[horde] KitKat email clients with Horde

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Zitat von Simon Wilson <simon at simonandkate.net>:

> The Samsung email client that comes with the S4 KitKat is the same  
> one that has been there since 4.2, and it's really not that special,  
> so I'm trying some alternatives for Android 4.4.2.
>
> I installed the Android Email / Exchange APKs (I tried both 6.0 and  
> 6.2), and found that unlike every other client it displays my Imp /  
> IMAP folder structure with Drafts / Sent / Saved Emails / Trash as  
> sitting UNDERNEATH Inbox, so at the top of my Inbox display is the  
> list of those folders... :( Anyone else have the same? Is it likely  
> to be something about how I have my userspace or something?

The Android Email/Exchange client has still a vital bug: in the Sent  
folder's list view it shows only the sender's name and not the mail  
recipients. The IMAP folder structure is listed correctly here. Nexus  
5 with Android 4.4.4.

>
> Of the others I am looking at:
>
> "Nine" works really well, very nice UI, seems to be working nicely.  
> My only gripes are that it supports AS 14.0 only not 14.1; and the  
> unread count on the icon displays count of all unread emails that it  
> knows about - you can't tell it to 'just show me unread count of  
> inbox'. $10 too. Calendar and Contacts are shunted neatly into the  
> existing Android data stores.

Simon, thanks for the hint. I've tested "Nine" since yesterday. The UI  
is really the best of all clients and fits into the android look &  
feel. Composing of plain-text messages is not supported. It is a  
little bit slower than my IMAP push client "Aqua mail", but has a  
smoother interface. I will check the syncing reliability for the next  
days. If all works well I switch the entire syncing process to this  
one app. The app developers write they will also support tasks and  
notes syncing in the near future.

>
> "MailWise" has a bit of a way to go with a few things - not so  
> pretty, slower, no unread count support on icon, no ability to  
> change font size, but does nicely roll up things like Google+  
> updates into single update threads. Also nice ability to change what  
> swipe left / swipe right does in the email list. Free. Haven't tried  
> its Calendar or Contacts sync yet.

Tested this too. Seemed ok, also no plain-text composing. K9 and  
Tochdown I didn't like because of their UIs.


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