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**(2) Why is there a permanent notification shown?**
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**(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 (see next question) is shown
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A low priority permanent status bar notification with the number of accounts being synchronized and the number of operations pending (see next question) is shown
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to prevent Android from killing the service that takes care of receiving and sending email.
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to prevent Android from killing the service that takes care of receiving and sending email.
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Android shows icons of high priority status bar notifications first and will hide the icon of FairEmail's notification if there is no space to show icons anymore.
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Most, if not all, other email apps don't show a notification
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Most, if not all, other email apps don't show a notification
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with the "side effect" that new messages are often not or late being reported and that messages are not or late being sent.
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with the "side effect" that new messages are often not or late being reported and that messages are not or late being sent.
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Background: this is necessary because of the introduction of [doze mode](https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby) in Android 6 Marshmallow.
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Background: this is necessary because of the introduction of [doze mode](https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby) in Android 6 Marshmallow.
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Some people suggested to use [Firebase Cloud Messaging](https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/) (FCM) instead of an Android service with a status bar notification,
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but this would require email providers to send FCM messages or a central server where all messages are collected sending FCM messages.
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The first is not going to happen and the last would have significant privacy implications.
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If you came here by clicking on the notification, you should known that the next click will open the unified inbox.
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If you came here by clicking on the notification, you should known that the next click will open the unified inbox.
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If you want to synchronize some or all folders of an account manually, just disable synchronization for the folders (but not of the account).
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If you want to synchronize some or all folders of an account manually, just disable synchronization for the folders (but not of the account).
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You'll likely want to disabled [browse on server](#user-content-faq24) too.
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<a name="faq80"></a>
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