 We promise we aren't pulling your strings - Thunderbird for Android Beta is GO! Celebrate the launch with us and learn where to download it and how to help us test for the upcoming release! 🚀 🎉 #Thunderbird #Android #OpenSource https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/help-us-test-the-thunderbird-for-android-beta/ 71 comments
 @thunderbird @AAMfP just for clarification @k9mail is going to be @thunderbird. They are merging basically. @thunderbird mich würde hier ja mal ein ausführlicher Test/Vergleich vom @kuketzblog zu Fair Email interessieren. Früher war K-9 die Empfehlung. Davon bin ich weggegangen, wurde doch aber von #mozilla übernommen bzw. eine Kooperation gegründet, oder?  @d4m13n @thunderbird @kuketzblog Exakt, das hier ist auch genau die gleiche Code Base und K9 wird, kurz über lang, Thunderbird for Android werden. Der K9 Entwickler ist auch genauso weiter beteiligt, und im Repo von Thunderbird steht "formerly known as K9". @ljrk @d4m13n @kuketzblog Our very first blog post explains it pretty well. And since then, we've hired another K-9 Mail developer to the team! https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/revealed-thunderbird-on-android-plans-k9/ @thunderbird @ljrk @d4m13n @kuketzblog that's awesome and showing a good way in open source software, that things can also grow together and become one(, while at ever time it could branch out). @thunderbird Looks great and seems to work great and fast, both for a gmail and a custom domain hosted with #purelymail . The setup of the custom domain seemed more confusing than with Thunderbird on desktop or apps like #fairemail . @twijg Thanks for trying us and for the feedback! Is there anything specific that made the custom domain setup frustrating, aka what you'd hope to see improved in a future release? @neurer @cketti Great suggestion for Mozilla Connect - sorry about the long but directed link incoming! (https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/idb-p/ideas/label-name/thunderbird%20android?_gl=1*1in8zcn*_ga*MTAyMTM4MTk5NC4xNzE0NDI0NDUy*_ga_X4N05QV93S*MTcyNzczMDk4Ni4xNTMuMS4xNzI3NzMxMjkwLjAuMC4w) @thunderbird Switched from K9 Beta to Thunderbird Beta, looks pretty and worked without any trouble, thanks to everyone involved! :) @ljrk Oh fantastic! We want it to be a smooth transition for our K-9 users, and so thank you for testing it! @thunderbird @ljrk unfortunately the import of the k9 settings did not work via App for me (no specific error response). Export and import via file did work. Is this a known bug? Pixel 8, latest Android software   @thunderbird Got it and 2 major accounts are set up; secondaries will do later. One was not in the database but not difficult to config. Anxious for this and eager to see how it develops, but my heart is with K-9. Congrats! @andbenn This is great to hear! (And we know that lil robot dog knows how to pull at the heartstrings)  @faoluin We'll have another post when F-Droid users get to join the party! @thunderbird It would be great to have Sync built-in for the first release. This will make mobile onboading super smooth. @sunng Even if Sync isn't ready (and we're working very hard on getting it ready!) we'll still have a smooth mobile onboarding that will be ready for testing by the first release candidate in about three weeks' time. :)  @thunderbird Tried it, and sadly found my expectations confirmed: It's just K-9 Mail with some Thunderbird extras (mainly, a clumsier and less useful UI and general sluggishness). Installed the beta from Google Play and migrated from K9. Longer report sent to mailing list. @ratcatcher Thank you so much! Testing the migration is so important for K-9 users, and we appreciate not only that you're doing this, but also providing detailed information.  Hm. That's kind of end of era for me. K9-Mail was the app which shown me that 800x480px screen can be used better than Maemo does it. So after playing with NITDroid on Nokia N900 l went and bought Nexus S. Over decade passed. K9-Mail was always on my phone. Still it. Tb beta migrated settings fine. Folder names in side menu look worse. Probably something to get used to. Anyway staying with K9-Mail 8beta for now. @thunderbird wow, material you, so cool! export from app didn't work, but it works fine when importing from file
  @catswhocode Awesome! And it's seriously easy. If you're on F-Droid there's still a little wait, but otherwise follow the blog, come chat with us on Matrix or our mailing list, and let us know if you could get through the testing checklist! (Also, we might be birds who adopted a robot dog, but a lot of Team Thunderbird are cat people!) @thunderbird I only see a 15 minute poll frequency... does this not support IMAP IDLE yet for push delivery? @Adam Hey there - I (Monica) don't have an Android device to check this, but this recent post on the K-9 Mail forum might be helpful for troubleshooting this: https://forum.k9mail.app/t/cannot-get-push-notifications-to-work-on-my-inbox-folder/8837/7 Also, we're using all the feedback to help us create FAQs and Getting Started guides on Mozilla Support, and I've added a note we should include Push and Poll settings in said guides. @thunderbird Moved from K9. Imported settings from K9 export file for gmail and posteo accounts. Authenticated both accounts. Seems to be working fine. @thunderbird, it's superb. If only Proton Mail supported unencrypted IMAP and SMTP, I'd use solely this client. @thunderbird glorious default settings🎉 Now can we have a return to list after delete setting on regular Thunderbird? @joeld Sounds like a good idea for Mozilla Connect! https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/idb-p/ideas/label-name/thunderbird @thunderbird Thanks for this! Had a bump https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues/8194 :) @thunderbird  @dankeck @thunderbird I had the issue too. Workaround: Manually export the settings from K-9 Mail to a file and manually import it in Thunderbird. @pixelcode @dankeck Are you all using the newest K-9 Mail beta for exporting? https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/releases/tag/K9MAIL_8_0b1 @thunderbird @dankeck No, I freshly installed Thunderbird 8.0b1 but did not update K-9 Mail (6.904). @nicofrand @dankeck You can get the latest K-9 Mail beta here: https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/releases/tag/K9MAIL_8_0b1 @thunderbird @dankeck Thank you for alerting us to this! If you feel comfortable doing so, you can file this as a bug on our GitHub Issues page under 'type: accessibility' https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues @thunderbird will the upgrade to from K-9 be made available via Play Store? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9 still lists as 6.904, and I'm on the Beta Program. @schtobia Because of Play Store policy, we can't change K-9 Mail to Thunderbird in the App Store, which is why we've been asking people to test the K-9 Mail beta to Thunderbird Beta transfer, to help ensure the K-9 Mail to Thunderbird transfer is smooth when both have their regular release later this month.  @thunderbird @alecaddd animations are a little slower than expected, but adding accounts was faster than it was for K9 @thunderbird testing it now and it seems to be working fine. import from k9 went smooth. I was wondering if we can expect some addons (i.e. quicktext) to be working on mobile too... as a k9 user I did not notice major changes yet, but that's not a bad thing, on a beta. looking forward for synching too. @durchdiewelt Apologies if this was your post on the Android Beta mailing list, but this is an issue with freenet.de, and we're reaching out to them: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/android-beta/Td74bfa2f0133b27f/automatic-configure-dosnt-work-for-freenet-de @DaAnda Thanks for the feedback, and for making it both descriptive and honest. It's good to know what missing features potential users need most, and that can help us prioritize our roadmap.  @thunderbird will there be support for IMAP shared folders at any point? We use them quite a lot and it's a big limitation not having them visible on my phone.    @thunderbird I've just installed it. Looks great! Will it support thunderbird labels? |
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