolf:
After the installation, everything seems to be working normally so far (Android 10).
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Version 1.1977 1.1978 is available on GitHub now.

!!! THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION !!!

If email is very important to you, do not install this version.

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

Some devices appear not to be able to move files to a sub folder, so this version will copy and delete files.
[Android Apps and Games] topcaser:
Could you please offer experimental versions via another channel? I get the update notification via App on a more regular basis than I double check the forum posts. This means I install a version without knowledge of this experimental thing.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Just in case you don't look at the change-log before (which of course you always do first to avoid such surprises) ... ;-)
[Android Apps and Games] topcaser:
The update notification points to the download and not to the changelog.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
But with another click you can view the changelog.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
GitHub didn't support release types, so this isn't possible.

This is also why I like people to read the charge log, which is the default action when you tap on the update notification.
[Android Apps and Games] mkasimd:
Is it perhaps possible for you to rename the APK to "FairEmail-v1.1978a-github-testing.apk" instead of "release", and the app checking for these words in the filename before pushing a notification?

Even if the app cannot check this, the name change alone should make it clear for end users that this is an experimental version and not a release.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The name can be changed, but the problem is that updates of older versions would stop with this system. This is because the update check queries the latest available version on GitHub.
[Android Apps and Games] topcaser:
Sometimes you are releasing test versions via another channel. Why not these versions?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There are public releases on GitHub and in the Play store, and there are private and occasionally preview releases on BitBucket. There are several factors deciding how to release a version. Risk is one of them, and an experimental version is not necessarily a riskier version. If something goes wrong, there will in most cases be a new release pretty soon. I never release new versions with bigger or riskier changes if I don't have time to look after them.

Even though a version is marked to be experimental, it was tested before releasing it. Virtually all releases are used a while by myself before they are being published, except for some releases intended to fix critical issues.

tl;dr; I do my best, but it won't be perfect.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Version 1.1979 is available on GitHub now.

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
Can you kindly share this widget details please ....which particular widget and where to get it?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Go to the home screen, long press on an empty space and select to add a widget and select the sync on/off widget of FairEmail.
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
Thank you, this is extra ordinary support.
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
When widget sync is off, will it clear the email account password?... so that next time when the widget sync is switched on and FairEmail tries to connect will it prompt for the email account password?
[Android Apps and Games] mkasimd:
No, the settings will remain as is. It will simply turn off the synchronisation.

I assume that shouldn't be a problem with OAuth as well, right @M66B? Unless turning off sync meant not refreshing the auth tokens as well..
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The password remains stored. If you want to protect the app, you can do this via the privacy settings with a PIN or with biometric authentication.

Virtually nobody wants to enter a password every time!
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
I do not like storing passwords and would prefer to enter the password every time I want check and sync my emails. If possible, maybe this added functionality could be made available in a future release.

This is an absolutely brilliant app indeed. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] olifee:
I've been playing with the experimental "Resend" / rfc2822 section 3.6.6 feature, and I have to say it works brilliantly!

It's especially useful to "redirect" mails which have been sent to me privately, but should have rather been sent to a ticketing system / functional address. It's great that it keeps CC and From intact, and it works nicely with our mail server (I'm only redirecting from the server to another address on the same server). It really improves my quality of life when during holidays or days off I can just redirect those mails easily :-).

Thanks a lot for implementing this feature!

I've found one small issue when checking the content of mails before and after redirection: It seems there is one newline and 4 spaces added in front of the body text (maybe since it's possible to enter additional text when resending?). That's mostly a decorative issue, but maybe there's a way to avoid the extra spaces, so I wanted to mention it here — and in case there isn't, that's not a problem at all.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will see what I can do, but this will be low priority.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Less than a handful of people asked for this in three years time. So, this is not something commonly request. Since synchronizing is done in the background and a background process can't have a user interface, it is complicated to implement this. So, I am sorry to say that I don't have plans to implement this.

There were several bad reviews today, again about the number of options, which is pretty frustrating, which is another reason. Just now:

(No - thank you... Visually too confusing - too many setting options that are not needed and too few that are useful...)

Your password will be safe in any case. Android encrypts everything.
[Android Apps and Games] olifee:
Thanks, sure, that's totally expected, this is a rarely used feature for most users. I'm happy it was added at all :-).
[Android Apps and Games] GreenIce:
Totally understand. Please don't get disheartened about the negative reviews, your app is a testament to the rich functionality with the added privacy that is used by many, many users. I will say this again, and again, it is one of the best, a brilliant apps that has stood the test of time since it was published 4 years ago. Kind regards,
[Android Apps and Games] gnznroses:
Feature request from a Pro member 🙃

Sometimes I want to make a backup copy of a draft email, in case I should accidentally discard it or otherwise lose it. I think back in the day when I used K-9 it had a Forward option on the draft message context menu. so I'd just hit that and then Save as a new draft. FE has Copy but you can't copy to the same folder, so I have to awkwardly copy it to another account or to my Inbox. Any way you could add some way of duplicating a draft, such as by adding Forward as an option?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You'll need to confirm discarding, so there is little chance for losing a draft message.

There is also an undo/redo and you can enable to save drafts automatically after every sentence or paragraph in the send settings. Basically, this is an auto backup.

Nobody ever asked for a backup feature like this in any case.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
@olifee regarding resending: if you wish, you can contact me for a test version.

FairCode - contact

FairEmail, NetGuard, XPrivacyLua support

contact.faircode.eu
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Version 1.1980 is available on GitHub now and via the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am wondering if anybody did understand this more or less patent claim in the changelog ;-)

This was written by somebody happy with this new feature, initially added for my own convenience only.
[Android Apps and Games] gnznroses:
Would I be wrong in guessing that the Forward option isn't in the context menu just because it's assumed it wouldn't be useful, but would function if it were included there?

It's nice to be able to make copies sometimes, as more than just a backup of the present state
[Android Apps and Games] gnznroses:
I had actually googled it to try and find the patent 😆
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you need a copy, you can always copy the text and paste it into another draft.
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
Is their a more information, guide, how to use it?

It is in perfect Patent language, which means vague enough to include everything, so you can sue anybody who breathes, 😂🤣

🙉🙈🙊
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Long press to select some text in the FairEmail editor and there will be "bracket" and "quote" in the popup menu, possibly in the overflow part (the dots).
[Android Apps and Games] topcaser:
Did I get it right that you filed a patent for this? Anyway, without that hint I did not realise this feature. I tried it and it is wonderful. Thank you for sharing and developing this. And congrats to those ideas. Marcel, when in between your supporting and developing activities do you have time for those ideas? Especially at your current private situation?

A very personal question: do you have a job as well in parallel to earn money or do you earn just through fair mail?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I didn't file a patent for this, even thought it might be possible.

I have enough time to think, for example in the car underway to the hospital.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have been working to improve searching on the device. It is possible now to use search expressions like "Hot +dog" and "Hot -dog", and searching will work for Chinese words, etc. too. Note that these search expressions were already available for searching on the server.

Test version:

https://bitbucket.org/M66B/fairemail-test/downloads/FairEmail-v1.1980b-github-cond-search-release.apk

I would like to hear if searching works okay with and without using the search index (miscellaneous settings tab page).

The search speed when not using the search index will be reduced due to extra processing. I would like to hear if the speed is still acceptable, together with roughly the number of messages stored on the device.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Version 1.1981 is available on GitHub now and via the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

Please see my previous comment about on device searching improvements.
[Android Apps and Games] Friedel25:
Hello Marcel,

When searching with German umlauts I have problems with 1.1981.

For example, I searched for "über" in a folder with 290 messages. For other words with umlauts, the result is similar.

Tablet: Samsung S5e with 1.1979

Smartphone: Samsung S10e with 1.1981

1.1979:

With index: 30 messages

Without index: 138 messages

1.1981:

With index: 2 messages

Without index: 290 messages

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Btw:

May I make a small request for a "long press" option:

When searching, it often happens that I want to modify a search or correct typos. It would be helpful if you could copy one of the 3 previous searches into the search field. For example, by pressing the corresponding button longer. It would be analogous to the arrow you click in Fx or Chrome to copy the displayed search into the search field. In my opinion, however, there is not enough space for one or more arrows. What do you think?