The Thunderbird-K-9 Mail collaborationĪccording to the Thunderbird team, Ryan Lee Sipes, Thunderbird product manager and Christian Ketterer started to talk about a possible collaboration for a Thunderbird email app in 2018. Mozilla hopes to bring Thunderbird to iOS, though it’s focusing on Android first. It is not yet known how the K-9 Mail app will be updated in terms of features and the UI. Once it has some essential features, such as desktop syncing, K-9 Mail will be renamed “Thunderbird for Android.” The rebranding is expected to happen sometime in 2023. Mozilla plans to slowly update K-9 Mail with Christian Ketterer, who currently maintains the app. It will offer most features that are admired, such as message filters, customization, account auto-configuration, and syncing with the desktop client. Instead, it will transform K-9 Mail into Thunderbird for Android. Mozilla has opted not to build a Thunderbird app from scratch. To achieve this, Mozilla has obtained the rights to K-9 Mail, an open-source email client that aligns with Thunderbird’s mission. But Thunderbird needs to make its mobile debut to fast-track this plan of action. It is also highly customizable, backed by an enthusiastic community and has a solid 19-year track record for user privacy – features quite desirable in 2022, which is why Thunderbird has grabbed Mozilla’s attention.Ī new business plan, some recent updates and a considerable influx of cash hold the potential to make Thunderbird’s desktop client respectable again. The Thunderbird app is incredibly lightweight compared to modern, Electron-based email clients. This is a part of the Thunderbird revival. K-9 Mail is joining Thunderbird to become the Thunderbird Android email app.
Open-source email application, Thunderbird, is coming to Android with the help of the K-9 Mail Android email app project. The Thunderbird team is also planning to offer Firefox Sync as an option to sync accounts between K-9 Mail and Thunderbird.Millions of Thunderbird desktop users can soon expect to see an official Thunderbird app for Android.
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