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[Android Apps and Games] redhonker:
Blue Mail can control the polling frequency. However, the problem is it does not tell you there is no push and use polling without ever telling you. The worse part appears to be with outlook mail as it does not support push there either.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] , could you tell me the attachment size limit with FairEmail?

i searched but was unable to find.

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
FairEmail does not have a practical attachment size limit (as much as there is device storage), but your provider might have. This means your provider might reject a too large message. Unfortunately, there is no way for FairEmail to query what this provider limit is.

The rejected message will stay in the outbox with an error message. You can either delete the message from the outbox or move it back to the drafts folder.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Hi,

I'm currently testing FairEmail as I'm looking to switch out of K9-mail. Congrats for the app. I've just bought the pro version.

I have a few questions:

(1) Yahoo (yes, I know I should switch away from this s**t) - I understand we can't have push, but FE still manages to collect my yahoo emails without me having to manually force sync, which is great! I'm wondering how you implement this? I guess FE does a sync every x minutes... If this is the case, is there a way to set up the sync interval (for yahoo only), as for my Yahoo account, I only need sync every 3 hours or so?

(2) In K9 mail, there is an option to highlight the sender with a different color for emails sent from senders that are in the contact list. I don't think FE include such feature. Could you implement this? This is very useful especially, for email accounts full of spam/newsletters. It would be great if you could add this with either a color picker or with the color chosen for the account.

(3) Can you add an option to not show the account name/folder? With multiple accounts and a different color for each account, I don't feel a need for this (which is taking useless space).

(4) I find the round email icon size way too small compared to the text size. Could you add an option to set the icon size separately from the text size?

(5) The email icons with the letter inside are great (when there is no contact picture), but could you add a color picker, or an option for some different color range, for the icon colors? Or increase the size of the icon a bit so that the white border/space is more narrow (especially for smaller text).

(6) I would love to be able to fully customize the theme to my liking. I understand this can't be a priority, but it would be great if users could create themes (that eventually we could share).

Keep the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Thanks for supporting this huge project!

Yes, you can: Setup > Step 1 > Manage > Open account > Advanced settings > Poll interval

There is already a setting for that: Setup > Display settings >Highlight unread messages

You can switch to the compact view in the top action/menu the have a three line message header view without account/folder name.

In the normal view the icon height is the same as the height of the three lines.

In the compact view the icon is on the same line as the sender, which is to keep space for the subject.

So, the icon size cannot be changed in the normal view without changing the size of the message header and changing the icon size in the compact size would not only result in an unbalanced view, but also the compact view would not be compact anymore.

I will consider to change the icon in the compact view to two lines, but I first like to hear opinions about this.

If you want a specific icon for a contact, you should select a specific icon for the contact, else it will be a generated icon. I don't think it is a good idea to make the generated icon customizable on a per case basis.

Android does not support custom custom themes, all themes need to be fixed for performance reasons. The only way around this is to set the size, color, shape, etc for each element on the screen, which is not a good idea for a number of reasons of which maintenance is an important one.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
Please don't. As you say, now it leaves more space for the subject.

Why is the compact view toggle in the three dot menu instead of in the Display settings? I don't think many people change views regularly (now it took me 5 minutes to find it there :o).
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Agree, please don't. As you say, now it leaves more space for the subject. I use the compact view with text size (Tt on the 3 dot menu) toggled to smallest. Works fine for me.

No strong opinion on the compact toggle location but suggest it should be in both locations.
[Android Apps and Games] gc01:
I am for this - actually I am strongly in favor of this - here's why.

I see a clear benefit - having the icon occupy 2 lines means the icon becomes a better visual separator for each email - as it is now the icon occupies 1/2 height per email - so visually this would remove the 'staircase' visual of current approach. Having the subject text be exactly aligned with the sender text would present a much superior visual in the conversation index.

Currently if you view a single conversation - you can see already how having the sender and subject texts be aligned is superior and looks just much tidier.

One question is where to put the reply/forward arrow in conversation index; replay/ sent arrow in individual conversation index.

My guess is same as now - i.e. shift subject over and insert the reply icon in front - there may be other approaches.

I would also recommend that the arrow icons for reply/forward/sent - should be different color than the subject text - to make them more distinct from subject.

Another approach would be to put the arrow icons on the right end instead of the left - this has the benefit of generally making them more distinct without disturbing the left aligned text - this would be my preference.

On right - all the way to the right with right side of icon just below and 1 em space left of the time on line above

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i realize this is a loss of a few characters in return for a cleaner tidier visual - that is actually easier to read as no horizontal eye movement needed to view sender and subject.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
And I agree to this.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
In my case, almost always this space is used already by reply or attachment icons. These are perfectly placed there.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Can you please post a screenshot?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
See attachment
[Android Apps and Games] famusc:
Hi,

Was double tap to mark read/unread removed in last build?

It doesn't work and can't find option anymore in settings.

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] kr428:
Hi there; with having my accounts configured to continuously check for new mail, I actually now get notifications for *each* new message that arrives. Some of my accounts are rather "heavy use", so at times I get, like, ten to twenty notifications in very short frequency. Is there some way to limit that to, say, one notification per account displaying all new messages that have arrived? Can this be configured?

TIA,

Kristian
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I think there is enough room to display the icon on two lines.
[Android Apps and Games] albirs:
its still listed under Main and Pro features: https://email.faircode.eu/
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
I think I lover the current display (and it would conflict with the compactness of the compact view) :D

Eternal debate about taste. I'll probably turn off the icons in Settings.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I can find only one link to this website in the source code. What is 'main' ?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That was my first thought too, but [MENTION=10036357]gc01[/MENTION] has a good point and looking at how it actually looks, I think he is right. Moreover, it is also more consistent with the normal view layout.

So, let me know what you think about how it looks in the next beta release.
[Android Apps and Games] albirs:
on this website: https://email.faircode.eu/

The feature "- Encryption/decryption (OpenPGP)" is listed under the listing "Main features" and "Pro features"

so its may be little confusing ... it's "PRO" or "MAIN" feature or its both :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Okay, I understand now and it has been fixed.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Yes. If you select the option to move to the top of the message list when new messages are received, then double tap won't work anymore.

I think both options are useful and important to have but Marcel has decided they should not coexist. Now we have to decide which option we want. We cannot have both. I wish he would restore things the way they were.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Does not make much difference in the compact view.
[Android Apps and Games] gc01:
Is there a way to turn off the 'help improve FairEmail' popup at bottom... its a bit distracting and i kind of don't need a reminder to help :D
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Just check 'Don't ask again'.

Note that in previous versions you needed to 'Cancel' the dialog to save this, but in recent versions it is enough to just set a check mark.

Error reporting has enabled me to fix lots of otherwise hard to discover bugs, so consider to enable error reporting.

Please see here about all the details of error reporting:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq104
[Android Apps and Games] gc01:
Hah - I haven't touched the 'info' button on that popup in a while - thanks that worked a treat!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.737

Changelog/download:

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

Please report any problem you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
So you left the icon itself the same size, but moved it down a bit. To be honest, I do not like it this way. The previous view was nice and straight, now it looks a bit messy.

With round icons it looks a bit better, but check for yourself, with square icons everything seems out of line. Or like I said: messy.
[Android Apps and Games] famusc:
Really can't see the connection between these 2 options and why one should exclude the other. I hope this will be reconsidered in future builds: it was working flawlessly till yesterday.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Hello,

Thank you for your answers.

A few remarks from my side, though:

* To my second point, I beleive you didn't understand my request. I was not asking for highlight of unread messages, which I know is there.

I would like message received from a sender belonging to my contact list to be highlighted with a different colo

r (whether the message is read or unread). When you have like 20% of your messages that are sent from your contacts (such as family, friend, etc) and 80% from newsletters, junk, amazon, etc, it is easier to quickly recognize the most important messages (from your contacts) if they are highlighted in a different color. This is a feature in K9-mail that I'm missing.

* On my 3rd point, I was not looking for a specific icon for a contact or customization on a per case basis. I really like the way you have implemented automatic icons. I was just trying to say that I would like to be be able to pick a different color range than the one by default, which is sort of greyish to brownish, which I find a bit dull.

* On my other comments, I don't like and don't use the compact view, which I find too stuffy, but that's a matter of taste. So my remark regarding the icon being too small was for the "normal view".

Here are two screenshots of the FE screen on my phone. The first one is the normal view with icons that I find a bit too small. The second one is the same screenshot tweaked by me with bigger icons. IMHO there is enough blank space around the small icons to have them bigger. What do you think ?

* Lastly, what about the date being aligned on the right of the screen (aligned with the stars) ? It would leave a bit more room for the sender
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Totally agree.
[Android Apps and Games] HsHTCsen:
Hi, how do i set my inbox to hold 3 months of emails? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Sid32:
Folder view, long press on inbox, edit properties.
[Android Apps and Games] dnsroot:
Empty Spam

The latest version has an option to empty spam folders quickly. How do I do this? I found no such setting or option. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will see if I can make scroll to top and double tap to mark unread work together.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The next version will have a little bit larger icon: 2 lines high instead of 1.5

Please let me know if that is better.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The latest version allows you to create a rule with the condition 'Sender is contact' and the action 'Add star' with a color. Would that we usable for you?

The dull colors were caused by a bug and this will be solved in the next release.

Please let me know what you think about the compact view in the next release.

This was the case in some version, but most people didn't like this.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There are two ways:

Long press the spam folder in the folder list and select 'Empty spam'

Open the spam folder and use the three-dots menu item 'Empty spam' (top right)

Note that this will permanently (=irreversibly) delete all messages in the spam folder.
[Android Apps and Games] YurkshireLad:
Fair Email asks to delete two emails when I want to delete an open message

If I'm reading an email and I tap delete, Fair Email pops up the confirmation message, asking if I want to delete two messages. There is only message in this conversation, well, there is no conversation, just an individual email. Does anyone else see this? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
This concerns likely a Gmail account. There is always another message in the archive folder. The next version will be more clear about this.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.738

Changelog/download:

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

There are quite some changes and additions.

Please let me know if this is for the better or the worse.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
If you can line up the top of the icon with the top of the (capital) letters of the email address next to it, then it is a lot better. (Currently, the top of the icon seems to be placed a fraction lower than the top of the kind next to it.)

That said, I still prefer the orginal one line icon :o
[Android Apps and Games] gc01:
Once you release a play store version, I'll check it out as well.

Thanks Marcel.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The icon is anchored to the top of the sender name and bottom of the subject and its height is set to twice the current text size.

This will be changed in the next version to the sum of the text size of the sender name and subject. This might appear to be the same, but in fact isn't because the text size of the sender name of unread messages increased by 10%. This will have as effect that the icon will be slightly bigger for unread messages too, which actually looks quite good.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
Love the send dialog the way it looks now! Perfect!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=4356248]heinhuiz[/MENTION] since there was a bug to fix, the just released

beta

version 1.739 has the above described changed.
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
It is better again indeed, but l'll convert to the round icons, since those give the most balanced view.

Thanks for your patience.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am considering to add an option to distinguish messages of known and unknown contacts.

There are two possible solutions for this:

Mark known contacts

Mark unknown contacts

I like to hear opinions about which solution is the best one and how to mark known/unknown contacts (color, icon, etc).

There is already highlighting of new messages, so this needs to be taken into account.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
This is the compact view.

Too much unnecessary white space under the address line.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have checked, but there is no spacing between the subject and the preview in the compact view, so this is just how fonts are displayed (on your device).
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] Thank you for your responsiveness to user remarks and requests (which are sometime divergent!)

Just started to test v1.739

To me the new size of round icons in compact view is just perfect.

But what happen to the icon size of round icons in normal view? They are now microscopic! :eek:

Did you do this on purpose? I was more expecting the same relative increase as for the compact view...
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Thanks. No problem. I can live with it.

Just feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Are you sure?

2 white space lines.

Just fyi
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
here's another.

Please delete everything. Email adress missed.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
This is a bug and I will fix it ASAP.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am sure, but be aware that the first and second line are set to a minimum height so that it messages look the same whether there are icons (like folder type) displayed or not, which can explain a little with space.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Of course, I love the idea ;)

And my favorite way to show known contact is by highlightening the sender with a different color. Of course this would not work with the highlight unread option, but personnally I don't mind chosing one of these option (to me bold sender is enough to highlight unread).

I can't find this option in 1.739 (or this rule creation). However, I'm not too fond of marking known contacts with the star, as it seems that stars are really to deal with very important emails requiring an action from me.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.740

Changelog/download:

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

This version fixed the icon size in the normal view.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I would prefer a solution that would work with highlighted unread messages and colored stars too. Maybe there can be done something with the icon? For example dimmed icons for unknown contacts.

You can long press a folder in the folder list to go to 'Edit rules' for the folder. Related FAQ:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq71
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Thanks.

Now have you considered increasing the icon size in normal view (to much blank space around the icon) like you did for compact?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
I like this idea.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I did and I tried, but increasing the size will also increase the width of the icon, leaving too little space for the rest. Also, this will look quite unbalanced.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Did you see the mock screen I posted a couple of page back. I built it with Photoshop using larger icons without touching the text parts ?
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
first impression : v.1.740 running dang good from here. ty [MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]. one of the most dedicated and present developers i've ever seen.:cowboy:

err on the side of kindness
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Yes, I have seen it.

The icons in the normal view have the same padding left and right as anywhere in the normal view, like for example between the lines. Changing this would result in an unbalance. Making the icon larger will leave too little room for the text. This is also why the icon size is programmatically limited. The icon is anchored on the top of the first line and the bottom of the last line above the preview. Letting it grow to this size would also increase the width, which is simply too much.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Maybe you want to send a tip for an article to the XDA portal editors ;)
[Android Apps and Games] jerun:
Orange accent colour and font sizes

I like to donate, so I can have the full version. Only problem I have is that I can't find a way to change the colour of the orange accent colour (I'm using the dark theme, but dislike the orange colour) and the font sizes for things like subject, from, to, etc.

Did I miss something, is this only in the pro version or must I request this as feature requests?

Thanks,

Jeroen
[Android Apps and Games] ammarr:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] the newest release is fantastic. Wearable actions work perfectly. Thanks for adding this in. The improvements to layout are also appreciated. The only thing I can think of now is that there is no message body in the notifications. Does your mi band show message body or no?
[Android Apps and Games] cobben:
The setting "show round icons" no longer has any effect.

It works in the latest stable.
[Android Apps and Games] gc01:
My view - much better to highlight known contacts. No point in bringing attention to the unknown ones as there is now view if they are good or bad or neutral unknowns.

Contacts are by definition known - therefore any mark should mark the known contacts.

To mark a contact I suggest placing a border around the icon keeping the overall size same as without border - my choice would just be overlay a border over the icon.

I would think this is unnecessary for contacts with pics - since a pic already shows the individual in the contact list.

Also I would suggest not dimming - this detracts rather than highlights. Hence a border around the icon for those contacts without a picture. Though perhaps, consistency may suggest border around all??
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you don't like orange, try the grey theme (display settings).

You can set the font size in the top action bar/menu.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
My Mi band 3 does not show actions because it is not capable of this. The message preview is in the notification (assuming you have enabled this), so it is up to GadgetBridge to send this. I don't see it on my wearable and I will see if something can be done about this.

Which wearable do you use?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have round icons, so it works for me.

What was changed is that identicons are always square, not only because they are supposed to be square, but also to avoid obscene figures.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
Thank you for the detailed explanation.

I thought you could reduce the padding for the icon only, so you could increase the icon without affecting the text part
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Hello Marcel,

I'm running the 1.740 version (latest) and it seems that the option "Automatically mark messages read on moving messages" doesn't work anymore.

Can you please have a look?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Works fine for me.

Were the messages moved with a rule or manually?
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Manually from a notification action (Archive) or from the main screen with a right swipe.

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In the mean time, I've tried on several messages, and it works!

I don't understand why I've a problem on a message.

It used to work until now.

Maybe you should not give too much time to this issue.
[Android Apps and Games] BackToAndroid:
Is there any way to block a sender or domain completely?

Also, my rules aren't getting triggered, when I select check it shows relevant emails but wont move to trash folder or mark as read. Btw where can I see my set of rules configured?