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[Android Apps and Games] Daaavid84:
Thank you very much for implementing that so quickly!

Excuse me for having overseen this. Then I'm just going to have to live with it.

I see you already have made up your mind about that without me having to convince you :). Thank you for that as well!

Sometimes I just want to open a link one-off and close it pretty much directly, on the other hand sometimes I open links for them to stay in a tab for later use, which is not really possible with custom tabs and therefore causes a detour for me.

Excuse me for apparently having overseen this as well.

A design impulse on my side would be about the action bar respectively about the buttons at the bottom. When I scroll down within a mail I can't see the big action bar at the top anymore and can only use the buttons on the bottom which I find rather small. Plus when I am at the top of the mail and can see both, "Trash" and "Archive" are there effectively twice which I find futile. Currently I can only disable the action bar at the bottom. Would you consider making the action bar stick at the top when I scroll down or add the option to increase the size of the buttons at the bottom and add the option to change the functions which are displayed at the bottom?

Further welcomed changes/feature requests that came to mind would be:

1. Being able to sort the mails by time and by the name of the sender both ascendingly and descendingly.

2. When I select one or multiple mails in my inbox maybe show a toolbar with frequent functions like move/delete in addition to the "3-dot-menu".

3. Being able to permanently collapse/expand the list of attachements in all mails.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The bottom bar has been discussed already several times and most people want it small or gone.

The message button bar and the bottom button bar are different. The first works on the message and the latter on the conversation. For this reason the message button bar cannot be stick at the top.

Sort: I will see what I can do.

Frequent actions: there is not enough room on small screens / landscape.

Collapse attachments: since the message view can be scrolled this isn't very useful and would only complicate things.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.241

Changelog/download:

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

Thanks, donations and purchases are appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
Hello Marcel,

I followed your advice and I installed the latest version

and I had a surprise:

Moved browse on server setting to account settings

thank you for changing your mind :good:

now there is a problem with the Gmail account

I rename all the names of the Gmail account folders to remove "[Gmail] /"

before the folder names except that at each new syncronization the prefix "[Gmail] /"

always returns but only for folders:

Drafts and Trash

about the problem (which I noticed by switching directly from version 1.230 to version 1.236)

the message view became too small with the compact display

I found a temporary solution by forcing the display of the font in bold mode with the Fonter app
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please read this FAQ about namespace prefixes:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq54

The compact view always had a small font for the subject, but the sender is now small too because it can be a long text too and also to have a more balance layout. I have no plans to change this. You can use the normal view for larger fonts and more padding.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
sorry I did not see thanks :good:

I use an account only for receiving messages but I still have the connected icon display before the outbox folder even if I do not have an identity with this account is normal?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There is just one outbox for all accounts, although that might look differently.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.242

Changelog/download:

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

This version fixes all reported bugs. You are advised to update to this version, which will be available in the Play store after Google's approval.

Edit: unfortunately, this version introduces a bug as well: in the identity setting the account names are not shown anymore. I will fix this tomorrow.
[Android Apps and Games] Abednego:
Hi everyone,

I'm running FairEmail on a Chromebook and I'm struggling with the persistent notification (yes, I know, it's needed for ... persistence).

Since I'm new to the Chrome OS ecosystem, I have two (newbie) questions:

1. Since Android Oreo I'm used to being able to hide "persistence-type" notifications via notification channels. From the discussion in this thread I take it that FairEmail supports notification channels but they don't show up in Chrome OS. Is that an ARC runtime thing or did I miss something in FairEmail? :confused:

2. When running FairEmail on the Chromebook, the app asks me to switch off battery optimization - however, it throws an error next, that such a setting is not available. (Can confirm - the Android settings screen doesn't sport a battery tab, since all that stuff is probably managed by the underlying Linux/Chrome OS stack.) Still, the app is not optimized away and I get notifications even after pulling the Chromebook from sleep state in the morning.

Now the question: With Chrome OS' memory/power saving mechanisms, do we even need the persistent notification? (Yupp, that's my recurring topic. Sorry. The Chromebook notification system doesn't deal too well with more than zero notifications. I also know that's not FairEmail's fault.)

Would it be possible to get a test build without the notification to ... test? :angel:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
First of all it might be interesting to know that I am developing FairEmail mainly on a ChromeOS (on an Acer Chromebox CXI3 i5).

ChromeOS still has Android 7.1. Nougat, but that will change to Android Pie, hopefully not too long from now:

https://www.xda-developers.com/chromebooks-android-pie-chrome-os-canary-channel/

There is indeed no battery optimizations setting on ChromeOS or better said there is a no no battery optimization setting on ChromeOS, meaning that the battery settings says that there are no battery settings. You can just ignore this.

The notifications have become better and better in the latest ChromeOS releases. If you didn't yet, consider to switch to the beta channel. It sounds strange, but the beta version is often more stable than the stable version because it gets bug fixes first. More importantly, you'll get new features, like improve notifications, earlier as well. In any case don't switch to the developer or canary channel because one day you'll regret it (I did).
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Completely off topic but ChromeOS related. I have had much success installing Neverware on my parents aging Windows laptop.
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Thanks for including support for Yahoo. Wasn't testing because of this but generally keeping a track

How about adding "Fully featured" in the title and encryption support planned (if you are) since open source users would probably compare with K9
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please let me know if it works with Yahoo!

No app is 'fully featured' and I don't like to claim things I cannot justify, but thanks for the suggestion.

Encryption support is not planned yet, there are still too many other things to do. Just today the first beta version was released ...
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Ah, okay, because that (The latest version should not start in 'distraction free' mode anymore.) wasn't mentioned in the changes, I thought it was the same as before... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Yes. I understand

For me the USP is the foreground service that does away with polling. It doesn't come across on your description!

Edit--will revert on Yahoo once it's available on PS
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
At the bottom of the description there is "This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new email.". I am not sure if 'promoting' this is a good idea because people hate status bar notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Google just notified me that the latest beta version is available in the Play store.

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.email
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Not available yet. Staged rollout (am from India)?

Will check tomorrow and revert
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The release should be available everywhere. Could you sign up as tester?
[Android Apps and Games] mariospizza:
I signed up as a tester but I get "Item not found" when I try to download it.
[Android Apps and Games] beeshyams:
Same here [MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] - I had signed up as tester first instance
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 0.19

Changelog/download:

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

This version was released as test version in the Play store as well. Hopefully it will get through now.
[Android Apps and Games] mariospizza:
"Item not found" still... I'll check again in a few hours.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you want to translate FairEmail in your own language, you can do that here:

https://crowdin.com/project/open-source-email

If your language is not listed, please let me know and I will add it.
[Android Apps and Games] Hida Sobu:
I can't seem to be able to send attachments with FairEmail.

When I attach a file and hit the send button I instantly receive a notification "Outbox failed IOException while sending message /data/user/0/eu.faircode.email/files/attach.....". Anyone else got this problem?

Email provider is Posteo.de
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
In last version before latest updates,

I was tired of error notification so tried to remove synchronization, from account settings.

First attempt caused unresponsiveness, maybe a crash, returned to homescreen no report:

Second attempt worked, though.

But, after installing v0.19

Drawer does not appear, and back arrow on top-left corner exits app

I should be able to see the folders, as they are already created with mails and all. Just because I stopped syncing, does not mean I do not want to access them.

My account appears in Manage accounts, only with sync disabled
[Android Apps and Games] folusmile:
Can't setup my gmail outgoing mail.. It won't connect
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
This has been fixed in the latest releases.

I don't want to handle questions like 'I don't see new email appearing', so for now you need to enable synchronizing to see your emails.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You'll need to use app specific passwords until this has been addressed:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/issues/17

Edit: see here for details: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 0.20

Changelog/download:

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

This release will be available as test version in the Play store too.

[MENTION=8933638]Hida Sobu[/MENTION] sending messages with attachments should work again.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.243

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
can one mark, actually, in fair mail also a whole folder (and with it all mails contained in it) as read instead of selecting for it all mails by hand first? If, yes, how?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
You can use multiple select for this. Long press the first message, don't lift your finger and slide down to the last message. Then use the three dot action button and select mark as read.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Ah, thanks - "do not lift your finger" was the determining tip - indeed, with it it simply goes.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have added a FAQ about this and removed "empty trash" for the next version because IMHO it is safer if you see what you are about to delete.
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
With the following commit, will message be deleted even if option "keep all messages" selected?

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/commit/a161abaad06ec3944cae048e0fd60573c7217ba7
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
No.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
:( :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I guess an email app isn't sexy enough.

https://www.xda-developers.com/top-new-indie-apps-2018-xda-forum/
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
See the comments... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] tbv2005:
Where I'm ok with most of the rest, 3 launchers really seem to be more sexy :( . Sorry for you :(. I think I try to make it a bit better with a other donation soon ;)
[Android Apps and Games] okias:
Hello [MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION]

I wondering, if you consideting support of new JMAP standart? I guess it can be pretty simple to support by reading guide for client creation [1].

I would like to really see support in FairMail, since it's client I really like, but with IMAP protocol I have feeling it's slower than Email from LineageOS (at least when my data are limited by FUP)

[1] jmap.io/client.html
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am aware of JMAP, but there are almost no providers using it, so I don't think it is worth to put effort into it.

What exactly is slower? I like to look into this.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

stable

version 1.244

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Do you confirm that empty trash is removed ?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Yes, empty trash has been removed and won't return because IMO it is important that you see what you are about to

permanently

delete.

Please see this FAQ for an alternative way to batch delete messages:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq55
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
I don't understand why you want to force people to see what they want to delete.

If I put my messages in trash, it's to delete them. Period !

Everybody (OS, app, webmail) work with an empty trash.

If people don't want to use empty trash, good for them, they don't use it.

But let the other ones use it if they want to.

(I think) I am a big boy and I know how to handle my messages.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
It is easy to select and delete all messages as explained in the referenced FAQ and one day you will be grateful for this.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=4913921]BreckZeBoulay[/MENTION] I feel responsible for your email, but I think in this case I was feeling too responsible because you can reason all trashed messages were already confirmed to be deleted anyway. Therefore I will bring back empty trash in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
Thank you Dad' ! :D
[Android Apps and Games] bgiorgio:
Feedback

Hi,

I've been using FairEmail for some days now, and I have some feedback to share. My use case is the following. Two imap email accounts, Gmail (my main account) and an account from an Italian provider (barely used, is almost a "legacy" account). As user, I'm very concern for privacy and security: I can give up functionalities in exchange of enhanced privacy. Nonetheless, I put considerable effort to find privacy friendly solutions to substitute service I use.

So, my feedback.

1. The search does not work for me. If I recall correctly, FairEmail searches first local messages, then performs a server search. In my test, it just finds emails if they were locally stored.

2. There is some glitch in the email grouping, i.e. the number of the emails in a thread is incorrect. This is due to the fact that FairEmail considers belonging to a thread each email with the same subject. If it happens that the same email is in more than one folder (and in Gmail this happens always, as every email is at least in the All mail folder and then it belongs to Inbox or to some other folder) FairEmail says that in the thread there are two emails. I don't know if this could be corrected or is a problem with the non-standard features of Gmail (that treats labels as folders), but it could be partially fixed with the next point, that is a feature request.

3. I use Gmail labels a lot. They are useful, because is common that an email belongs to multiple labels, and having to physically duplicate the same email in more than one folder is a waste of space. I also understand that labels are a non standard IMAP feature, but the IMAP keywords exist and are almost the same thing. My suggestion, is to enhance the keywords management as follows:

-Put the list of keywords applied to an email after the subject in the messages list

-In the list of folders, add the keywords too (maybe with some graphic feature to differentiate them from real folders)

-Add some functionalities to add/delete keywords for the whole account (now you can do that just for each specific email) and to select emails according to the labels applied

I think that a lot of users are accustomed to Gmail's labels and find difficult to renounce to them. As far as I know, FairEmail is one of the few apps managing keywords (I think Thunderbird does that, but there is no android app of it) and it could be an advantage.

Regards,

gio
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
First of all thanks for your feedback.

I am pretty sure search works because I it is one of the features I use frequently. Search on server depends on the provider and might be case sensitive / whole words only, see also the FAQ. Please try again, it should at least work with Gmail.

FairEmail does not group messages on subject, but on references as sent in the headers.

I will see if I can exclude archived messages from the message thread count.

Creating virtual folders based on keywords would have a significant impact on performance and will not be added, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] Abednego:
Cool! It's nice to see that I'm not the only one in the Chromebook niche. :)

So - thanks for the quick reply and I'll just keep hoping for Google to get Android 9 into the ARC++ for the beta channel. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.245

Changelog/download:

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

This version adds quick configuration of an account and an identity by entering a name, email address and a password only.

I like you to try this new feature and to give feedback on it.
[Android Apps and Games] Wiccio:
Hi and thanks for the work you are douing with the app.

Trying the application for the first time, I came across in this WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER error when entering settings.

Do you believe it is due to the configuration of the host?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please let me know if these FAQs answer your questions:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq39

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq40
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I guess this FAQ will help:

https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq41
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
when I open a link and I press yes the default browser opens it's normal by cons if press on browse is again the default browser that opens it's not normal I have to have a choice since I have 2 browser!?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That is Android stuff. You have likely said to open links always with one of the browsers.

See for example here:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-restore-the-just-once-always-option-for-notifications-in-Android-6-0
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
I don't test the fast configuration. Just an annoying behaviour is that keyboard is automaticaly opened when entering in configuration section.

I come after the battle, but is it possible to modify the size of the normal and compact view ?

Normal view is too much big with blank spaces, and compact view needs a higher text.

(In my opinion)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The next version should not open the keyboard on setup anymore, but let me know if this still happens.

The font size of the compact view has been discussed already multiple times.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released

beta

version 1.246

Changelog/download:

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

You are advised to update to this version.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Yes, if you care about battery life.

I am not sure what you mean, can you explain this in more detail?

Long press should start multiple select in any case. Hold and slide up or down to select more messages.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That shouldn't happen and I cannot reproduce this.

Are you sure that you are not tapping an extra time?

This might be a bug in the RecyclerView library, which I recently updated to version 1.1.0-alpha01 hoping it would fix some crashes.

Did this happen in FairEmail version 1.243 or before too?
[Android Apps and Games] Daaavid84:
I'm not sure if we're talking about two separate things or if there has been a change inbetween which I've overseen but I'm still perfectly able to empty my trash folder by going into the folder overview, long press the trash folder and then select "empty trash". I'm on 1.245.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Empty trash was remove in version 1.244 and restored in version 1.245.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please contact me for a test version (long press 'Support' to get my email address).
[Android Apps and Games] Daaavid84:
Thank you for adding sorting by sender. Do you plan to add sorting it both ascendingly and descendingly as well?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
No, sorry, because I like to keep things as simple as possible.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I will revert to the stable RecyclerView library in the next version to fix this for everybody.
[Android Apps and Games] glops:
the problem is solved Thank you :good:

It is from version 1.234 that the display of the message has become too small (compact view)

the temporary solution that I found is to force the display of bold font with the Fonter app
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
you should write definitive....

merci pour le conseil ;)
[Android Apps and Games] wirdSchoon:
When many users use a large smartphone, only a few people complain that the font cannot be adapted to viewing habits and small screens. Although mail software has a lot to do with it and proportional font is easier to read and can be displayed slightly larger with the same number of words on a line.

One could very well imagine that a slightly larger pop proportional font is used and placed at the middle level of the font symbol in FairEmail.

So far Marcel has already integrated a lot of wishes and functions into FairEmail, so we hope that the display (font size / font) and configuration like fade in or fade out symbols will be added.

I follow the further development of FairEmail with excitement. However, I will only use my pro version on a daily basis if I can read the text on my small smartphone well.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am not sure what you are proposing. More settings?
[Android Apps and Games] heinhuiz:
I like the compact view as it is now, but maybe it becomes a bit more readable if the font color of the sender line of read messages is white (in the dark theme, black in the light theme), just like with unread messages.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
I like the compact view too.

The template with 2 lines (sender and title) is enough.

I don't know how the height of font works on Android, but a few dots more in height could be good.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=629573]glops[/MENTION] [MENTION=4913921]BreckZeBoulay[/MENTION] [MENTION=8707167]wirdSchoon[/MENTION] give me some feedback on the new quick config and I will add a text size setting in the next release.