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erAck

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

So there are now 3:

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fs
which was K-9, now suggests and updated to TB 8.0, but latest there is 8.0b5

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/net.th
suggests latest 8.0b5

"Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox"
f-droid.org/en/packages/net.th
the actual release 8.0

If one used K-9 now updated to TB 8.0, will it receive updates? Or will the release have to be installed? Will all accounts have to be entered anew? Or migrated?

4 November at 20:08 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.tchncs.de
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Schlaftablette

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg I was not aware that K9 is "Thunderbird Beta for Testers", uninstalled it to install the real "Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox" and now the K9 settings are gone. Thank you.

4 November at 20:12 | Open on mastodon.online
Tinx
erAck

@tinx
Thanks. So to add to the confusion there's a release 8.0 of both, TB and K-9, and K-9 has an updated UI that looks like, well, TB, or effectively is TB ... or what?

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

4 November at 20:20 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Tinx

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg so this is the story in short off the top of my head (and apart from the recent metadata mixup):
K-9 partnered up with the Thunderbird team and the app got an overhaul. So effectively, Thunderbird for Android is K-9. However, they promised us that we K-9 users would not need to switch to TB, but if we wanted to at some point, there would be an easy way.

4 November at 20:36 | Open on jit.social
erAck

@tinx
Right, that's what I expected, I just hope that staying on K-9 will receive (TB) updates or offer a user-friendly migration to the "real" TB.

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

4 November at 20:44 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg There is an easy migration: Update to the latest version of K9, install Thunderbird, and select "import from app" or something like this, I think it is the third option. You can then select K9 and all settings and passwords are imported.

4 November at 20:54 | Open on mastodon.online
erAck

@zaunkoenig
I'll keep that in mind for later.. thanks.

Probably should be prominently added to the com.fsck.k9 description.

@tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg

4 November at 21:02 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg I just switched to Thunderbird, because otherwise the "write new message" button is in an ugly red. :-)

4 November at 21:15 | Open on mastodon.online
Ditutu

@tinx @erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg
It's probably a good idea to go to settings, backup, export settings. Just in case...

4 November at 20:28 | Open on social.tchncs.de
erAck

@D22
Absolutely. As apps can not access other apps' data there will not be an automatic migration.

@tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg

4 November at 20:34 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @D22 @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg But ... there is. You can select import from app without any backup.

4 November at 21:03 | Open on mastodon.online
rLy

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg I installed the normal Thunderbird version and imported the settings from K9 but had to enter the passwords and 2fa for the accounts itself. After that uninstalled the K9 version.

4 November at 21:45 | Open on ohai.social
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