[CLOSED][APP][5.0+] FairEmail - Fully featured, open source, privacy oriented email app

[TheModernWizard]

The downloading icon is a good sign the right things are happening. Just be patient, especially with a Gmail account.

Alright, so as long as the "downloading" icon was shown, the messages were being downloaded, which led to the lag. However, once it got to 8,250 out of 12,391 emails downloaded, it stopped, and I can't get it started again. It shows the "connected" icon next to Inbox, and it receives new messages just fine, but force syncs won't bring back the "downloading" icon and the downloading of the old emails.

Any idea why this could happen?

 

[M66B]

Alright, so as long as the "downloading" icon was shown, the messages were being downloaded, which led to the lag. However, once it got to 8,250 out of 12,391 emails downloaded, it stopped, and I can't get it started again. It shows the "connected" icon next to Inbox, and it receives new messages just fine, but force syncs won't bring back the "downloading" icon and the downloading of the old emails.

Any idea why this could happen?

Please enable debug logging in the miscellaneous settings (not debug mode) and make sure protocol logging is disabled. Wait 25 seconds and use synchronize now for one folder (else there will be too much logging). Wait 10 seconds, not more, and send me the debug info again.

 

[TheModernWizard]

Please enable debug logging in the miscellaneous settings (not debug mode) and make sure protocol logging is disabled. Wait 25 seconds and use synchronize now for one folder (else there will be too much logging). Wait 10 seconds, not more, and send me the debug info again.

Thank you, I have sent the debug log.

 

[TheModernWizard]

For anyone wondering, the solution is that neither "synchronize now" in a folder's context menu nor "force sync" in the 3-dot menu of FairEmail download old emails. Marcel said he'll fix this in the next release, but for now, just use "Fetch Messages" from the start menu, which will download all emails.

 

[jmh2002]

Thanks for the great app, it's really matured a lot over the years.

Just a quick question, is it ok to install the GitHub version over the Play Store version?

THANKS

 

[M66B]

Thanks for the great app, it's really matured a lot over the years.

Just a quick question, is it ok to install the GitHub version over the Play Store version?

THANKS

Yes, you can do this without any problem.

 

[M66B]

For anyone wondering, the solution is that neither "synchronize now" in a folder's context menu nor "force sync" in the 3-dot menu of FairEmail download old emails. Marcel said he'll fix this in the next release, but for now, just use "Fetch Messages" from the start menu, which will download all emails.

I think this needs to be done explicitly to not surprise people with a high data usage. So, 'Synchronize now' will be unchanged and 'Fetch more messages' should be used instead.

 

[M66B]

Version 1.1612 1.1613 1.1614 is available on GitHub now and in the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

 

[carpler]

I am continuing my tests with FairEmail.

1) I added a second account to the app and had a little trouble understanding how the program handles the two emails.
First of all, I don't like the unified box.
I have been using different mailboxes for many time and I manage different things with each one: I don't like finding things mixed up.
I tried looking in the settings if it is possible to disable that feature, especially in the side menu.

What I would like (and I don't know if it is possible to do or not) is that the list of folders that appears in the side menu refers to the account selected at that moment.
I know that I am very "traditionalist", but in fact I would like to find something similar to the usual tree management of the various mail accounts, present in almost all the clients I have used.

2) A strange behavior that I have detected is this.
When I open FairEmail from a notification, the corresponding email is displayed.
When you press the Back button the "Start Screen" is shown (by default it is Unified inbox).
Is it possible to set the app to go directly to the Inbox folder of the "current" account pressing the back button?

3) Lastly.
If you click on an account in the side menu, the folder list opens.
Is it possible to make the Inbox folder open immediately instead?

Thanks for your attention!

 

[M66B]

I am continuing my tests with FairEmail.

1) I added a second account to the app and had a little trouble understanding how the program handles the two emails.
First of all, I don't like the unified box.
I have been using different mailboxes for many time and I manage different things with each one: I don't like finding things mixed up.
I tried looking in the settings if it is possible to disable that feature, especially in the side menu.
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What I would like (and I don't know if it is possible to do or not) is that the list of folders that appears in the side menu refers to the account selected at that moment.
I know that I am very "traditionalist", but in fact I would like to find something similar to the usual tree management of the various mail accounts, present in almost all the clients I have used.

2) A strange behavior that I have detected is this.
When I open FairEmail from a notification, the corresponding email is displayed.
When you press the Back button the "Start Screen" is shown (by default it is Unified inbox).
Is it possible to set the app to go directly to the Inbox folder of the "current" account pressing the back button?

3) Lastly.
If you click on an account in the side menu, the folder list opens.
Is it possible to make the Inbox folder open immediately instead?

Thanks for your attention!

Try to set the start screen to accounts or folders in the display settings.

Showing the folder list in the navigation menu isn't an option. Some apps try this, but fail hopelessly when there are thousands of folders with dozens of levels, which is not an unusual situation in a business environment. Mostly, only a few folders are interesting. You can add a quick link to any folder to the navigation menu by long pressing it in the folder list. You can simply collapse the unified system folders section.

A conversation is bound to an account only, not a specific folder. New message notifications aren't limited to the inbox only either. The only option would be to put the folder list between the start screen and the conversation, but I am pretty sure most people would hate this.

 

[M66B]

Version 1.1615 is available on GitHub now and in the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

The raw message viewer uses cards now and will show the message structure at the end.

In the search dialog you can disable searching in the trash and spam folders when searching on the device.

 

[Dark_Eyes_]

Version 1.1615 is available on GitHub now and in the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

The raw message viewer uses cards now and will show the message structure at the end.

In the search dialog you can disable searching in the trash and spam folders when searching on the device.

Hey Marcel, I love the new feature to exclude spam or trash when searching everywhere on the device. Can this be added when searching on a specific account?

 

[M66B]

Hey Marcel, I love the new feature to exclude spam or trash when searching everywhere on the device. Can this be added when searching on a specific account?

Allow excluding trash/spam for account search · M66B/FairEmail@86c2ee5

Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android - Allow excluding trash/spam for account search · M66B/FairEmail@86c2ee5

github.com

 

[Dark_Eyes_]

Allow excluding trash/spam for account search · M66B/FairEmail@86c2ee5

Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android - Allow excluding trash/spam for account search · M66B/FairEmail@86c2ee5

github.com

So simple yet so elegant! Thank you my friend!

 

[crypta]

Hadn't seen it in the FAQ. Is the GitHub version interchangeable with the one from f droid? From perspective of maintaining the pro licence.

 

[M66B]

Hadn't seen it in the FAQ. Is the GitHub version interchangeable with the one from f droid? From perspective of maintaining the pro licence.

Short answer: no.

See for more information this FAQ:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq147

 

[Dark_Eyes_]

@M66B, I think I found a bug. I was stress-testing the new search feature, and let's say I search in a specific account excluding trash, if I go back using the back arrow, search again but this time including trash, the results aren't showing the messages in trash. If I go back to unified inbox, then back to the specific account and redo the exact same search, the messages in trash show. Can you reproduce this?

 

[M66B]

@M66B, I think I found a bug. I was stress-testing the new search feature, and let's say I search in a specific account excluding trash, if I go back using the back arrow, search again but this time including trash, the results aren't showing the messages in trash. If I go back to unified inbox, then back to the specific account and redo the exact same search, the messages in trash show. Can you reproduce this?

Can you please check if this commit fixes the problem?

Fixed inconsistent trash/spam search · M66B/FairEmail@fce2ba2

Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android - Fixed inconsistent trash/spam search · M66B/FairEmail@fce2ba2

github.com

 

[Dark_Eyes_]

Can you please check if this commit fixes the problem?

Fixed inconsistent trash/spam search · M66B/FairEmail@fce2ba2

Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android - Fixed inconsistent trash/spam search · M66B/FairEmail@fce2ba2

github.com

I don't know if it's this commit that fixed it because I merged everything, but it's working fine now! Many thanks!

 

[M66B]

Version 1.1617 is available on GitHub now and in the Play store test program after Google's approval.

Changelog/download:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases