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Our latest Mobile Progress Report is now live on the blog!

Notifications on Android? Progress on iOS? 📱 Get the full scoop:
blog.thunderbird.net/2026/04/m…

#Thunderbird #Android #iOS #OpenSource

Mobile Progress Report - April 2026 - The Thunderbird Blog

A roadmap focus on modernizing code, a commitment to improving notifications, and our continuing work on the iOS app in this month's report.
Jon Bott (The Thunderbird Blog)
#opensource #android #thunderbird #iOS
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Ole-André Rodlie
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Ole-André Rodlie
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yeah... Thunderbird on Android is not fun. I have to give it unrestricted battery just for checking mail every hour (push support is a joke!). "Mark as read" in the notification does not work either (the notification will just popup again).

I just want a notification when I get a mail, that should not be an issue in 2026.

Anyway, good luck on that (hope you fix it).

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@rodlie Push is fiddly because we don't use Firebase, which sends all your notifications through Google's servers. We definitely want to improve it, but we also want to protect your privacy too! And we're working on the issue causing notifications to pop up again after deleting them or marking as read - that's a bug we'll hopefully fix soon!
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Austrasien
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Lorsqu'on importe un profil, seulement 3 adresses mails sont configurées
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@austrasien The QR code limits how many accounts you can set up, so if you have more than three accounts, you may need to scan multiple codes. You can read more at: support.mozilla.org/kb/thunder…

Import settings and data into Thunderbird for Android | Mozilla Support

How to import email settings from K-9 and Thunderbird for Android
support.mozilla.org
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Eric Wätke
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in the post you say that you are still looking for a staff iOS engineer, but the job posting doesn’t seem to be on the Mozilla Job page, is it posted elsewhere?
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@cire901 The article has been updated as this role has been filled. Be sure to keep an eye on our job postings as new roles open up!
mozilla.org/en-US/careers/list…

Mozilla Careers — All open positions at Mozilla

We have a mighty mandate, serving hundreds of millions of people. Add a culture of exploration, and there is always a new way to learn and grow here.
Mozilla
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Benjamin Alan Jamie
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Oh how much I long for an undo feature like nearly all other Android mail clients have. For years! It's really not fun (huge pain) to manually look for an accidentally swiped-away e-mail in individual folders of multiple e-mail accounts.
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@nathanael IMAP IDLE is something we are looking to put in the iOS side, and even more cool is the JMAP which allows for real Mail Push, where we don’t ask, but are told by the server. IMAP IDLE for Android though is something we are considering, there again are battery issues to worry about, and whether each provider implements IMAP IDLE, and in the same way as the IMAP spec.
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