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27 Oct 2019, 11:12 PM | #1 |
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I usually use K9 on Android, but I recently tried the FM app on my tablet. At least superficially it looked the same as the website does when opened in chrome on the same device.
Is there any advantage to using the app? |
28 Oct 2019, 03:54 AM | #2 |
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There is a disadvantage, as far as I'm personally concerned.
I don't want "access all areas" on my smartphone - having access not only to my e-mails, but my contacts, my files, my websites, my domains, and my calendar information, etc. If one wants this access via their smartphone that's OK for them, but for myself, no thank you! |
28 Oct 2019, 04:19 AM | #3 | |
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The question was about whether there's an advantage in using the app over using the website on the same device. If you use the website in Android Chrome, you presumably have the same privileges as you would on a desktop. |
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12 Nov 2019, 10:14 PM | #4 |
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Is there any significant difference at all?
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16 Nov 2019, 09:34 PM | #5 |
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17 Nov 2019, 01:07 PM | #6 | |
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23 Nov 2019, 12:35 AM | #7 |
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I read it as access to those things as provided by Fastmail, so websites would be websites implemented in Fastmail file storage and so on.
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23 Nov 2019, 06:21 AM | #8 |
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That's how I read FredOnline's comments also - that the FM phone app provides full access to all the areas of ones FM account - which for FredOnline, is not desirable.
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18 Dec 2019, 04:38 PM | #9 |
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It seems to me that using the application is much easier. The main thing is that it functions well.
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20 Dec 2019, 07:53 AM | #10 |
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6 Jan 2020, 09:28 AM | #11 |
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The big one for me (and the lack of which is the cause of my frustration with alternative email clients) is the ability to compose emails using the wildcard alias, effectively letting me create aliases (and sending identities) on the fly.
I'm keen to try any other client that provides this feature AND lets me use tags/categories with emails, if anybody has any suggestions. |