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[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Been using K-9 for a time and tried Thunderbird - it feels kind of smoother and there are some visual overhauls but ended uninstalling it because it was hard for me to tell which mails were unread (and which ones not) in the main mail list while in dark mode. I guess I'm not the only one who felt that way and surely they will fix it but this also left me the sensation that there's not much sense in switching to Thunderbird if you're using K-9.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

K9 is Thunderbird. You'll be switching if you like it or not. If you want, write a bug report on the visibility issue.

[–] Melco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

K9 is not Thunderbird. There is a critical difference.

K9 is a private respecting app which contains no malicious user tracking telemetry, this app does.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On 13 June 2022, it was announced that K-9 Mail had been taken over by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation with current maintainer Christian Ketterer joining the team, and plans for K-9 Mail to be rebranded as Thunderbird for Android following the completion of a feature roadmap, including sync with Thunderbird on PC, integrating Thunderbird's automated account setup system, message filtering, and improvements to folders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-9_Mail

Bit of a, bit of b. It is not yet. But the final version of Thunderbird will replace K9. So if you're not happy with the beta, write an issue in their bug tracker.

[–] Melco@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No that will not work, users already opened an issue and asked to remove the spyware and Mozilla closed it:

https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues/8199

Mozilla has gone full evil already, they took the only full featured, completely privacy respecting email app on the platform and killed it and they did it sneakily as well just like they did with PPA on firefox.

Luckily K9 in its existing version is fully functional. Users who care about privacy can continue to use K9.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An old version or a fork though

[–] Melco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes that is what we are left with.

Mozilla bought k9 and killed it, sad day for users.

[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

K9 is Thunderbird

Seems you didn't even read my comment - but no, at least for the moment K-9 is not Thunderbird..

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

K9 has been Thunderbird for quite a while now. The name hasn't changed yet officially, but the team has been incorporated a good while ago.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not sure why people are downvoting you, you're right.

Here's the announcement from over 2 years ago.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are the same. It is the same app. They have announced that they will keep both K9 and Thunderbird in parallel, but the underlying program is the same - it will be only a cosmetic difference. This has to do with app IDs and user preferences, etc.

Here is the K9 Beta that is the same version as the new Thunderbird (beta) app. You are just switching from the beta back to the release.

Edit: sorry link was missing: https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/releases/tag/K9MAIL_8_0b1