Simple email application for Android. Original source code: https://framagit.org/dystopia-project/simple-email
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  1. # FairEmail
  2. *Open source, privacy friendly email app*
  3. This email app might be for you if your current email app:
  4. * takes long to receive or show messages
  5. * can manage only one email address
  6. * cannot show conversations
  7. * cannot work offline
  8. * looks outdated
  9. * is not maintained
  10. * stores your email on their servers
  11. * is closed source, potentially violating your privacy
  12. This app is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
  13. This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new email.
  14. ## Features
  15. * 100 % open source
  16. * Multiple accounts (inboxes)
  17. * Multiple identities (outboxes)
  18. * Unified inbox
  19. * Conversation view
  20. * Two way synchronization
  21. * Offline storage and operations
  22. * Battery friendly
  23. * Low data usage
  24. * Folder management
  25. * Material design
  26. ## Pro features
  27. * Signatures
  28. * Dark theme
  29. * Account colors
  30. * Multiple select
  31. * Standard replies
  32. * Sort on time, unread or starred
  33. * Search on server
  34. * Preview sender/subject in new messages status bar notification
  35. * Encryption/decryption
  36. * Export settings
  37. ## Simple
  38. * Easy navigation
  39. * No unnecessary settings
  40. * No bells and whistles
  41. ## Secure
  42. * Allow encrypted connections only
  43. * Accept valid security certificates only
  44. * Authentication required
  45. * Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
  46. * No special permissions required
  47. * No advertisements
  48. * No analytics and no tracking
  49. ## Efficient
  50. * [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) (push messages) supported
  51. * Built with latest development tools and libraries
  52. * Android 6 Marshmallow or later required
  53. ## Downloads
  54. * [GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases)
  55. * [Play store](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.email)
  56. Certificate fingerprints:
  57. * MD5: 64:90:8E:2C:0D:25:29:B0:D0:26:2D:24:D8:BB:66:56
  58. * SHA1: 17:BA:15:C1:AF:55:D9:25:F9:8B:99:CE:A4:37:5D:4C:DF:4C:17:4B
  59. * SHA256: E0:20:67:24:9F:5A:35:0E:0E:C7:03:FE:9D:F4:DD:68:2E:02:91:A0:9F:0C:2E:04:10:50:BB:E7:C0:64:F5:C9
  60. ## Compatibility
  61. FairEmail requires at least Android 6 Marshmallow.
  62. FairEmail might occasionally crash on Motorola/Lenovo devices with Android 7 Nougat or earlier
  63. because of a [bug in Android](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/63377371).
  64. ## Frequently asked questions
  65. See [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md) for a list of often asked questions.
  66. ## Support
  67. * For support on FairEmail, please go [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-email-t3824168)
  68. ## Contributing
  69. *Documentation*
  70. Contributions to this document and the frequently asked questions
  71. are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
  72. *Translations*
  73. * You can translate the in-app texts of FairEmail [here](https://crowdin.com/project/open-source-email)
  74. * If your language is not listed, please send a message through [this contact form](https://contact.faircode.eu/)
  75. *Source code*
  76. Building FairEmail from source code is straightforward with [Android Studio](http://developer.android.com/sdk/).
  77. It is expected that you can solve build problems yourself, so there is no support on building.
  78. Source code contributions are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
  79. Please [contact me](https://contact.faircode.eu/) first to tell me what your plans are.
  80. Please note that you agree to the license below by contributing, including the copyright.
  81. ## Attribution
  82. FairEmail uses:
  83. * [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).
  84. * [jsoup](https://jsoup.org/). Copyright © 2009 - 2017 Jonathan Hedley. [MIT license](https://jsoup.org/license).
  85. * [JCharset](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/). Copyright © 2005-2015 Amichai Rothman. [GNU General Public License](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/#license)
  86. * [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).
  87. * [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).
  88. * [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).
  89. * [dnsjava](http://www.xbill.org/dnsjava/). Copyright (c) 1998-2011, Brian Wellington. [BSD License](https://sourceforge.net/p/dnsjava/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/LICENSE).
  90. * [OpenPGP API library](https://github.com/open-keychain/openpgp-api). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Dominik Schürmann. [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/open-keychain/openpgp-api/blob/master/LICENSE).
  91. ## License
  92. [GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
  93. Copyright (c) 2018 Marcel Bokhorst. All rights reserved
  94. FairEmail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  95. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  96. the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  97. (at your option) any later version.
  98. FairEmail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  99. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  100. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  101. GNU General Public License for more details.
  102. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  103. along with FairEmail. If not, see [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).