FairEmail - Privacy-focused email client

FairEmail is user-friendly and compatible with almost all email services, including Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo!

If you prioritize privacy, FairEmail may be the ideal choice for you.

While FairEmail is straightforward to navigate, it may not suit those seeking an extremely basic email application.

This is solely an email client, meaning you need to provide your own email address. FairEmail doesn't function as a calendar, contact manager, task organizer, or notes application.

Please note that FairEmail does not accommodate non-standard protocols such as Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync.

The majority of features are available for free; however, to ensure the app's long-term maintenance and support, some features require payment. Refer to the following section for details on pro features.

A significant amount of work has been dedicated to developing this email application with a focus on privacy protection.

Main characteristics

* Fully functional

* Completely open source

* Privacy-focused

* Unlimited accounts

* Unlimited email addresses

* Integrated inbox (with optional account or folder separation)

* Threaded conversation view

* Two-way synchronization

* Push notifications

* Offline storage and capability

* Common text formatting options (size, color, lists, etc.)

* Battery efficient

* Low data consumption

* Small footprint (<30 MB)

* Material design aesthetic (including dark theme)

* Actively maintained and supported

This app is intentionally designed to be minimalistic, allowing users to focus solely on composing and reading emails.

A low-priority foreground service activates to ensure you never miss incoming emails.

Privacy features

* Supports encryption/decryption (OpenPGP, S/MIME)

* Reformats messages to guard against phishing

* Requires confirmation before displaying images to evade tracking

* Confirms link openings to avoid tracking and phishing issues

* Attempts to identify and block tracking images

* Issues warnings if messages lack authentication

Simple

* Quick installation process

* User-friendly navigation

* No unnecessary features

* Free from distracting visuals

Secure

* Does not store data on external servers

* Utilizes standard protocols (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc.)

* Safe message viewing (removal of styling, scripting, and unsafe HTML)

* Confirmation needed for opening links, images, and attachments

* No special permissions required

* Ad-free experience

* No analytics or tracking (error reporting via Bugsnag is optional)

* Android backup is available optionally

* Does not use Firebase Cloud Messaging

* FairEmail is an original creation, not based on existing works

Efficient

* Quick and lightweight

* Supports IMAP IDLE for push notifications

* Built with up-to-date development tools and libraries

Pro features

All pro features enhance convenience and functionality.

* Custom colors/avatars for accounts/identities/folders

* Color-coded stars

* Unique notification settings (sounds) for each account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo)

* Configurable notification actions

* Message snoozing option

* Schedule message sending

* Synchronization timing customization

* Predefined reply templates

* Accepting/declining calendar invitations

* Adding messages to calendar

* Automatic vCard attachment generation

* Custom filter rules

* Automated message categorization

* Search indexing enabled

* S/MIME signing/encryption

* Biometric/PIN security options

* Message list widget available

* Exportable settings

This step by step guide will help you set up a connection to your StartMail account in the FairEmail email client for Android.

First, make sure you have IMAP enabled in your StartMail account.

Open the Settings page and tap on Wizard > Other provider.

Enter your display name, your StartMail email address and your device password and tap Check. Please note that the password is not your account password, but a sixteen character password you need to generate from the Settings page in your StartMail account. Consult this article to create one: Configure a trusted device / IMAP password

After a quick validation it should detect the settings automatically, tap Save.

It should show a message that your folders have been added. Tap OK.