asked 2014-03-19 16:41:53 +0200
Please open source the email client!
The email client, like the now open sourced browser, is a core feature of a smart phone, and right now it needs a lot of help and development. If it were open sourced, people could start working on their favorite grievances and move it forwards much quicker. I believe a high quality Sailfish-specific email client would be very valuable for Jolla.
answered 2014-03-19 17:01:08 +0200
Majority of the code is open source(~90%), major parts:
MW: https://github.com/nemomobile-packages/messagingframework
QML plugins: https://github.com/nemomobile/nemo-qml-plugin-email
The UI elements are not atm, see this for more info and clarifications on that: https://together.jolla.com/question/3014/clarification-of-open-source-policy/#post-id-6768
Contributions are welcome :)
That is great! However, I think many improvements of the email client would need access to the UI code. My biggest show stopper for the email client is that it automatically downloads in-line images in emails. To turn that off I need a manual override in the UI for emails where I do wish to see the pictures. This is used to validate my email to spammers, and I have a lot of spam issues. See: https://together.jolla.com/question/3758/mail-application-ask-to-load-images-in-email
00prometheus ( 2014-03-19 18:15:43 +0200 )editThis issue is not about a single specific bug, this is about giving coders the access they need to improve the email client. For example, I would like to add GPG-encryption, and there are many, many other features that open-source coders could add if given the chance. Also it is about letting independent coders validate that the email client isn't doing the wrong thing, either intentionally or by mistake.
00prometheus ( 2016-05-22 21:29:57 +0200 )editAsked: 2014-03-19 16:41:53 +0200
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Last updated: Mar 19 '14
It's time to get an usable email client! Is somebody at Jolla working on it to make it open source? Or have we to wait for features until the Jolla phone no. 1 is history?
This email-client still is a email-patient and makes me sick too.
jolladiho ( 2014-12-26 21:03:23 +0200 )edit