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- # FairEmail
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- *Open source, privacy friendly email app*
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- This email app might be for you if your current email app:
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- * takes long to receive or show messages
- * can manage only one email address
- * cannot show conversations
- * cannot work offline
- * looks outdated
- * is not maintained
- * stores your email on their servers
- * is closed source, potentially violating your privacy
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- This app is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
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- This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new email.
-
- ## Features
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- * 100 % open source
- * Multiple accounts (inboxes)
- * Multiple identities (outboxes)
- * Unified inbox
- * Message threading
- * Distraction free reading and writing
- * Two way synchronization
- * Offline storage and operations
- * Battery friendly
- * Low data usage
- * Folder management
- * Material design
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- ## Pro features
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- * Signatures
- * Dark theme
- * Account colors
- * Standard replies
- * Sort on time, unread or starred
- * Search on server
- * Preview sender/subject in new messages status bar notification
- * Export settings
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- ## Simple
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- * Easy navigation
- * No unnecessary settings
- * No bells and whistles
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- ## Secure
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- * Allow encrypted connections only
- * Accept valid security certificates only
- * Authentication required
- * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
- * No special permissions required
- * No advertisements
- * No analytics and no tracking
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- ## Efficient
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- * [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) (push messages) supported
- * Built with latest development tools and libraries
- * Android 6 Marshmallow or later required
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- ## Downloads
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- * [GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases)
- * [Play store](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.email)
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- ## Compatibility
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- FairEmail requires at least Android 6 Marshmallow.
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- FairEmail might crash on a Motorola/Lenovo Moto G4 and G5 with Android 7 Nougat or earlier
- because of a [bug in Android](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/63377371).
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- ## Frequently asked questions
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- See [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md) for a list of often asked questions.
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- ## Support
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- * For support on FairEmail, please go [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-email-t3824168)
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- ## Contributing
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- *Documentation*
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- Contributions to this document and the frequently asked questions
- are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
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- *Translations*
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- * You can translate the in-app texts of FairEmail [here](https://crowdin.com/project/open-source-email)
- * If your language is not listed, please send a message through [this contact form](https://contact.faircode.eu/)
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- *Source code*
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- Building FairEmail from source code is straightforward with [Android Studio](http://developer.android.com/sdk/).
- It is expected that you can solve build problems yourself, so there is no support on building.
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- Source code contributions are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
- Please [contact me](https://contact.faircode.eu/) first to tell me what your plans are.
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- Please note that you agree to the license below by contributing, including the copyright.
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- ## Attribution
-
- FairEmail uses:
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- * [JavaMail](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/). Copyright (c) 1997-2018 Oracle® and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. [GPLv2+CE license](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/JavaMail-License).
- * [jsoup](https://jsoup.org/). Copyright © 2009 - 2017 Jonathan Hedley. [MIT license](https://jsoup.org/license).
- * [JCharset](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/). Copyright © 2005-2015 Amichai Rothman. [GNU General Public License](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/#license)
- * [Android Support Library](https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/). Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project. [Apache license](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/master/LICENSE.txt).
- * [Android Architecture Components](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/). Copyright 2018 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. [Apache license](https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/LICENSE).
- * [colorpicker](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/colorpicker). Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project. [Apache license](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/colorpicker/+/master/src/com/android/colorpicker/ColorPickerDialog.java).
- * [dnsjava](http://www.xbill.org/dnsjava/). Copyright (c) 1998-2011, Brian Wellington. [BSD License](https://sourceforge.net/p/dnsjava/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/LICENSE).
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- ## License
-
- [GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
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- Copyright (c) 2018 Marcel Bokhorst. All rights reserved
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- FairEmail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- FairEmail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with FairEmail. If not, see [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).
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