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# FairEmail
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*Open source, privacy friendly email app*
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This email app might be for you if your current email app:
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* takes long to receive or show messages
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* can manage only one email address
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* cannot show conversations
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* cannot work offline
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* looks outdated
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* is not maintained
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* stores your email on their servers
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* is closed source, potentially violating your privacy
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## Features
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* 100 % open source
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* Multiple accounts (inboxes)
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* Multiple identities (outboxes)
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* Unified inbox
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* Message threading
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* Distraction free reading and writing
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* Two way synchronization
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* Offline storage and operations
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* Folder management
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* Material design
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## Pro features
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* Signatures
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* Dark theme
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* Account colors
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* Standard replies
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* Sort on time, unread or starred
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* Search on server
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* Preview sender/subject in new messages status bar notification
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* Export settings
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## Simple
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* Easy navigation
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* No unnecessary settings
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* No bells and whistles
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## Secure
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* Allow encrypted connections only
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* Accept valid security certificates only
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* Authentication required
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* Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
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* No special permissions required
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* No advertisements
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* No analytics and no tracking
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## Efficient
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* [IMAP IDLE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE) (push messages) supported
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* Built with latest development tools and libraries
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* Android 6 Marshmallow or later required
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This app is minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.
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This app starts a foreground service with a low priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new email.
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## Downloads
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* [GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/releases)
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* [Play store](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.email)
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## Frequently asked questions
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See [here](https://github.com/M66B/open-source-email/blob/master/FAQ.md) for a list of often asked questions.
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## Support
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* For support on FairEmail, please go [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/source-email-t3824168)
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## Contributing
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*Documentation*
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Contributions to this document and the frequently asked questions
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are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
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*Translations*
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* You can translate the in-app texts of FairEmail [here](https://crowdin.com/project/open-source-email)
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* If your language is not listed, please send a message through [this contact form](https://contact.faircode.eu/)
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*Source code*
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Building FairEmail from source code is straightforward with [Android Studio](http://developer.android.com/sdk/).
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It is expected that you can solve build problems yourself, so there is no support on building.
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Source code contributions are preferred in the form of [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
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Please [contact me](https://contact.faircode.eu/) first to tell me what your plans are.
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Please note that you agree to the license below by contributing, including the copyright.
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## Attribution
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FairEmail uses:
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* [JavaMail](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/). Copyright (c) 1997-2018 Oracle® and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. [GPLv2+CE license](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/JavaMail-License).
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* [jsoup](https://jsoup.org/). Copyright © 2009 - 2017 Jonathan Hedley. [MIT license](https://jsoup.org/license).
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* [JCharset](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/). Copyright © 2005-2015 Amichai Rothman. [GNU General Public License](http://www.freeutils.net/source/jcharset/#license)
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* [Android Support Library](https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/). Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project. [Apache license](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/master/LICENSE.txt).
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* [Android Architecture Components](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/). Copyright 2018 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. [Apache license](https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture-components/blob/master/LICENSE).
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* [colorpicker](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/colorpicker). Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project. [Apache license](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/colorpicker/+/master/src/com/android/colorpicker/ColorPickerDialog.java).
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* [dnsjava](http://www.xbill.org/dnsjava/). Copyright (c) 1998-2011, Brian Wellington. [BSD License](https://sourceforge.net/p/dnsjava/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/LICENSE).
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## License
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[GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
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Copyright (c) 2018 Marcel Bokhorst. All rights reserved
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FairEmail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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FairEmail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with FairEmail. If not, see [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).
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