K-9 Mail
K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, IMAP push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, PGP, mail on SD & more!
K-9 supports IMAP, POP3 and Exchange 2003/2007 (with WebDAV).
Google's default Android email app is very limited. Instead you should use K-9 for your Android email client. K-9 is highly functional and well-maintained. K-9 supports IMAP IDLE for push messaging. It also gives the user fine-grained control over push and polling message retrieval behavior, with various configuration options that can be set per account and per folder. It also gives you a bit more control over notifications, including the option to have a separate notification tone for each account.
The K-9 message list view is configurable to show a short excerpt of the message text. You can also hide the selection checkboxes and the star icon that is used to mark favorite messages. You can individually adjust the font size. K-9 has themes.
K-9 does everything that Google's lousy default mail app should do.
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How to set up an IMAP account
In this example we will set up an imap account on a server with TLS on port 25. The user has an email alias she sends mail by that is different from her account username.
- enter the email address: sara.smith@domain.net and use the account password |NEXT->|
- for account type choose: IMAP |NEXT->|
- enter username: ssmith |NEXT->|
- SMTP server: mail.domain.net, security: STARTTLS (always) |NEXT->|
- It will FAIL, now correct Port to: 25 |NEXT->|
- for Account Options use defaults |NEXT->|
- for Account Name leave blank, for Name Appears: Sara Smith |NEXT->|
done!
How to use identities / aliases
To set up an alias in K9 mail:
- Settings, Account Settings, Sending Mail, Manage identities - click settings button and choose "New Identity"
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