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22 Apr 2024, 05:31 PM | #1 |
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Favourite Android email client
Because I'm recently looking for one that has support for multiple IMAP accounts and identities (email alias), I'm wondering what's your favourite one and why?
FairEmail K9 Email AquaMail BlueMail CanaryMail Edison Mail Nine Mail Spark Mail Samsung Email GMail Outlook At the moment I'm using FairEmail, it's good and open source, well maintaned but UI is too simple for my liking. It has a one-time fee so this is one of the rarest email clients with such a "generous" offer. Other clients in the list (excluding the last four) are mostly subscription basis and they aren't cheap to begin with. Take AquaMail as example, it was sold at $0.99 few years back during promotion for the PRO license and they're now going for subscription basis for $9.99/month if I'm not mistaken (I can hardly find pricing plan and subscription plan on their website). As for Blue Mail, Spark Mail and Edison Mail, rumours says they're cloud based email clients whereby we as users have to agree to have our emails served to their cloud before reaching the clients (that's just my rough understanding so I might be wrong). Again there's privacy concerns to me if this is true. What's your take on this? Or if you're not using any mobile email client and prefer an app made by email provider itself such as ProtonMail, Tutanota, ZohoMail...etc feel free to let us know why this is your preference. Last edited by truemagic : 22 Apr 2024 at 09:17 PM. Reason: Removed iCloud Mail as it's only for Apple :) |
22 Apr 2024, 07:49 PM | #2 |
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Icloud mail app is only on Apple.
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22 Apr 2024, 08:17 PM | #3 |
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I quite like Fairemail and have used it for several years, however Marcel Bokhorst (the app creator) is a perfectionist, and takes exception if the app gets less than 5 stars on the Play Store, and has hinted in the past that he might just scrap the app. I don't know whether that is still (currently) the case, but nevertheless it is a concern.
Also, a few weeks ago, the app occasionally stopped notifying of new messages, and I had to manually check the app - mostly it worked, occasionally it didn't. I don't know if it is an app or my phone problem. Currently using K9 mail, and I've used it on and off over the years. I also use the default Gmail app, but just for my Gmail account. |
22 Apr 2024, 08:28 PM | #4 |
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I've tried a bunch of them too. Recently I checked out K9 since it is morphing into Thunderbird soon. Seems to work OK, though very slow to fetch emails from my IMAP account for some reason. I might be able to change that in the settings. I hate the current logo, which is a minor turnoff. Fairemail has a million settings and takes awhile to get setup the way you want it, and the touchy developer is a bit worrisome. Samsung email is pretty reliable and simple. I suggest checking it out as one of the most straightforward email apps maintained by a major company. Not sure about its ability to work offline though. Edison is very fast in fetching emails, has a good interface, and has unique features. But, I'm not into having my email app automatically filter and categorize my emails, so much of the additional functionality is lost on me. Same with Onmail by the same company. I personally really like Gmail, though I find it forces you to use their POP3 for fetching. This can be frustratingly slow, resulting in delays of up to an hour before email is received unless you force a mail check using the web interface. I personally like labels as opposed to folders. I would be very wary of using many Android apps that are relatively unknown with smaller user bases. It seems like every day I read of some Android app that has become malware of some sort. For now I am using Gmail as my main email app, but still looking.
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22 Apr 2024, 09:18 PM | #5 |
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22 Apr 2024, 09:54 PM | #6 |
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I just checked and you can sync (IMAP) up to a month's worth of email with the Samsung app, and you can set it to retrieve emails as received instead of only every 15 minutes or so. Since I have unlimited data I would go for instant retrieval. Very easy to set up.
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I'm currently trying out Nine Mail, it was one that I purchased a license long long time ago (not sure if it's still possible now -- similar to AquaMail that you can be grandfathered into a PRO license if you did purchase a one-time license before). Nine Mail has a better UI than FairEmail but lack of the ability to manage identities, there's a workaround though if anyone wants to know let me know. So far I'm staying with Nine Mail and getting rid of FairEmail (this is a Hi-Bye-Hi friend as always lol) and ZohoMail (connecting it to Nine Mail as well). On the plus side, Nine Mail can also handle ActiveSync and Exchange Server if you ever need one. |
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23 Apr 2024, 12:01 AM | #8 |
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I've used some of the others too, like BlueMail and AquaMail, but dropped them for some reason--can't really remember why. One I didn't mention that works well for many people is Outlook. It is particularly good if you want to sync with a Microsoft account, including your calendar and contacts.
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25 Apr 2024, 11:37 AM | #9 |
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I spent time searching and reading and searching and reading. Finally I have only these:
GMail: Preinstalled on the device and easy enough to learn to use BlueMail: Size is not too large, and is able auto-configure for certain well known email services. Both of those are essentially free. Anything with too strict of limitations or requires a regular subscription is not something I'd try or want. I have two email accounts set up on both the Gmail app and the BlueMail app. In actual use, GMail is the one which I use. I like having the extra app (BlueMail), just in case. |
26 Apr 2024, 12:28 AM | #10 |
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Superhuman... USD 30 per month
I guess, most expensive email app. |
26 Apr 2024, 02:36 AM | #11 |
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Re: Superhuman
Why use a Gmail address, and an app/web UI/real client for free when one can pay $30 a month for a ridiculously over-priced app/program? |
26 Apr 2024, 03:28 AM | #12 |
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my Google Workspace data is almost 300+ GB emails of last 15 years.
I am using Gmail.com only and it has all features, I don't require any app or client. it took time to use to it. but after daily usage. it is rocking webmail. |
26 Apr 2024, 06:00 AM | #13 |
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One thing I have found over the years of trying various email services and apps is that my simple needs are better served by simple programs that don't use fancy AI and other clues to decide for me what to do with an incoming message. I hate conversation view, for example. Just deliver to me my messages in the order they arrive, and do it quickly. I then skim or read, delete, or archive. Plus, I want reliable and deliverable sending that doesn't get blocked by other's spam filters. And, lastly, I need great spam and phishing filters on the incoming mail, and that is where Gmail really shines. I have found no other email clients are close in determining what is spam or malicious.
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26 Apr 2024, 02:58 PM | #14 | |
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26 Apr 2024, 07:08 PM | #15 | |
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I just want email and that's it. I agree Gmail has excellent spam and phishing filters (probably the best). Their App, like most other Apps has more bells and whistles than I want but it does serve up my email in a good way. I just ignore the rest of the junk. I use my cell phone primarily to check spam. I use POP3 in my email client. If I could I would prefer to turn off spam at the service and handle it my self. Unfortunately, Gmail, GMX, Outlook and Yahoo don't allow this. Yahoo is terrible regarding spam and telling Yahoo it's "Not spam" is worthless. I may be traveling abroad for a month. My plan is to use the App if the service has one. For those that don't my plan is to use an App that lets me connect with IMAP. I am currently looking at Fairmail and K-9 Mail. I removed Samsung Email from my phone a long time ago. No plans to bring it back. Last edited by chrisretusn : 27 Apr 2024 at 03:19 PM. |
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