to mobile devices with Android, iOS, and iPadOS. Just a few weeks ago, Ryan Lee, Product and Business Development Manager for Mozilla Thunderbird, said that working on the user interface (UI) and associated user experience (UX) is a prerequisite for migrating the client from the Linux and Windows desktop. Jason Evangelho, Marketing Manager for Thunderbird It had to be open source, respect the user, and be perfect for power users who crave customization and a rich set of features. Improved Thunderbird folder management.įor Thunderbird via the Google Play Store and additionally as a free Android package (.APK) should be offered, but the client’s UI/UX design will be revised and K-9 Mail will gradually be adapted to the look and feel of Thunderbird.Synchronization between desktop and mobile Thunderbird.Account configuration with Thunderbird account automatic configuration.In a first step-by-step plan, the developers describe their first steps towards Thunderbird for Android. K-9 Mail, which will serve as the basis for these apps, has now been transferred to Mozilla, as the donation page of the free application that runs under the Apache License 2.0. The MZLA Technologies Corporation was formed a little over two years ago to further develop Thunderbird and has set itself the following major goal of Open source email client for Android and iOS written on the flag. Before that happens, we need to reach certain development milestones that will align K-9 Mail with Thunderbird’s features and appearance. That means the name itself will change and adopt Thunderbird branding. Eventually, K-9 Mail will turn into Thunderbird on Android. That’s why we’re excited to announce that K-9 Mail is officially joining the Thunderbird family today.

product family and in the medium term will already be completely absorbed in Mozilla Thunderbird for Android. K-9 Mail becomes Thunderbird for AndroidĪs Jason Evangelho, marketing manager for Mozilla Thunderbird at the fledgling MZLA Technologies Corporation, announced in a post on the company’s blog, the K-9 Mail mail app, developed by Jesse Vincent, will in the future be developed within the Thunderbird family. The app is premiering under Android and from the free email client, K-9 Mail appears. Mozilla’s popular open source email client Thunderbird or its spin-off subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation will soon be available as a mobile app for smartphones and tablets.

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