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[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Thanks a ton. One thing still not clear

From FAQ "Messages will be searched for on the device first. There will be an action button with a search again icon at the bottom to continue searching on the server. You can select in which folder to continue the search."

So, I searched in unified inbox for xXx and on device results show up. But I don't see the" action button,,, to continue searching on server ". When I select G mail it shows the folders but not the search on server action button. Am I doing it wrong?

Edit : I didn't see this on previous and latest version too
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
Why does a 'Reply to all' from the yellow reply button on a gmail message include me as cc? I seldom respond to messages in that account, so I've never noticed before. Is it a setting somewhere?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
FairEmail will not reply to yourself, which is based on the identities configured.

So, please check if the address is defined as identity for the account.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
You can't select GMAIL without clicking on the action button to search on server before.

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One of my four accounts (arcor.de) shows various synchronization processes in FE, involving all folders of this account - the other three accounts don't (although they are synchronized continuously). Is there any way to restrict or prevent these ongoing processes at arcor.de?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
What do you mean by 'various synchronization (ongoing) processes' ?

If you mean the 'monitoring' status bar notification, please see here:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq2
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
Ah, that must be the issue. I've registered the gmail account as first.last@gmail.com, and gmail considers that to be equal to firstlast@gmail.com (without the dot between the names - actually, I can even login to the account with both aliases). FairEmail does not, so I will have to setup two separate accounts. Unless you want to make a fix for that in a next release, of course ;)
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
See screenshot as exampel.
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Thanks

OK, so it means to search on device use unified inbox and to search on server use the appropriate folder in Gmail... Correct?

Edit - yes correct
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will see if I can improve this.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
As long as all the operations are being executed, everything is okay.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Sure, but still I would be interested to know why it is exactly this one account that has these ongoing processes - and not the others.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
A fetch operation is done when a messages was changed, for example when it was marked read.

Please see here for a list of possible operations:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq3
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
I don't change any mail on the Arcor server, but if I deactivate my move rule in Arcor junk, these running operations disappear as well.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
A move will result in fetch operations too, both on the message in the source folder and the message in the target folder.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
What do you have to set if a rule should be executed EVERY night (where normally the synchronization of the account is actually completely disabled)?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Filter rules (which I am assuming you mean) are executed on arrival of new messages in a folder.

If you want as time condition "at night" you'll have to create a similar rule for each day.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1090 Aorun

Changelog/dowload:

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

This version adds a search dialog which will be used instead of the search field in the top action bar. This provides more possibilities like searching for texts in unread messages.

The search index does not allow searching for texts in specific fields, but you can select to search on specific fields on a case by case basis anyway, which will use the slower file search as a fallback.

I am especially interested if the server search still works for all providers because the search commands were changed to implement the new combinations.

Thanks [MENTION=2178960]pulser_g2[/MENTION] for testing!

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] chanh2018:
Can't keep up with your releases....... :)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That's your problem ;)
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
?? Confirm server search works for Gmail and Yahoo

Thanks [MENTION=2178960]pulser_g2[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Thanks for reporting this!

I like to see more reports because in the past some servers appeared to not to follow the standards and I like to make sure the changes are not causing new troubles.
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
It is causing trouble for me... Discovered I have mails on server that I thought I deleted:silly:
[Android Apps and Games] wimstefan:
In the short test I've executed searching on XS4ALL servers works so far ...
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] , confirm server search for aol.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] loyl1:
Partially working for GAPS for business (Google)

When searching for an email address, I'm missing many emails (all options checked except use index).

Same issue when searching text body (all options checked except use index)
[Android Apps and Games] crypta:
Search dialog search is hidden by screen keyboard. Buttons on top would improve it IMHO
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
The German translation in brackets for the last three search options is truncated on the right side of the dialog, so that instead of '(nur auf dem Gerät)' only '(nur auf der Gerät)' can be read.

On this occasion: Could you possibly prevent the longer text with a wrap by not repeating this restriction three times after the property, but instead - since the dialog has to be scrolled anyway - insert a subheading, for example that the following properties can only be checked for mails on the device?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Is this when searching on the device or on the server?

In which field (from, to, cc, subject, text) should the email address be found?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Dialogs cannot have buttons on the top and in this case this is not really needed because 'enter' will do the same as 'ok' and 'back' the same as 'cancel'.
[Android Apps and Games] loyl1:
Server, and I had all search fields checked. I was searching on an email address ***@***.com
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
What I like to know is in which field the search term is contained.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1091 Aorun

Changelog/dowload:

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

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Widget

I noticed some good design improvements to the widget last week. Could I request one little tweak? When there are zero new messages, would it be possible to just display the envelope. It's just that the red zero always draws attention, when attention is only really required for 1 or greater. :)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If others agree to this, I will change this as requested.
[Android Apps and Games] loyl1:
The problem occurs when the senders, recipients, subject, keywords, in message text, and Unread fields are selected on server search. The search string I'm using is an email address.

If I only select senders and recipients the server search works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
So, this looks like a server problem.

Can you please try with of the search fields are causing the problem? Start with searching in all fields, except keywords.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1092 Aorun

Changelog/dowload:

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

This version adds (optionally) searching messages before and/or after a specified date.

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
The new search dialog looks very good and the text is no longer cut off.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1093 1.1094 Aorun

Changelog/dowload:

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

This version improves the new layout of the new messages count widget.

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1093 Aorun

Changelog/dowload:

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

This version improves the new layout of the new messages count widget.

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I like to know if the new message count widget with the new layout looks good on smaller screens with the latest version.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Fwiw, I never use the FairEmail widgets.

The message list widget is far to large for a 5" screen (and/or too small for actual reading). As for the smaller message count widget, I find it is simpler to just use the app shortcut itself.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
On my 6,29 " display - o.k. so it probably does not belong to the smaller ones ;) - the new widget looks very good (see screenshot).
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Everyone's needs are of course different so I'm not arguing.

You are (I think) using multiple email 'count' 1 x 1 widgets, presumably one for each email account, each of which seem to show you have 2 new emails. For me, a single tap on the app shortcut opens my unified inbox where I find all my new emails. I also have notifications selected to show for specific accounts. I believe the mail counter can also appear on the main app shortcut though I have that option disabled on my phone.

Just a different approach. That's what's great about FairEmail. It can be customized to work the way you want it to. ?
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
No, the right one is the old design, the left one is the new design. Both are also linked to my unified inbox.
[Android Apps and Games] Shakidor:
Me neither. In fact, I don't believe I've ever seen one.

Are they installed separately or simply activated via the settings?
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
How do you put widgets on your home screen in your Android version? Here, I have to press and hold a home screen, then select widget and then push and hold the widget of the desired program to a free space of the homescreen.
[Android Apps and Games] Shakidor:
OK, I remember now. I hadn't done that for a couple of years, since shortly after I got my first (and current) Android phone.
[Android Apps and Games] 白い熊:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] how about mailbox import/export through mbox format?

I realize this might be off the point — but I follow some classical mailing lists — they all enable archive downloads in mbox format. I was thinking it'd be handy to import them to a local non-synced directory.

It would then facilitate searching, browsing etc.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I don't think an email client should import/export mbox files because an email client is not for making backups. Moreover, FairEmail does not download full raw messages to save on battery, storage and data usage, so exporting is not possible anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=4237286]白い熊[/MENTION] if you want to restore an mbox file via IMAP, this might be a solution:

https://github.com/rgladwell/imap-upload
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
That's the only way AFAIK
[Android Apps and Games] 白い熊:
OK — I'll try it… :@)
[Android Apps and Games] crypta:
I used thunderbird to copy between different accounts. Worked better than other options I tried before.

I know, nothing to do with mbox, but was great for moving accounts.
[Android Apps and Games] IganSchacht:
From the FAQ

Is there a way to make dark background and light text while preserving the original message (no plain text) while in dark mode? I usually receive mails with tables and images and they get broken up when viewed in the default format, but enabling the defaut mode burns my eyes.

Can something be done? So far, it's the best app I've tried and I'm about to ditch other mail apps.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Unfortunately, this is not possible, which is also what the FAQ says.

Some apps reverse the background, but besides that this is not supported by all Android versions, it has appeared to often lead to crashes when the device has not enough graphics memory.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1095 Aorun.

Changelog/download:

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

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark_Eyes_:
HI [MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION], I was working on my own code for a few days so I haven't merge you upstream commits and WOW, I must say I really like the new search dialog. Very nice and much more powerful. Broke a lot of my own commits but I'm all caught up now lol. Keep up the good work. I'll be sending you a small donation soon!

A little off topic but I trust your opinion on security and I think it might benefit others. Lately I've been activating 2fa on most of my accounts. I used Google Authenticator but recently stumble upon Authy. Now, Authy has the advantage of being exportable to other devices, which might be a security risk at the same time. What do you think of Authy (and 2fa for that matter)? Am I better off using Google Authenticator and NEVER lose my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

Please explain how this is supposed to work?

"Displaying favorite answers in reply menu"
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Code contributions when useful to others are always welcome, but please contact me first to discuss about inclusion.

You shouldn't rely on exporting 2FA configurations, but on a backup login or backup codes. Also, my recommendation is to use an open source solution for 2FA codes.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you check 'favorite' in the answer definition, the answer will be shown in the popup menu when tapping on the answer button.

This will save you a tap for frequently used answers.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
What is the difference between "wikipediа.org" and "wikipedia.org" ?

If you can't see any difference, you are not the only one, see here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack

The next version of FairEmail will show Punycode when this happens.
[Android Apps and Games] TiTiB:
Il1

If you don't see a *very* obvious difference between the three characters above, you might want consider using a different font on your device. One of my peaves is fonts that don't have a 'foot' on the lower-case letter L.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
On Android it looks exactly the same, but you are right that depending on the device/font it might look different.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
That is why you should use monospaced fonts. With these you can see three clearly different characters even under Android.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Personally, I like mono spaced fonts, likely because development tools use mono spaced fonts too ;)

However, most people do not like mono spaced fonts.

Moreover, mono spaced fonts take a lot more space, which is not a good idea on a smaller device.
[Android Apps and Games] avalx:
I've recently switched from K-9 to FairEmail (donate version) and I'm not going back - really, IMHO one of the best Android programs ever! :D Keep on with this great work. :good:

As I'm still learning about all the possibilities of FairEmail I have a couple of questions (I couldn't find answers elsewhere):

1. Is there a way to change the number of days to synchronize messages and the number of days to keep messages globally for all accounts or all folders for only a specific account?

2. I've installed FairEmail to two devices (might be 3 in near future) and would like to keep all the settings on both devices the same. So I set everything on one device and did the Export Settings. Then I did the Import Settings on the other device and suddenly I've got all the accounts duplicated. Is this how this Export/Import works or is there a way to only export/import the settings but not the accounts? Or maybe just overwrite everything including the accounts settings?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
In the three-dots menu of the folder list you'll find an apply-to-all, which you can use to change the number of days to synchronize and keep messages for for all user folders.

Import settings will add, not replace, accounts and identities. This is by design and there is also a note about this on importing. You can delete an account/identity via the three-dots menu after opening it.
[Android Apps and Games] avalx:
OK, I'll check this out.
[Android Apps and Games] TiTiB:
Apologies for continuation of this OT subject, but imo it is important, from a security viewpoint.

Or any 'good' font that has clear distinctions between characters.? My current device—the first of five on which I didn't have to change the system font from stupid Google whatever (probably Roboto)—I have the Samsung OneUI font. I prefer a narrow font, and ofc require distinct characters, so, in the past have variously used:

Sentico Sans DT Condensed

Ubuntu Condensed

Fira Condensed

Exo2 Condensed

...all available for free.

A hand-written font I created using a now defunct Android app
[Android Apps and Games] ae00711:
Hello! Purchased FairEmail not too long ago, enjoy it for the most part!

I have two n00b problems, both are settings related, I'm sure the app can do it, but I don't quite understand which it is that I need to dial in to do the following:

1) I would like FE to check for emails in the background and receive notifications for new emails. I currently have to manually go into the app, and manually sync the various inboxes

2) I have one account, which I then select. Once in the account folder view, the top 5 folders get auto-sync'd, the remaining 5 do not. The top 5 are of least importance, the lower remaining 5 are the inboxes I need to have sync'd often.

please help? cheers
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please make sure always receiving is enabled in the receive settings tab and that you disabled battery optimizations in setup step 4.

You can long press a folder to enable/disable synchronization for the folder. Please be aware that most providers have a maximum number of folders that can be synchronized at the same time.
[Android Apps and Games] heisert:
How sneaky and malicious :eek: grrr ?
[Android Apps and Games] francwalter:
One question about size:

I am coming from k9mail, I try it on my Xiaomi Mi A1 (Android 9) at the moment and I think about installing it on my Chuwi tablet too.

But i noticed that FairEmail uses in default settings a lot of MB, about 120 mb at the moment, with 4 accounts (noticed that a titanium backup was that size).

I guess this is related on how many old mails are downloaded in each account (default is 90 days, if i am right).

On the ChuWi tablet I have very few memory and so I need to keep it real small. 100+ mb is to much.

How can I configure FairEmail that it doesn't download any mail body, only the headers and on the fly the body, when I want to open the email?

This possible?

Thank. Frank
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1096 Aorun

Changelog/download:

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

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
120 MB RAM is not much and it doesn't depend on the number of accounts or messages.

If you want a similar memory footprint as K9 mail, you'll need to configure FairEmail in a similar way. This means you'll need to switch the periodically checking for new messages every 15-30 minutes in the receive settings (K9 mail does not support push messages anymore).

Related FAQ:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq39
[Android Apps and Games] francwalter:
No, not RAM, the internal memory (internal sdcard) is so small, only in total 8GB, which is mostly taken already.

How can I configure FairEmail that it uses only a small amount of ROM?

Possible to download always only the headers and the body only when needed?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You'll want to limit the number of days messages will be synchronized and kept for.

You can long press a folder in the folder list and select 'Edit properties' to change these values.

Downloading headers and small messages only is possible on metered connections only (see the connection settings).

Normally, messages are downloaded to be read ...
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Sorry for not understanding, but how do I access the answer definition? I cannot find it in the settings and it does not appear in my reply menu.

(If I don't ask, I'll never know....)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Via 'templates' in the navigation menu.
[Android Apps and Games] maybeme2:
Aha! I've used templates for a long time. They are one of the most useful things in FairEmail. I use them all the time.

What confused me was your using a different terminology 'answer definition'. There was no menu item called 'answer definition' that appears when tapping the answer arrow. So I thought 'answer definition' was something new, different from templates.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
In the source code templates are called answers, so you can blame me for being unclear if you wish.

I hope you'll find this a useful addition though. At least for me it is.
[Android Apps and Games] francwalter:
Disabling "Use metered connections" under Connection in Settings and "Automatically download messages and attachments on a metered connection up to 16KB" (only) didn't help. Mails (full body obviously) were downloaded more and more, the data with app grew over 80 MB when I stopped this by uninstall.

In comparison: k9 uses only 40 mb
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
These settings are meant to reduce data usage on metered (paid) internet connections, not to reduce storage space usage.

The storage space used is just to store the messages, so this should be comparable with other apps. In fact it will be less because FairEmail does not store the raw message files, but only the information really needed.

Edit: what you likely want is long press the folder(s) in the folder list, select 'Edit properties' and disable 'Automatically download message texts and attachments'.
[Android Apps and Games] francwalter:
Oh, oh. I understand. This means I have to edit about 50 folders, because I have 5 accounts and each around 10 folders :(

Could you put on the Feature Request List (if exists) this global option, to "Globally disable download of message text and attachments"? Could be near the Connection tab, where I would search for something like that (to save download data etc.).

Thanks for the fast support anyway!!!

frank
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
In the three-dots menu of the folder list you'll find an apply-to-all for this.
[Android Apps and Games] avalx:
I tried this but it does not change the settings for all folders as I was expecting. For example for Google the changes are not applied to Inbox but only to subfolders. I see that it says that this will apply to "User folders only" but I'm not sure about which folders this definition applies to? Not only for Gmail but for my other IMAP accents as well. :confused: Are those only the folders that I manually created in my folder hierarchy?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
User folders are all folders, except the system folders, like the inbox, trash folder, drafts folder, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1097 1.1098 1.1099 Balaur

Changelog/download:

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

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Screenshot?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Aligning the preview text with the sender/subject would result in less space being available for the preview, which is not a good idea IMHO.