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Support EWS or EAS
Checklist
- [X] I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
- [X] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
- [X] This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.
App version
6.000
Problem you are trying to solve
My current work uses Zimbra as mail backend, but the smartphone used by employees unfortunately have to use Gmail app because of ActiveSync (Zimbra EAS or EWS).
I saw https://github.com/thundernest/k-9/issues/606#issuecomment-526831943, but now that K-9 Mail joins the Thunderbird family (congrats, by the way! :tada:), maybe EWS/EAS could be reconsidered?
Suggested solution
Supporting EWS and/or EAS.
Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details
No response
This is unlikely to happen. Implementing a proprietary protocol will always be at the bottom of the TODO list. And that list is very long.
I understand. And I'm not going to praise proprietary software! But, on the other side, corporate adoption of K9M is lower than it could due to this missing feature. At least at my place it's clearly the case. Maybe joining Thunderbird could be the opportunity to launch something like "sponsored features"? I know my employer is very likely to pay (maybe not alone, though) for missing features it wants.
K-9 has an old branch with initial EAS support: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/tree/ms-eas It might be helpful for you.
I agree that this should be priority. Not everyone chooses what emails they get at times, I have a school email that requires ews and there are no android mail clients that have the feature but evolution works on desktop.
Hello, i'm intereted too by this funtionnality. The link of old branch return a 404 error.
Best regards
I personally think that this should be higher up the to do list. I do not want to have to use two email apps on my phone, which I currently have to do as IMAP access has been removed for one of my Office 365 accounts.
