Post #2498715

2026-04-24 08:01 UTC

@thunderbird@mastodon.online 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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@voxel@infosec.space 2026-04-24 08:24

@rodlie@mastodon.social @thunderbird@mastodon.online It's less of a Thunderbird issue and more of an Android issue. Android and email weren't designed with notifications outside Google's push notification system in mind. I think the blog describes it very well if you haven't fully read it.

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@calm_bomb@metalhead.club 2026-04-24 09:32

@rodlie@mastodon.social @thunderbird@mastodon.online you're approching this the other way! In fact Android is not fun with Thunderbird (and many other apps) because they force apps that don't use Google Services to "beg" for notification permissions and battery stuff. I hate Android for this, but would never touch an iPhone.

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@thunderbird@mastodon.online 2026-05-07 14:46

@rodlie@mastodon.social 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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