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- FairEmail
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- Frequently Asked Questions
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- <a name="FAQ1"></a>
- **(1) Which permissions are needed and why?**
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- * Full network access (INTERNET): to send and receive email
- * View network connections (ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE): to monitor internet connectivity changes
- * Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED): to start monitoring on device start
- * Optional: read your contacts (READ_CONTACTS): to autocomplete addresses
- * ... (FOREGROUND_SERVICE): to run a foreground service on Android 9 Pie and later, see also the next question.
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- <a name="FAQ2"></a>
- **(2) Why is there a permanent notification shown?**
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- A permanent status bar notification with the number of accounts being synchronized and the number of operations pending is shown
- to prevent Android from killing the service that takes care of receiving and sending email.
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- Most, if not all, other email apps don't show a notification with the "side effect" that new email is often not or late being reported.
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- **(3) What are operations?**
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- The low priority status bar notification shows the number of pending operations, which can be:
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- * SEEN: mark message as seen/unseen in remote folder
- * ADD: add message to remote folder
- * MOVE: move message to another remote folder
- * DELETE: delete message from remote folder
- * SEND: send message
- * ATTACHMENT download attachment
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- **(4) What is a valid security certificate?**
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- Valid security certificates are officially signed (not self signed) and have matching a host name.
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- **(5) What does 'no IDLE support' mean?**
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- Without [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) emails need to be periodically fetched,
- which is a waste of battery power and internet bandwidth and will delay notification of new emails.
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- **(6) How can I set a Google app password?**
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- See here for instructions: [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833).
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- This will be easier after implementing [this feature](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/issues/17).
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- If you have another question, you can use [this forum](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-email-t3824168).
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- If you have a feature request or found a bug, you can report it [as an issue](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/issues).
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