User Controlled Email Filtering
I would like to be able to set up email filters such as those available on GMail and other mail services. I receive many spam emails that are not marked as spam and my inbox is constantly filled with junk mail from a few senders. It would be useful to be able to send emails to trash based on sender or specific keywords.
Full Email Filtering has been released in Version 3.4. You can learn more here: https://protonmail.com/blog/protonmail-v3-4-release-notes/.
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Sausage Sizzle commented
Hello,
I am not sure how the filters would be 'fully' implemented with end to end encryption which Proton Mail uses.
In principal all emails are encrypted on the servers. I guess if the from and to parts of the message are read when it arrives filtering could be achieved. However, then your filters and labels would need to be readable on proton mail servers. Maybe that is not a big problem, however, I imagine they might be encrypted as well...
The other option might be to have the clients themselves (web page, mobile phone) perform the actual filtering next time you logon.
If there is a good solution it would be useful to have filters!
Lets see!
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TA commented
I agree, this would be very nice to have. Please think big though, and allow arbitrarily complex rules. I'd also love to see the same rule system filter what is added to contacts, e.g.
IF reply-to contains some@mailing-list.org THEN label('mailing-list') AND disable_auto_contacts().
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Kris commented
i agree, very useful and functional addition
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Alex commented
This is definitely something I'd want
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Guid commented
Without this feature ProtonMail is useless.
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Anonymous commented
I agree that filters would be a great feature. At its most basic, I have multiple addresses that (at the moment) all pile up in the same inbox and it would be nice to at least sort those out into independent inboxes. But besides that, it would be nice to create custom folders/filters to sort messages based on some kind of user-defined logic (e.g., from a certain sender, or containing a certain word, sent to a certain address, etc.)
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Anonymous commented
Same here. I'm already having some issues which could be easily fixed with a proper user defined filter. Missing filter is exactly what holds me to make a complete switch from gmail and upgrade my proton mail.
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Anonymous commented
I've moved from Gmail, and I agree that the only feature I really miss given I am subscribed to mailing lists is the ability to auto-filter them. Please add this feature.
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Kez. commented
I agree. I came to Proton looking to get away from Gmail and yet, I'm being held in Limbo between the two, due to the lack of any filtering system. Please remedy soon so I can abandon Google and its services.
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Lloyd McBean commented
I agree, this would be a great feature
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Luke commented
Disappointed that I've paid to upgrade and just found out that a basic feature probably implemented in just about every email client for the last decade isn't available in Protonmail. I'm getting spammed by the same email address and can't do anything about it. If I hadn't paid for a year up front I'd move away to another provider.
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Anonymous commented
Dear development team,
Thank you for all the hard work you do. Is there any timeline on when we can expect this feature? For me, this is one of the most important. Since we are all stuck with a single inbox, the ability to attach labels to E-Mails based on rules (or at least to filter them) is the feature I really absolutely require.
I am currently in the process of making protonmail my complete e-Mail solution, but having to manually tag / label every E-Mail I receive is cumbersome and not really useful right now.
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Marcus commented
Really need this aswell.
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Matt C commented
I would like to add my name to this list of people who must have this feature. It's the only reason Gmail is still my primary email address.
As a developer myself, I know features don't code themselves overnight. So, I would like to kindly ask that you make this a priority.
Myself, and many others thank you for the hard work you do!
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Brent Wilson commented
This is something that is sorely needed and something we relied on elsewhere. Hope to see this soon.
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justhost commented
A must have to apply rules to emails: attach labels to own email address, or group incoming/sent mails by own email address.
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Anonymous commented
When you planned add this feature?
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Eric Howey commented
This is literally the only thing holding me back form completely dropping gmail for myself and my company. I wish I could switch, I just can't do it now without filters!
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Erik Nelson commented
This is 100% a necessary feature for anyone who doesn't have a completely trivial inbox.
You are *so* close to being unquestionably the best email service out there, but I can't recommend ProtonMail to anyone until filters are available.
Please make this a priority!
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khx7m324z commented
Yes. ProtonMail needs filters, and fast!