Thunderbird differences from K-9 mail?

[madbilly]

Hi all, especially @kewisch,

Here https://forum.f-droid.org/t/k-9-to-thunderbird-update/28973/38?u=madbilly you said that there are a few features which are in Thunderbird for Android which aren't in K9-Mail. Could you please say what they are? I've looked around lots of places and can't find an answer.

Cheers 🙂

[kewisch · Accepted solution]

Hi @madbilly , thanks for reaching out about this. At the moment, the main feature of difference is the cross-device and on-device import feature. We added the ability to import your settings from Thunderbird Desktop by scanning a QR code, or if you have Thunderbird for Android installed and also K-9 Mail, you can easily import your settings from K-9 Mail.

While right now this alone might not be a compelling argument to make the switch from K-9 Mail to Thunderbird, it is certainly a lot more likely a feature might be exclusive to Thunderbird than developing a feature that is exclusive to K-9 Mail. Given they are otherwise built on the same code base and developed by the same passionate group of people, there really isn't a reason not to stick with Thunderbird 🙂

[madbilly]

Thanks @kewisch for the helpful explanation 😄

[Shaklain]

• Hi dear Mozilla community,
  
  I request you to
  
  1. add the feature of attaching hyperlinks under images,texts etc.
  
  2. Add the feature of selecting text colors like samsung email provides a lot of colors that is compulsory in all email apps.
  
  3. Add the option of selecting text font. I mean bold,italic,serif, etc.
  
  4. Text background color option.
  
  And some more features that samsung email app provides. And make the settings easily i mean if i want to reciece all emails 📧at the real time (quickly when sent),i know what i should do to recieve at the time when they sent,but this setting is so tough. So please make it easy to use.
  
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See my screenshot and provide the easy settings for receiving emails 📧 quickly.

Bear in mind that whatever i replied you was about k9 Mail app and android thunderbird app