K-9 Mail

Been using K-9 Mail on my phones since my first Android. Brilliant email app, does everything I need flawlessly. Have to agree with all the other users complaining about the new icon though... it is truly truly awful (Sorry to the dev who designed it!). Any chance we can go back to the old, better-looking icon? Other than that, 5/5, would highly recommend (and often do).

SORT THE SYNCHRONISATION OUT. PLEASE. IT IS LITERALLY THE KEY FUNCTION OF AN EMAIL CLIENT -LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NEW EMAIL. I should not have to manually check. Taking another star off because comments are being ignored. Also, what's with the new - and rather babyish - logo? The original was rather smart. Can we have it back please?

Almost impossible to use this latest version 5.403 Very Laggy, takes long time to schroll down and open message. Problem exists even after I recreated the data. I have been using K9 for the past 4 years with multiple accounts on the same phone without this issue.

K-9 Mail is having trouble when OpenVPN connect is activated. All other apps and web sites work fine. Even when the VPN is then disconnected on LTE the problem persists. Moving next back to WiFi the problem still persists as well. Only a reboot of the phone seems to help.

Actually, it is a very good email app. The new icon totally sucks and the main developer seems to be completely deaf to users feedback about it. Don't be fooled by the icons you see on the Google play page for k9. It isn't showing the new icon. Even if the old icon doesn't come back, the icon needs a different look from what it is now.

It's a great very versatile app. The only thing I'm wondering about is it's energy consumption. It does wake the CPU quite little and also data usage is not that high compared to others. Yet it consumes quite some power. Any thoughts?

Installed on my s7 Samsung edge, works well but will not poll automatically, says syncing disabled ????? Not sure why they can not fix it. I filed a trouble ticket online but it was ignored. My guess is they can not figure out the syncing disabled problem

UPDATE: Wow, the new icon is garish! I really enjoy K9 Mail, but I keep getting notifications on my Gmail accounts that someone has my passwords. Until I started using this client, I never had a problem. I'm worried because you have to choose less secure settings in Gmail that it makes my accounts vulnerable to attack.

Push mail has not been working reliably for years, always leading to the error message "Syncing disabled" and tp delayed incoming mail. Why K-9 disables syncing remains unclear. Other email clients, like Thunderbird, do not have any such problem. K-9 also has too many, too complicated settings and some user interface problems. Apart from these problems it is good.

This is a good clean mail client with no ads and no unnecessary perms. HOWEVER, it appears to have a major functional deficiency. It seems that it is poorly integrated with contacts and it cannot acquire/learn new addresses that are directly entered into the "to" field of a new email or email reply. It neither stores them in a local internal address book nor offers to add them to contacts. This is a very undesirable behaviour / deficiency. The app also appears to lack any mechanism for managing spam, i.e.,way to add addresses to a spam filter. There is also a problem with the way it parses and delimits manually entered email addresses.

An issue since the last update...It's saying syncing is disabled even though I have it set as always..please fix..otherwise..I love this app. Works consistently & offers so many options for colors & displays.

Changing this review, as the old one was about the interface change that nearly made me quit using the app a few years ago. Since the last update, K-9 has been draining battery like crazy. I'm beginning to think it may have to do with the app getting stuck trying to refresh IMAP mail when there is a loss of network or network change, like changing from wireless to cellular data. It apparently just churns away. Side note: I can't stand the new icon. The older one was a bit odd and kitschy but it was comfortable and familiar. The battery issue would get any other app a 1 or 2 star rating, but since K-9 is the only app I still use, that I used on my first android, it gets a slight pass (along with hope that it will be fixed.)

Best e-mail app as it allows me to delete messages directly without putting them into the trash. I hate the new icon though, otherwise I would have given 5 stars, but it sticks so horribly out besides all other icons :)

K-9 mail still beats the pants off all the other mail clients for Android. As I use Thunderbird on my Linux notebook and Windows desktop, this is the closest thing to "Thunderbird on Android". My only issue is that it still doesn't support S/MIME. If you got that sorted, you'd be getting 5 stars.

I keep coming back to this app, use it and remember why I am still searching for a good email app. Considering how long email has been around, I'm surprised. CHECK for new email in a given frequency, NOTIFY ME of the new email, rinse, repeat. I hate fighting with this app. It's time to find something that just works.

Actually this is a six star app. But until you bring back the old icon it's a four. Come on folks, an ugly icon is an ugly icon.

Great email app, been using it for years, but the new icon? Absolute rubbish, it looks like it was designed by a 5-year-old, actually a 5-year-old could do a better job I'm sure

Used to be good BUT with issues around syncing emails it's not very useful, please fix... Or at least admit the issue exists and has done for a few years now. After recent update syncing disabled shows all the time enabling debug says no network but other apps are working time to fix this or at least admit you can't ....

It was wonderful until Android 6. Now sync not longer functions and the developer has not put the effort in to fix it (though other mail apps have). No longer recommended.

Major bug for several months now - does not sync/update reliably. Sometimes it does, but sometimes it does not sync for hours until I manually force it. Totally random. Have missed dozens of important emails this way. Now looking at the alternatives.

My preferred email client because it respects my privacy. But now that ugly ugly new icon on my home screen - YUK. Please developers show some maturity - you got wrong, damaged your branding, and lost the spirit of K9. Time to revert back to the old icon.

Silly icon. Is all. I put it into an icon folder so I don't have to look at it the stupid fugly thing. Have you forgotten the derivation of "K9" ??? 5 stars again when common sense prevails. Notice how the dev(s) haven't issued any "replies" to the comments regarding the icon? Those that comment how we are luddites, go stare at the bottom of bucket. I do experience lots of issues with synch too, but I put that down to a rubbish mail server. In the final analysis, it's still an awesome app that is free with no nagging ads, so four solid stars.

Good email program, I have used it for years. Minus 1 star for new butt ugly icon, what a shame.

WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE ICON?? I want the old K-9 app icon back. you had to go and screw up my favourite thing about this dumb app.

App works well enough. New icon is a failure....please revert to old one.

The app itself is excellent but it's let down badly in latest update by a badly designed icon which I wouldn't want on my homescreen, old icon was much much better

Would be 5 stars if not for frequent sync issues (it will say "syncing disabled" frequently though I have settings so that it should be syncing in the background all the time so as to not miss important emails when they come in) and often trying to send emails with any sort of attachment, regardless of attachment type or size, the emails will get stuck in the outbox for several hours and on some occasions even DAYS. Definitely room for improvement.

Used this for some time and it is OK for mail. The new icon is dreadful however, so will be looking for an an alternative. After all it is just an email client and there are plenty available.

The new app icon is horrid but otherwise a decent email app. I like that it supports gpg integrated... But seriously... Who looked at that icon and thought it would be an improvement? Developer's girlfriend must have designed it....

I came looking for a secure email solution, and found a nice unexpected surprise... the ONLY email app I know of that lets you use a DARK theme. If you're like me and you do a lot of email composing and reading when you're on a BATTERY, then not having a constant WHITE background while you type is not only easier on your eyes, but on your battery life too.

The new icon is so horrible I had to change my rating from 5 stars to 1 star! Otherwise this is the best email app.

Looking for an alternative to my stock Android Mail app, I took a chance on K-9 and it's everything I was looking for EXCEPT none of my ringtones sound when new mail arrives (and they are selected). The recent update has not fixed this.

It worked for years, then something went wrong but you guys fixed it for Android 8.0/8.1 and now it's crashing again, especially when I move an unread message to another IMAPI folder. Very annoying. I'm losing faith in you

No autocomplete address, except Contacts. PS Update has changed all font size settings. Really ugly icon:)

Great app for news but I hate the new icon. Why not provide a short cut widget with the old one?

After the last update hangs up almost every time when checking for new email. Annoying.

Love k-9 mail. Have been using it for a few years, but don't I like the new icon at all! Why can't we have the original icon back please?

Works great. I want to switch back to the old app icon. The new one is terrible.

Got to the setup and found k9 only allows 1000 emails to be downloaded. Pointless limit so immediately deleted.

During Adroid 6.01 is on Doze Mode, no new emails get received. Exclude from battery save list doesn't help. No fix?