You may have OpenPGP encrypted mail that you use on the desktop with Thunderbird or with browser extensions such as FlowMail for GMail (did you know you can send and receive encrypted mail without Google reading it?). Yes on mobile you do get FlowCrypt for GMail, but FairEmail will also operate with any IMAP based mail service. So it can operate as a single mobile app accessing all your mailboxes including unencrypted mail.
Using open standards (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc) and it does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync. No advertisements, No analytics and no tracking, No Google backup.
See FairEmail – open source, privacy oriented email – Apps on Google Play
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FairEmail is easy to setup and works with virtually all email providers, including Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo!
FairEmail might be for you if you value your privacy.
FairEmail is an email client only, so you need to bring your own email address.
FairEmail does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync.
Main features
- Fully featured
- 100 % open source
- Privacy oriented
- Unlimited accounts
- Unlimited email addresses
- Unified inbox
- Conversation threading
- Two way synchronization
- Offline storage and operations
- Battery friendly
- Low data usage
- Small (~ 15 MB)
- Material design (including dark/black theme)
- Maintained and supported
This app is deliberately minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you’ll never miss new emails.
Privacy features
- Encryption/decryption supported (OpenPGP, S/MIME)
- Reformat messages to prevent phishing
- Confirm showing images to prevent tracking
- Confirm opening links to prevent tracking and phishing
- Automatically recognize and disable tracking images
- Warning if messages could not be authenticated
Simple
- Quick setup
- Easy navigation
- No bells and whistles
- No distracting "eye candy"
Secure
- No data storage on third party servers
- Using open standards (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc)
- Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
- Confirm opening links, images and attachments
- No special permissions required
- No advertisements
- No analytics and no tracking
- No Google backup
- FairEmail is an original work, not a fork or a clone
Efficient
- Fast and lightweight
- IMAP IDLE (push messages) supported
- Built with latest development tools and libraries
Pro features
All pro features are convenience or advanced features.
- Account/identity/folder colors
- Colored stars
- Notification settings (sounds) per account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo)
- Configurable notification actions
- Snooze messages
- Send messages after selected time
- Synchronization scheduling
- Reply templates
- Accept/decline calendar invitations
- Add message to calendar
- Filter rules
- Search indexing, search on server
- Keyword management
- S/MIME sign/encrypt
- Biometric/PIN authentication
- Message list widget
- Export settings
Support
If you have a question or problem, please check here first:
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