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[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Concerning the keyboard behaviour, fixed with the last version !

I just made a test with a gmail account, all seems to be good.

There's just one thing, the identity is set by default while I have already an identity set by default. So now I have to 2 identities set by default.

Concerning text size, can you use the height used in folder list (first line of the folder name) ?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Each account can have a primary identity, which will be selected when writing a message for that account.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
the new quick setup works fine :good:

after creating the account just empty the fields (name and e-mail address) as for the password
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

Do you think that fast config is so usefull ?

This could generate wrong setup and complains ?

You already propose templates for many providers, may be it's enough (?)

And if user want to perfectly setup the account/identity, he has to go into the advanced settings.

Another thing, configuration section becomes "heavy" with this new add.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I think the quick setup is useful because most major email providers are supported, see here for a complete list:

https://autoconfig.thunderbird.net/v1.1/
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.248

Changelog/download:

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

This version will apply the selected text size to the from and subject fields in list items too.

Thanks, donations and purchases are appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Perfection is on the way ! :D

Just a suggestion :angel:

Now there are 3 sizes. May be the small size (the height is perfect for me) could be medium size, the medium size becomes the big size.

And the new small size could be the height of previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The font sizes are the material design small, medium and large font size and this will not be changed.

The previous size of the sender (from) was the medium size, which you can select now.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Just to show you that previous small was smaller than new small.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I can't reproduce this, but with a bit of luck this will be fixed in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Nothing to fix (for me). It was just to compare old and new small sizes.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.249

Changelog/download:

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

I wish everybody a happy new year.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Happy new year Marcel ! :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
No, the small size is now as it should be.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Forget my post. You answer too fast.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.250

Changelog/download:

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

Thanks, donations and purchases are appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] wirdSchoon:
Sorry for the delay.

I think on small screens, readability will only improve if you are willing to use a different font.

Probably the Arial font, only a few pixels larger than your standard font, would be much more readable. However, there would be as many words on one line as before.

On an 8" screen your default font is almost too big, but on a 4.6" screen too small. The possibility to enlarge the font is good, but then the font is also too big on a 4.6" screen.

For example, in K9Mail you can scale the font to read the mail. There is a slider to adjust from 40 - 240 % ! If you stay at 3 levels in FairEmail, then the middle font size (e.g. Arial) should be slightly larger than now and the gradation or steps should be smaller.

For everyone something different is important when reading mail, but the actual mail text should in any case be legible on every device.

Thank you very much for your work on FairEmail and have a good new year. :good:

The standard font size is used in both screen shots.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The fonts and font sizes are material design, which is one of the specifications of FairEmail. The material design is a reference put together by experts. So, I am going to keep it as it is because this discussion will be endless anyway. Some people explicitly expressed they like the current font for example.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
But the size of the letters is the same (?)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Did you know that you can select text (or an email address) in any app on recent Android versions and let FairEmail search for it?

You'll need to set a primary account and an archive folder for this to work, so FairEmail knows where to search.

There will be 'FairEmail' in the menu with copy, cut, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] triKsa:
First of all i would say hi to all, especially to you M66B ;)

I just downloaded the app from the store and it looks very good and the usage is really clear, but at the moment i have one problem and my idea is:

Is there a chance to get a small menu where you can set global sync settings and where you can check the folders which should be synced? I've got a lot of folders and subfolders in my mail account and it would be very time consuming for it to check every single folder by itself.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will give this some thought because it is a kind of dilemma: on one hand I don't want to make it too easy to enable synchronizing a lot of folders because this can result in increased battery and network usage and can result in problems like exceeding the maximum number of connections and on the other hand some people like you might really want this. Maybe I will add a long press menu to enable default sync for a folder.

Are you sure you want to synchronize a lot of folders?
[Android Apps and Games] triKsa:
Network usage isnt my problem, i hope so :D I didn't know that it will increase my battery usage, i thought it will just connect to my account. In that case i will think about the structure of my mail account :D The idea of an extra menu where you can choose the folders which are synced would be great, though.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Synchronization requires network requests and processor time to compare things, which is done for each folder seperately because that is how the IMAP protocol works.

Normally, only some special, system folders should be synchronized. Unless you have set up filter rules on the server, new email arrives in the inbox only. You can always browse other folders to download messages on demand.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.251

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Did you know that you can long press the 'write message' icon to go to the drafts folder?
[Android Apps and Games] Droidphilev:
Hello Marcel,

I saw something was implemented regarding deleted messages. I left one account as is like yesterday. About 20 messages are still shown on my phone which were deleted before on another device. I upgraded to this new version so FE was restarted. Still the deleted messages are still shown. When does it check if these messages are gone from the server please?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
On each synchronization.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.252

Changelog/download:

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

[MENTION=803530]Droidphilev[/MENTION] synchronizing deleted messages should work properly now.
[Android Apps and Games] Droidphilev:
Installed immediately. After a while all "ghost messages" were gone from inbox. Thanks Marcel!
[Android Apps and Games] triKsa:
Thanks for your advice. I have set some filters, thats why i just wanted to sync all/some folders. I think i will remove the filters and do it manually :)

I will test the app a few days and when i'm convinced im sure i will buy the pro version and delete the K-9.

Maybe i will contribute sometime on github (yeah i know, first a mail to you).

NG

triKsa
[Android Apps and Games] davemosk:
Share

Hi and thanks for all the great work - I'm really enjoying using the app.

I'd really love to be able to "share" an email message with another app, especially Trello - that's how I organise things I need to do, like respond to important emails. It would be an excellent feature with many use cases.

Thanks so much!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You mean share the text of an email?
[Android Apps and Games] davemosk:
Yes that's right ... possibly prefix the message text with the sender, date, and subject - but just the message text would be fantastic. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Did you know there is an advanced option to mark messages read when they are moved?

Archiving and trashing is also moving.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

I make another try, may be for this new year..... :angel: :fingers-crossed:

Can you add an option to disable the pull and refresh gesture ?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Why?
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Always for the same problem with the interaction between pull and refresh and horizontal gestures.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That is either a user error or a problem in your Android version.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
I am not the only user facing this problem.

My Android is LOS 15.1, I think it's not an exotic rom.

This problem exists also with other apps and is solved when pull and refresh is disabled.

You allow this setting for horizontal gestures why not for vertical gestures.

(This is my last message concerning this problem)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will think about this, but "This problem exists also with other apps" says this is really not an app problem.

Edit: there will be a settings for this in the next version.
[Android Apps and Games] tiis:
Hey Marcel,

couldn't find any additional information about this topic:

When I paste (properly formatted) HTML code in my FairEmail's signature field within the identity options, it will not show up properly formatted:

- while composing an email in FairEmail,

- when received by Thunderbird.

HTML signatures by Thunderbird will be properly displayed in FairEmail, though.

Using FairEmail 1.252 w/ Pro features on LOS 16.

Cheers! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You can use HTML in signatures by pasting HTML formatted text in the signature field. However, not all HTML is supported. Basic things like hyperlinks, bold and italic will work.

Edit: FairEmail supports all HTML tags the Android TextView supports. See here for more information:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44410675/supported-html-tags-on-android-textview
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Sharing the sender, subject and the message text will be in the next version. HTML will be converted to text to make sharing universal.
[Android Apps and Games] tiis:
Thank you for your fast reply!

But the problem turns out like when I format the HTML signature for Android TextView my signature is not displayed as HTML in Thunderbird (like bare HTML code).

Looks more like the problem, that a "normal" HTML formatted FairEmail signature is neither displayed as HTML in FairMail nor in Thunderbird.

Whereas a "normal" HTML signature form Thunderbird is always correct (FairEmail + Thunderbird).

An Android TextView formatted HTML signature only works in FairEmail.

Maybe Thunderbird is neither capable of any HTML Email not send by Thunderbird, or FairEmail is not sending proper HTML emails, idk... :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
FairEmail will send the signature unprocessed, but the Android TextView will remove unsupported HTML elements.

Note that you should not use plain HTML tags in the signature field, but paste HTML formatted text into the signature field.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Did you know that you can long press the account name in the navigation menu to go to the inbox of that account?
[Android Apps and Games] tiis:
Ok, now I tried copy&pasting formatted text (which is displayed properly by FairEmail or Firefox for Android) into the signiture options (bold text, a mailto-link with text, and a hyperlink with text):

--> The bold text and mailto-link turns out normal: no link or boldness.

--> The hyperlink turns out

underlined

but not clickable.

Can you please give me HTML formatted text (bold, wrapped hyperlinks, etc.) which is working for you in FairEmail's signature options?

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will add an example to the FAQ later.

Edit: see here for an example:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq57
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.254

Changelog/download:

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

Thanks, donations and purchases are appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Great decision and now horizontal gestures are easily working now !

Thank you Marcel !
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Because of this commit, the next version will probably run smoother.
[Android Apps and Games] tiis:
Great, thank you very very much! My HTML signature is working now! :good: :o

Two lessons learned for me:

1) Don't use plain HTML code in FairEmails signature field.

2) Don't copy HTML formatted text with SwiftKey as it copies only unformatted text.

Cheers! And thank you for another amazing and privacy friendly android app!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.255

Changelog/download:

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

I like to know if this version improves performance (response times, etc) for you.
[Android Apps and Games] SHA_NDY:
Hey M66B,

thanks for your great work.

Max phone shows 25 percent battery drained Bank fair email without using it. Just the background check for mails causing this?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The battery usage of FairEmail should be comparable with other email apps.

Did you set one of more folders to synchronize messages for more than a few days?

See also this FAQ:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq39
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
Seems like the background jobs after an update are significantly faster done and one can use the app earlier.

Or it's just a coincidence. I don't know.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Thanks for reporting back.

I don't think this is a coincidence. I checked the source code of the ROOM persistence library and discovered that the ROOM background tasks run at normal priority. I have changed to let them run on low priority. This means the user interface isn't interrupted by these background tasks anymore.

Google's own guidelines say that all background tasks should run at a low priority, so it is surprising that database tasks by default run at normal priority.

Anyone else noticing a difference?
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Maybe smoother, but after a delete there is considerable delay before re-displaying inbox.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Delete as in permanently delete or as in move to trash?
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Sorry. Tapping Dustbin icon (moving to trash). Unified inbox with two accounts. Gmail is the provider I am talking about.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
This is not caused by the performance change.

Moves are executed by the server, so there is always a delay until the message shows up in the target folder. It would be easy to show the message in the target folder right away, but this would allow you to move the message again, which isn't possible until the message has been moved on the server.
[Android Apps and Games] SHA_NDY:
Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=7978913]fitittome[/MENTION] the next version will immediately move messages to the target folder in a special state to prevent messages actions like moving again. The message body and attachments will be moved too, which will prevent downloading these again. This will save on bandwidth and battery usage, especially if the attachments are large. Messages in this state will be shown low lighted (disabled).

BTW, I have set my trash and archive to not download message bodies / attachments to save on bandwidth and battery usage. Maybe this should be the default. Any opinions on this?
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Ah, that probably should be default. That would work for well for most, I would imagine.
[Android Apps and Games] Daaavid84:
With mailbox.org I'm able to let it automatically encrypt all incoming emails with PGP, even if they haven't been encrypted in the first place by the sender. FairEmail works fine for me in combination with OpenKeychain for regularly encrypted emails, however it does not work if the email has been encrypted afterwards, it says "Message is not encrypted". For testing reasons I installed K9 and saw that it detects even those mails and can decrypt it within the app. I know I can always open the attached "msg.asc" with OpenKeychain to read the email but that's tedious unfortunately. Is there any chance to get this to work within FairEmail as well?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.256

Changelog/download:

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

[MENTION=5689756]Daaavid84[/MENTION] can you please let me know if you can decrypt mailbox.org messages now?

There are lots of changes in this version, so thanks, donations and purchases are appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Where does one donate? It's not clearly sign-posted on Github or the Website. lol
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Via 'purchase' in the pro features menu, but this will work only if you have the GitHub version installed, else via here:

https://email.faircode.eu/pro/
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
I do have the Github version, but as I have bought the pro features this button is disabled.....

That worked (but only accessible via the URL link, if you know it).

Marcel, I think I have discovered why you are so poor! :D
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Earning money is not the primary goal. The money is mainly to motivation me to continue development which is time consuming and at times frustrating and it creates a responsibility towards the people who donated/purchased, which is for maintenance and support after the development has completed. Working on a finished app is less fun than creating a new app.
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
So as FairEmail reaches maturity... Any ideas what your next project is going to be?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
No idea yet.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You might be wondering what the open/closed email icon in the folder list means, see this FAQ for an explanation:

What does an open/closed email icon mean?
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

If possible to have an alternative to open the original message without WebView
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The only alternative would be to use Chrome Custom Tabs , but Custom Tabs do not support opening literal HTML or local HTML files.

What other solution did you have in mind?
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
A link from the original message to open it on a browser as suggested on some message
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
A link to what? Although messages are stored in files, they are not accessible to other apps. In theory the storage access framework could be used to share a privately stored file, but even Chrome doesn't understand this. So, I don't see a way to make this possible.
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

Sharing a thought.

Firstly huge thanks for continually refining the app. Truly appreciative of you despite the small user base. I haven't been following improvements except for downloading when prompted and this led me to ask this (case for new users too) - whenever you think it is close to completion, how about adding a "dismissable help" Screen which covers all those nice features including the "Do you know...." hints you have been sharing. These may be individually dismissed (say one for folders, one for composing etc), so that it is easier for folks to know the power of the app. Your app has many useful innovative features that aren't known till you really get involved and highly worth pointing out.

You can say it's all there in FAQ but you know better than me that most don't read it

If it's too much work it's upto you but I would and so would others I think like to see this

Edit : A refined version of something like this that highlights the special features. Ugh.. Can't upload pic
[Android Apps and Games] Daaavid84:
Thank you for your effort, but no, unfortunately it's still not working.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That is disappointing. Can you please contact me to send an example message? Long press 'Support' to get my email address.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Did you know that FairEmail has a tablet mode? Rotate your device in landscape mode and conversation threads will be opened in a second column if there is enough screen space.
[Android Apps and Games] vladsol:
Is it possible to make FairEmail to show next email instead of email list right after removing or (archiving or moving) the currently shown one?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Disable auto close (which is enabled by default) and enable the conversation action bar (which is enabled by default) and you can delete a message and navigate to the previous or next message with the action bar at the bottom. You can find both settings in the advanced options.
[Android Apps and Games] vladsol:
I mean not next email in thread, but next one in the folder

Let say, when I remove the last email in the conversation the next email is appeared on the screen, but not the blank screen.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you are searching for an automatic next, this is not a feature of FairEmail.

You can go forward or back using the navigation bar at the bottom.
[Android Apps and Games] vladsol:
Feature request?

Actually it's only missing feature, which prevent me to switch from k9-mail
[Android Apps and Games] Droidphilev:
Hi,

Would this be possible?

Now i long press a message and press all messages one by one to select them to move/trash them. It would nice to have:

-long press msg A

-long press msg M

> all messages between A and M are also selected.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am not a fan of automatically going to the next message (which one is that? an older or a newer message?), but I will give this some thought.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please see here how this works:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq55
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have collected all 'did you know ...' in this FAQ. Maybe I will add these hints to a future version of FairEmail.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.257 1.258

Changelog/download:

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

This version adds a new, nice feature: displaying image attachments below the message text.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
we must also add

- long press on About to see log

- long press on Setup to restart synchronization

we must add in the legend
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
No, these features are not for general use.

Yes, they should.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
I use Bromite and I deleted WebView

(in my case impossible to see the original message)

in some messages I have the option to view the original message by clicking on an embed link in the message to open it on a browser
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Then you're out of luck.
[Android Apps and Games] tbv2005:
Wow, thanks for (finally) implementing!!! Highly appreciated, was the last feature I missed a bit compared to my former mail client!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released beta

stable

version 1.259 1.262

Changelog/download:

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

You are advised to update to this release.