Please add rules (from desktop Thunderbird) to Thunderbird mobile

[lkjcpa]

Please add Rules to Thunderbird mobile and sync them to Thunderbird desktop. The QR approach to syncing accounts and settings between Thunderbird desktop and Thunderbird mobile is really nice. Adding Rules as an option to the QR checkboxes would be a great way to allow syncing Rules on demand between devices.

Rules are a really powerful way to manage email using Thunderbird desktop. K-9 email was a good email app -- good enough to merit Mozilla's attention, but its lack of ability to use Rules was one of its few weaknesses. Now that K-9 has become a core part of the new Thunderbird mobile app, that weakness should be corrected as soon as possible. Lacking the ability to set and sync rules between Thunderbird desktop and Thunderbird mobile makes things difficult for the mobile user.

For instance, rules can be set on Thunderbird desktop to mark email for deletion, move email to the Deleted folder, or delete email entirely. Rules can also be set to mark and tag email for better filtering, grouping, and sorting. Lacking those rules, Thunderbird mobile has only a search filter to aid the user in reducing the amount of email that is irrelevant to current session needs or preferences.

I'm certainly not telling you something you don't already know, but I hope you will seriously consider my feature request. I suspect a lot of Thunderbird mobile users will appreciate this improvement. I know I will.

Thanks for the work you do, and have a great day.

[Jon]

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[wing]

There are many Android tablets that have screen space. Why not make a android port of the full Thunderbird desktop rather than reinvent the wheel?

[lkjcpa]

Maybe you haven't noticed,  but Thunderbird mobile is the topic. It isn't recreating the wheel, the wheel has already been created, since Mozilla acquired K9 and modified it to become part of the Thunderbird family.

This request is about adding a feature to the existing product that would increase its functionality and value. Also, most people carry cell phones, not tablets. Not only that, but most Android users probably don't port desktop apps, they use the Android apps provided.

If Thunderbird mobile is to gain traction, Mozilla has to make it easy to adopt and use for the largest user base possible. Many of those users just want to download and use an app, not tinker with it.

Hope this makes sense.