The decision to merge was driven by similar goals and visions of both projects of what a modern mobile email application should be. It supports both POP3 and IMAP trays and supports IMAP IDLE for real-time notifications, as well as it can work with IMAP, POP3 and Exchange 2003/2007 accounts (with WebDAV), folder synchronization, encryption under OpenKeychain support, digital signatures and saved on the SD card.

The project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the program is promoted as a more functional replacement for the applications included in most terminals. For K-9 Mail, joining Thunderbird is beneficial in terms of additional resources, expanding the user base, and speeding up development.įor those of you unfamiliar with K-9 Mail, I can tell you that this is a free and open source standalone email client for Android.

Recently Thunderbird and K-9 Mail development teams have announced a project merger, whereupon the K-9 Mail email client will be renamed 'Thunderbird for Android' and shipped with a new branding.įor a long time the Thunderbird project has considered creating a version for mobile devices, but during the discussions he came to the conclusion that there is no point in splitting forces and doing double the work when you can join forces with an already existing open source project nearby.

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