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The Thunderbird project’s announcement
of its plans for an Android client contain a bit of a surprise:

To that end, we’re thrilled to announce that today, K-9 Mail
officially joins the Thunderbird family. And [K9 maintainer
Christian Ketterer] has already
joined the full-time Thunderbird staff, bringing along his valuable
expertise and experience with mobile platforms.

Ultimately, K-9 Mail will transform into Thunderbird on Android.

That means the name itself will change and adopt Thunderbird
branding. Before that happens, we need to reach certain development
milestones that will bring K-9 Mail into alignment with
Thunderbird’s feature set and visual appearance.