IMAP/SMTP + TLS support
Multi support are needed for heavy mail client (Outlook/Thunderbird/Evolution etc...)
Web access only is too limited
The ProtonMail Bridge supports IMAP/SMTP support for desktop clients: https://protonmail.com/blog/thunderbird-outlook-encrypted-email/
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JM commented
Great news!
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Anonymous commented
Thank you very much!
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Ana commented
Ageed, but also, why not to establish some kind of norms, of standards fo these new secure email services like you, Tutanota, Startmail, etc so mail clients could just follow those standards to make themselves compatible with secure mail? It's a pain, all these incompatiblities; email should be universal, easy, not like instant messengers, each incompatible with the others, but sadly you are making it that way.
Please, companies, talk among yourselves, try to reach agreements in regard to protocols, standards. We should be able to send and receive encrypted mails to every encrypted mal provider user in the world in an easy manner, not with those stilted methods we need to use actually. -
Morbi211 commented
I very need the IMAP/SMTP support for my app. in huawei mobile and linux (evolution). I have now free account for "testing" your mail server and 500-1GB is enough for me. Thnx for free alternative solution. Gmail no more!!!
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mook commented
I'd totally subscribe for paid accounts for my community users if this would be implemented.
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Anonymous commented
Awesome!
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Charlie commented
What about creating a community run open source project for the Thunderbird plugin? This could be great for users and protonmail alike.
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Niels commented
Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jerry Rocteur commented
IMAP will be GREAT !
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lbort commented
Yes, client side PGP is what (most of us) want, which means import/export of keys is also needed.
And personally, I will use a key that I generated myself, on my machine, and never upload it to protonmail. I know this breaks the webmail entirely, but this is the only way to be sure the key is secure. -
Anonymous commented
Supported !
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Jeb Kerman commented
No surprise here, but it looks like the open-source community has already built an IMAP-ProtonMail interface: https://github.com/emersion/neutron I haven't tried it, but if I'm interpreting their README correctly, you can point Thunderbird at their local client, and then Neutron uses ProtonMail as a backend. As long as you are running a local installation of Neutron, you still have end-to-end encryption and support for thick clients like Thunderbird and Evolution.
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atgcat commented
I agree it.
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Anonymous commented
If you have an external inbox on any "insecure" e-mail provider and you want to import all of your messages stored there to your protonmail account (in order to encrypt and centralize it), there is no way to do it. It is very problematic to check different accounts and manage several addresses. If IMAP is available, Protonmail will be your only messaging central point, protecting your privacy and no leaving traces.
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Anonymous commented
I agreed, IMAP is highly required. This is what stops me from migrating my custom domain with all emails to proton
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lbort commented
I rely on thunderbird and having a copy of all my mails on my computer, which is backed up regularly. IMAP support for getting the encrypted messages which are then decrypted locally using an exported private key is a must for productive use. No need for a custom plugin, there is pgp support already out there for thunderbird and many other mail clients.
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Anonymous commented
This should be optional - I understand some people don't want it, but I for one do not wish to be stuck without my email if PM goes under or is under DDoS attack.
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Anonymous commented
I would love to use a smartcard and Thunderbird for S/MIME encrypted/signed messages.
Storing the private key on a high security smartcard is safer than storing OpenPGP files on a file system. Another benefit is that the smart card is legally valid identification.
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Quintus Curtius commented
This should be as easy as Countermail's Android/K9 support:
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TU commented
Add support to IMAP:
- write a java program that installs on user's own computer and fetches emails from protonmail using your own encrypted protocol and opens imap port on localhost
- the email client then connects to localhost imap port (password1:password2) causing server to connect protonmail