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Android email client recommendations
nick205 - 24/9/25 at 09:45 AM

Hello all,

What Email clients are people using on their Android phones (not the clients delivered with the phones)?

Slimy38 - 24/9/25 at 02:21 PM

I use GMail and have my various POP3 connections going into it. Is that classed as one delivered with the phone as it's an Android phone?

nick205 - 24/9/25 at 02:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
I use GMail and have my various POP3 connections going into it. Is that classed as one delivered with the phone as it's an Android phone?



OK - showing my lack of knowledge!

I have several email addresses

1x work (Outlook)
1x home (GMail) use the GMail client/app
1x home (other) currently use webmail


Can I add the 1x home (other) email account to the GMail client/app?

If so, is it simple/reliable and is there a guide?

[Edited on 24-9-25 by nick205]

[Edited on 24-9-25 by nick205]

Slimy38 - 25/9/25 at 07:31 AM

Here's an example guide. Using Gmail app for other accounts

I will admit I don't send emails from the other accounts, I only receive them. It also looks like that particular guide is a few years old so the options may have changed.

nick205 - 25/9/25 at 09:15 AM

Thanks - I'll take a look

SteveWalker - 25/9/25 at 11:25 AM

Our family use K9-Mail, which for some time has been "owned" by Thunderbird (the desktop mail and news client).

nick205 - 25/9/25 at 12:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SteveWalker
Our family use K9-Mail, which for some time has been "owned" by Thunderbird (the desktop mail and news client).



Thanks also, I use Firefox browser so K9-Mail / Thunderbird may fit nicely.

David Jenkins - 25/9/25 at 09:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SteveWalker
Our family use K9-Mail, which for some time has been "owned" by Thunderbird (the desktop mail and news client).


I use K9 as well - it does what it's supposed to do, with little fuss. Setting it up can be a bit 'technical' though.

nick205 - 26/9/25 at 08:00 AM

SteveWalker & David Jenkins

Do you both use K9 on desktop and mobile?

I'm looking for something that works in harmony on both.

40inches - 26/9/25 at 08:40 AM

I use Thunderbird on my Galaxy and PC
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thunderbird.android

coyoteboy - 27/9/25 at 12:17 PM

I used to use K9 but it got a bit dated and behind the times 3-4 years ago. I reverted back to gmail and outlook. Then I regretted it because outlook sends me endless notifications for emails already notified, and their support response is (reset the account whenever this happens) ... so like hourly?

David Jenkins - 3/10/25 at 11:21 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
SteveWalker & David Jenkins

Do you both use K9 on desktop and mobile?

I'm looking for something that works in harmony on both.


I only use K9 on the mobile, with Thunderbird on my (Linux) desktop. As said above, they are related. I've had no problems over the past few years.

David Jenkins - 3/10/25 at 11:25 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
I used to use K9 but it got a bit dated and behind the times 3-4 years ago. I reverted back to gmail and outlook. Then I regretted it because outlook sends me endless notifications for emails already notified, and their support response is (reset the account whenever this happens) ... so like hourly?


K9 got a bit of an upgrade a while back. It *is* totally lacking in any bells-and-whistles but, for me, that's a bonus!

I detest gmail and abandoned it within 1 hour of first use. I haven't used outlook for years as my desktop uses Linux - I did use it before I retired, and it did the job, but otherwise... meh.

nick205 - 6/10/25 at 01:46 PM

Thanks again for the suggestions.

Thunderbird successfully operating in sync on desktop and phone.