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title: "Email Clients"
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icon: material/email-open
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Our recommendation list contains email clients that support both [OpenPGP ](encryption.md#openpgp ) and strong authentication such as [Open Authorization (OAuth) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth ). OAuth allows you to use [Multi-Factor Authentication ](basics/multi-factor-authentication.md ) and prevent account theft.
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??? Attention "Email does not provide forward secrecy"
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When using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) technology like OpenPGP, email will still have [some metadata ](email.md#email-metadata-overview ) that is not encrypted in the header of the email.
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OpenPGP also does not support [forward secrecy ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy ), which means if either your or the recipient's private key is ever stolen, all previous messages encrypted with it will be exposed: [How do I protect my private keys? ](basics/email-security.md ) Consider using a medium that provides forward secrecy:
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[Real-time Communication ](real-time-communication.md ){ .md-button }
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## Cross-Platform
### Thunderbird
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!!! recommendation
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![Thunderbird logo ](assets/img/email-clients/thunderbird.svg ){ align=right }
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**Thunderbird** is a free, open-source, cross-platform email, newsgroup, news feed, and chat (XMPP, IRC, Twitter) client developed by the Thunderbird community, and previously by the Mozilla Foundation.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://www.thunderbird.net ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/thunderbird ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://support.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
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- [:simple-windows11: Windows ](https://www.thunderbird.net )
- [:simple-apple: macOS ](https://www.thunderbird.net )
- [:simple-linux: Linux ](https://www.thunderbird.net )
- [:simple-flathub: Flatpak ](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.Thunderbird )
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## Platform Specific
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### Apple Mail (macOS)
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!!! recommendation
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![Apple Mail logo ](assets/img/email-clients/applemail.png ){ align=right }
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**Apple Mail** is included in macOS and can be extended to have OpenPGP support with [GPG Suite ](encryption.md#gpg-suite ), which adds the ability to send encrypted email.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/welcome/mac ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/toc ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
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### Canary Mail (iOS)
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!!! recommendation
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![Canary Mail logo ](assets/img/email-clients/canarymail.svg ){ align=right }
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**Canary Mail** is a paid email client designed to make end-to-end encryption seamless with security features such as a biometric app lock.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://canarymail.io ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://canarymail.io/privacy.html ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://canarymail.zendesk.com/ ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
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??? downloads
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- [:simple-apple: Mac App Store ](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1236045954 )
- [:simple-appstore: App Store ](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1236045954 )
- [:simple-windows11: Windows ](https://canarymail.io/downloads.html )
- [:simple-googleplay: Google Play ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.canarymail.android )
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!!! attention
Canary Mail only recently released a Windows and Android client, though we don't believe they are as stable as their iOS and Mac counterparts.
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Canary Mail is closed-source. We recommend it due to the few choices there are for email clients on iOS that support PGP E2EE.
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### FairEmail (Android)
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!!! recommendation
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![FairEmail logo ](assets/img/email-clients/fairemail.svg ){ align=right }
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**FairEmail** is a minimal, open-source email app, using open standards (IMAP, SMTP, OpenPGP) with a low data and battery usage.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://email.faircode.eu ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/PRIVACY.md ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16: ](https://email.faircode.eu/donate/ ){ .card-link title=Contribute }
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??? downloads
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- [:simple-googleplay: Google Play ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.email )
- [:simple-fdroid: F-Droid ](https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.faircode.email/ )
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### GNOME Evolution (GNOME)
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!!! recommendation
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![Evolution logo ](assets/img/email-clients/evolution.svg ){ align=right }
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**Evolution** is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality. Evolution has extensive [documentation ](https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/ ) to help you get started.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/PrivacyPolicy ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/ ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/ ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16: ](https://www.gnome.org/donate/ ){ .card-link title=Contribute }
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??? downloads
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- [:simple-flathub: Flatpak ](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Evolution )
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### K-9 Mail (Android)
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!!! recommendation
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![K-9 Mail logo ](assets/img/email-clients/k9mail.svg ){ align=right }
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**K-9 Mail** is an independent mail application that supports both POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, but only supports push mail for IMAP.
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In the future, K-9 Mail will be the [officially branded ](https://k9mail.app/2022/06/13/K-9-Mail-and-Thunderbird.html ) Thunderbird client for Android.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://k9mail.app ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://k9mail.app/privacy ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://docs.k9mail.app/ ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://github.com/k9mail/k-9 ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16: ](https://k9mail.app/contribute ){ .card-link title=Contribute }
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??? downloads
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- [:simple-googleplay: Google Play ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9 )
- [:simple-fdroid: F-Droid ](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9 )
- [:simple-github: GitHub ](https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/releases )
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### Kontact (KDE)
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!!! recommendation
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![Kontact logo ](assets/img/email-clients/kontact.svg ){ align=right }
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**Kontact** is a personal information manager (PIM) application from the [KDE ](https://kde.org ) project. It provides a mail client, address book, organizer and RSS client.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://kontact.kde.org ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://kde.org/privacypolicy-apps ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://kontact.kde.org/users/ ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16: ](https://kde.org/community/donations/ ){ .card-link title=Contribute }
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??? downloads
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- [:simple-linux: Linux ](https://kontact.kde.org/download )
- [:simple-flathub: Flatpak ](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.kontact )
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### Mailvelope (Browser)
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!!! recommendation
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![Mailvelope logo ](assets/img/email-clients/mailvelope.svg ){ align=right }
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**Mailvelope** is a browser extension that enables the exchange of encrypted emails following the OpenPGP encryption standard.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://www.mailvelope.com ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16: ](https://www.mailvelope.com/en/privacy-policy ){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://mailvelope.com/faq ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
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- [:simple-firefoxbrowser: Firefox ](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mailvelope )
- [:simple-googlechrome: Chrome ](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailvelope/kajibbejlbohfaggdiogboambcijhkke )
- [:simple-microsoftedge: Edge ](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/mailvelope/dgcbddhdhjppfdfjpciagmmibadmoapc )
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### NeoMutt (CLI)
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!!! recommendation
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![NeoMutt logo ](assets/img/email-clients/mutt.svg ){ align=right }
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**NeoMutt** is an open-source command line mail reader (or MUA) for Linux and BSD. It's a fork of [Mutt ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_(email_client )) with added features.
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NeoMutt is a text-based client that has a steep learning curve. It is however, very customizable.
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[:octicons-home-16: Homepage ](https://neomutt.org ){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-info-16: ](https://neomutt.org/guide/ ){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16: ](https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt ){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
[:octicons-heart-16: ](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/russon/ ){ .card-link title=Contribute }
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- [:simple-linux: Linux ](https://neomutt.org/distro )
- [:simple-apple: macOS ](https://neomutt.org/distro )