Even although members of the youthful generations are attempting to bury e-mail as “communication for old people,” the truth is e-mail is not wherever close to its deathbed. While collaboration tools, social media, and texting are necessary, they are not prepared to exchange e-mail as a vital enterprise (and social) communications software.
Given that e-mail is not going away and most of it’s now learn on cell gadgets (in response to a number of research), having cell e-mail shopper is crucial. If you are an Android person who desires an open supply e-mail shopper, issues get a bit bit difficult.
We’ve uncovered 4 open supply e-mail shoppers for Android so that you can take into account. Two can be found within the official Android app retailer, Google Play, and you could find them in one of many open supply Android app repositories, Fossdroid or F-Droid. (See beneath for particular obtain particulars for every.)
Okay-9 Mail
K-9 Mail has been round virtually so long as Android has—it originated out of a patch to the Android 1.zero e-mail shopper. It has assist for IMAP and WebDAV, a number of identities, attachments, emojis, and different typical e-mail shopper options. Its user documentation affords assistance on set up, setup, safety, studying and sending e-mail, and rather more.
Okay-9 is open sourced beneath the Apache 2.0 License with source code accessible on GitHub. It’s accessible for obtain on Google Play, Amazon, and F-Droid.
p≡p
As its full identify, “Pretty Easy Privacy” suggests, p≡p is concentrated on privateness and safe communications. It gives automated, end-to-end encryption of emails and attachments (offered your recipient additionally has an encryption resolution put in—if not, p≡p warns that your e-mail might be despatched with out encryption).
You can entry the source code (licensed beneath GPLv3) from GitLab and discover documentation on the app’s web site. Download p≡p without spending a dime on Fossdroid or for a nominal price on Google Play.
InboxPager
InboxPager lets you ship and browse e-mail messages over the SSL/TLS protocol, which suggests you might must do some tweaking in case your e-mail supplier (e.g., Gmail) would not flip that on by default. (Fortunately, InboxPager affords Gmail instructions.) It additionally helps OpenPGP encryption by the OpenKeychain utility.
InboxPager is licensed beneath GPLv3 with source code accessible on GitHub, and it may be put in by way of F-Droid.
FairEmail
FairEmail takes a minimalistic strategy to cell e-mail, specializing in studying and writing messages—with out all of the bells and whistles that danger slowing your e-mail shopper. It helps a number of accounts and identities, message threading, encryption, and extra.
It’s licensed beneath GPLv3 with source code accessible on GitHub. You can obtain FairEmail on Fossdroid; a Google Play model is offered for folks inquisitive about testing the software.
There’s definitely room for different entries into the open supply Android e-mail shopper house (or for bettering those above)—motivated builders, take discover. And, if you recognize of an utility we missed, please share it within the feedback.
