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Email - which apps keep it private

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I failed to get the new Outlook.com app for Android to work for my hotmail account. Microsoft forced me to upgrade my legacy Outlook.com client by disabling it to install the new client. I was not able to view my folders (Inbox, Sent Items, etc.) What a bust. So, I am currently trying out BlueMail. I'm trying to understand what stops BlueMail from gaining access to my email messages? Is there a secure email client for Hotmail/Outlook? How do you know? Should I be worried about BlueMail?

Also, BlueMail seems to push-only. I cannot find a setting to control the fetch interval, which may more quickly drain my already taxed battery on my S3. Is there a secure/trustworthy email client that provides fetch controls?
 
If you look at the original post #1 that started this, you can see there are some security concerns about BlueMail. BlueMail downloads some of your email to their servers for distribution rather than allowing all email to be pulled directly from the sending server. This is not preferred behavior at all. However, they do say they do not share your information. There's a link in post #1, towards the bottom to a list of privacy statements, including BlueMail.

Also in post #1, right under the list of email clients considered insecure, is a short list of those considered secure. IMHO AquaMail is the most secure, and also the best client, period. It has a LOT of options which makes for a bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it nothing else compares. K-9 and Maildroid are also good choices.

Please read posts 9, 10, 22 & 26 for more information.
 
UPDATE: I've once again rewritten, reorganized, consolidated and added information, made some changes in rankings due to new information and generally tried to improve the accuracy and usefulness of the original post. Also added some language intended to clarify everything and keep my butt out of legal hot water. If you like the new version, let me know!

If anyone has any additional information or especially, corrections that you think would be valuable post them. I'll add them to the orignal post. Trying to put all the infomation there for easy access.
 
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Added Alto per request. A general-purpose email client by AOL, it's a re-do of the old web-based Alto email from a few years ago, this time as a mobile app for Android and eventually iOS.

Alto claims not to share personal information, but admits data-mining and sharing "non- identifiable information". It does download photos, documents and other information for processing and at least partial emails. The extent of that is unclear, but at least some partial email is downloaded to Alto.
 
Crashdamage said:
Just a quick update...Added a few more clients and did some editing of previous posts for clarity.

Also just wanted to stress again how impressed I was by the AquaMail statement. Written in plain English instead of legal-speak, it not only makes it clear that no information is stored or shared. It actually is informative. Take a few minutes to read it and you can learn something useful.

And AquaMail is the only client that mentioned testing, claiming to have passed emailprivacytester.com unconditionally. (The statement has a typo in the website, emailprivacytester.com is correct). I ran the test a couple of times and AquaMail did pass 100%.

I have not tested other email clients. Maybe I'll do a little project on that next, if there's some interest in it.

Read the statement. It's an easy read and worthwhile.
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I'm late to the party, as a result of just now reading this because of a link from another Trouble thread.
I've been using Blue/Type Mail for years with no issues, I never allow personal info to go via email in the first place, so most of my reading is Jokes and we all know about 'jokes emails'

however, your review brought up some considerations that I needed to look into, and so I am going to install Aqua mail and give it a whirl ref: your info here.

tnx for a good job.
 
Thanks for the kind words. And I'm glad you found my little project useful.

Let me know if you need help with AquaMail. It has a LOT of options, which is great but does mean there's a significant learning curve to get the best out of it.
 
Crashdamage said:
Secure email clients:
AquaMail*
Nine*
Maildroid***

NOTE: The AquaMail privacy policy statement linked below is not the usual boring legalese. Written in plain language, it's actually informative and interesting, and is the only one to mention any security testing.
AquaMail Privacy Policy
This is how it should be done! A must read!
http://www.aqua-mail.com/?page_id=1878
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Looking at the list I've found only AquaMail and Nine with one star who is defined "secured".
Are you affiliated by any chance with one of those companies? If you do, perhaps it is appropriate to share it to the readers?

Text like "Also just wanted to stress again how impressed I was by the AquaMail statement." - Are you the one writing this statement to begin with and than being "impressed" by it?
 
Crashdamage has been a member for nearly 5 years, and has over 4000 helpful, contributory posts under his belt. I don't doubt for one second that this list was compiled for the benefit of all who read it, not just to promote Aquamail as being the safest mail app.

If by some stretch of the imagination, he is affiliated with the Russian devs of Aquamail, he's done an exceptional job of hiding it for 4.5 years.
 
Ditto. CD has never hidden the fact that he likes the features of Aquamail. And he has explained why on various occasions, there's nothing wrong with that. Security happens to be one of the reasons for his preference. And he has taken time to lay out the data to help others judge this aspect for themselves.

Me, my preference is gmail. As discussed before, the op list considers/compares email client software, which means a 3rd party intermediary between you and your email provider. Considering gmail as strictly an intermediate client wouldn't really make sense in the particular situation where your email provider is gmail (which probably applies to many Android users). Let me be clear that op has not misrepresented anything in that regard. However I bring it up again because imo it remains open to misinterpretation by the casual reader who simply reads in the op that aquamail is rated as a higher tier than gmail. (In the case where gmail is your email provider, gmail app is the most secure way to access it.)
 
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I am in no way whatsoever affiliated with AquaMail (aka Kostya Vasilyev) Nine (aka 9Foldrrs Inc) anyone employed by them, nor am I affiliated with any person or company doing business with AquaMail or Nine.

The research that resulted in that post was done entirely by me with no threats, perks, outright bribery or other influence, positive or negative. Yes, I know it's difficult to believe, but I actually read those privacy statements.

The writing is mine unless otherwise noted. I wrote it, I have to own it. Weak though my writing may be, it's mine.

Same with the conclusions and rankings. I tried hard to be impartial and accurate - just the facts. But some opinion was unavoidable. Obviously, I'm very impressed with AquaMail, but I think rightfully so.

Edit: Thanks for having my back, guys. Appreciated.
 
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Just a little bit more...

1. I paid $5.00 for AquaMail just like everyone else.
2. When I think I actually went through all those privacy statements, I scare myself.
3. I had no idea I had blown right by 4000 posts! Holy crap!
 
Update: Mailbox by Dropbox will be shut down on Feb. 26th, 2016. If you still use Mailbox it's time to change email clients. IDK details about how you can transfer your accounts, email, etc.

https://www.mailboxapp.com/

EDIT: Mailbox (Dropbox) just sent a 'Goodbye' email saying to check out this for help transtionting to another email client:

http://www.mailboxapp.com/faq
 
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