Philip, Thanks for the comprehensive response. I did not mean to disparage the efforts that are going into making K-9 an excellent, if not universal product. I realize my email was probably not written in the best tone.
I do use K-9 on a daily basis with the accounts that it supports. I would not if it did not do a good job. I very much prefer it to the Google mail app for those accounts like pop and Yahoo mail. I just wanted to point out that while most of us would usually prefer open source solutions to everything in general, sometimes we just need something that works without fuss and Nine happens to fit the bill nicely with regard to Exchange. If those who need Exchange used Nine and stopped bothering you about it :) that would leave you more time to focus on the other more practical issues. Again, thanks for a great product. Didier Sent from my Moto-X On Apr 19, 2016 9:34 AM, "Philip Whitehouse" <[email protected]> wrote: > > but can someone explain why this has been such a low priority given >> how widespread exchange is in the business world >> > > It's a complex task and the list of sizeable enhancement requests is large. > Supporting a huge new amount of code is a big deal when we have issues to > address as is. > > There's XOAuth 2.0 for Gmail, a bunch of unsupported encryption > techniques, S/MIME for encryption, the PGP/MIME work is still in > progress (though it's coming along well), there's constant pressure to > re-design the app to meet more modern Android solutions, outstanding > requests to look at storage and a ton of other stuff like auto-conf. > > Plus if you're using a closed source email server you're probably not > the primary target for an open source app. We can't be all things for all > people. > > I did look into this at the weekend. There's an old code branch which uses > some of the default Android app > (prior to the feature being removed in newer versions)'s code. > > https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/606#issuecomment-211042212 > > Exchange Active Sync is a licensed protocol. Google and all the > manufacturers have a license. > > I'm hoping I'll hear back from Microsoft. > But before I get something saying we either don't need a license or it's > free for us, the chances of it being added is small IMO. > > - Philip Whitehouse > > > On 2016-04-15 10:43, Domenico Somma wrote: > >> Any news?! >> >> On Monday, 23 June 2014 16:00:38 UTC+1, Didier Juges wrote: >> >> This is an older thread, but my company just switched to Exchange >>> 2010 and I faced the same issue. >>> >>> I am now using Maildroid for my corporate mail, and setup with it >>> was effortless. One advantage: the Android email app won't let me >>> connect to the Exchange server without having a PIN code on the >>> phone, which is a pain, but the Maildroid app does, so I can >>> procrastinate a little longer... >>> >>> I would much rather have all my mail in one app, but for now, that >>> will do (of course, I could use Maildroid for all my accounts, but I >>> do like and want to support K-9) >>> >>> On Friday, August 2, 2013 2:13:30 PM UTC-5, Jeff DuBois wrote: >>> >>> Hi there. >>>> >>>> I love k-9 but had to stop using it when I started a new job and >>>> needed to check work email on my phone. I've searched and found >>>> posts dating back to 2010 asking for this and responses varying >>>> from "not at this time" to "looking into it." I understand that >>>> this app is free and supported/maintained by volunteers, but can >>>> someone explain why this has been such a low priority given how >>>> widespread exchange is in the business world - even in the >>>> nonprofit sector in which I work. I'm no microsoft fan, but I just >>>> don't get it especially when the default android app can do it. >>>> >>>> Again, I really love this app and would make a donation if I could >>>> use it for both personal and work email... >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail >> Users List. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit >> http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list [1] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail [2] >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout [3]. >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list >> [2] http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail >> [3] https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users > List. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit > http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/k-9-mail/8yth2lllGMs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. 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