K-9 Mail is one of those few Android apps which are highly advanced and yet free. This is a free email client for Android, yes an open source Android app.
No wonder, Gmail Client that comes with Android is good enough to serve your emailing needs. But if you are looking for a more flexible and customizable Android email client, then you must check out K-9 Mail. And the fact that is free makes it an incredible Android app as most of the features offered by this app are offered by some of the paid email clients.
The best thing about K-9 Mail is the way it lets you manage emails. Since the app is totally customizable, you can configure mailboxes the way you want and using them becomes so very easy because everything is just the way you wanted it to be.
Since it is an open source program, you can always find things getting fixed. Its bugtracker, source code, mailing list and wiki lets fellow coders help it.
If you have multiple emails accounts, then having a secondary email client on Android is not a bad idea. Hence, you need not worry if your email service is compatible with this app or not. Below are some of its features:
- Simple and single inbox
- IMAP, POP3, and Exchange 2003/2007 support
- Lets you archive your mails
- Mark and Star emails
- Customize the user interface the way you want
- Lets you sync partially in order to save your phone’s memory
- Manage emails easily