Thunderbird for Android
Thunderbird for Android
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By default, push email is off for all folders. Thunderbird for Android allows you to configure a limited number of folders (IMAP only; POP is not supported.) for push email so that you can see incoming email messages immediately.
Table of Contents
- 1 Turn on push email for a folder
- 2 The push email service notification
- 3 Configure the push email service notification using “Configure notification”
- 4 Disable Push email from the push email service notification using “Disable Push”
- 5 Turn off push email for a folder
- 6 New Email notifications are completely separate from the push email service notification
Turn on push email for a folder
WARNING:
- If you kill the Thunderbird for Android app, for example by swiping up on the recent task window, push email will stop working. Thunderbird needs to be running, and it needs network access for push email to work.
- The maximum number of push folders for an account is set in the app menu ≡ > Settings gear icon
> your email account > > > . Thunderbird does not warn you when this limit is exceeded. Exceeding this limit will result in push email not working on some of the folders you configured for push.
- Tap at the top left. If your email accounts are hidden, tap at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap account, for example your Gmail account > tap .
- Tap your folder of choice. For example: tap Inbox to enable push email for your Inbox.
- Turn on push email for this folder by tapping until the slider is on the right for Enable Push.
- Turn off sync for this folder by tapping until the slider is on the left for Enable sync.
The Enable sync setting is for periodic syncs and should be disabled once push is enabled.
Once push email is enabled for at least one folder, you should see a bell icon in the Android system bar. The bell icon indicates that push email is enabled.
Alarms & Reminders Permission for Android 13 and above
This section is not applicable to you if your Android version is older than Android 13.
- On Android 13 and above, a notification will let you know you need to grant the Alarms & reminders permission. Proceed to the permissions screen by tapping the notification.
- Add this permission by tapping until the slider is on the right for Allow setting alarms and reminders. If you do not grant this permission, then push email will not work.
The push email service notification
- Once the permission is granted (or right after enabling push on older Android versions), Thunderbird for Android will display a push email service notification entitled Waiting for new emails:
- Tapping on the notification will allow you to configure the notification itself () or to disable push email altogether ():
New Email notifications are completely separate from the push email service notification
The notifications for new email messages are configured separately from the push email service notification. New email notifications are configured as follows:
- Tap the application menu > Settings gear icon > > under Notification categories.
Learn more
- Wikipedia: Push email
- Google: Control notifications on Android
