FairEmail - open source, privacy oriented email
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Play FairEmail - open source, privacy oriented email on PC
FairEmail might be for you if you value your privacy.
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 (~ 12 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, 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
* Filter rules
* Search indexing, search on server
* Keyword management
* S/MIME sign/encrypt
* Biometric/PIN authentication
* Unified inbox widget
* Export settings
Support
If you have a question or problem, please check here first:
https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md
If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact me at marcel+fairemail@faircode.eu and I will try to help you.
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