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Allow any email alias to be used when SMTP Submission is authenticated.
Problem Statement
The current SMTP submission authentication system in Proton Mail & Calendar requires users to authenticate with the exact email address they're sending from. This creates unnecessary complexity and limitations for power users and developers who need flexibility in email handling.Current Limitations
Single authentication constraint: Users must authenticate with the same email address they're sending from
Token management overhead: Requires creating separate aliases and tokens for each service that needs to use different email aliases
Multi-user environment issues: Particularly problematic in systems like Ubuntu where different user accounts (root vs. logged-in user) have different usernames
Developer workflow disruption: Inconsistent with common development and email automation practices
Proposed Solution
Allow users to authenticate once with their primary Proton account credentials, then send email using any alias associated with that account.Key Benefits
Simplified authentication: Single login enables use of all associated aliases
Reduced token management: No need to generate separate tokens for each alias
Better developer experience: Compatible with common email automation and CI/CD workflows
Enhanced flexibility: Supports multi-user environments and various use cases
Competitive parity: Matches Google Workspace functionality
Use Cases
Development environments: Using sendmail with different system accounts
Email automation: Services that need to send from specific aliases
Multi-user systems: Shared development environments with different usernames
Email management: Centralized control over multiple addresses
Technical Implementation
Allow SMTP authentication to accept the primary account credentials while permitting the MAIL FROM command to specify any alias associated with that account. This mirrors Google Workspace's approach where authentication validates the account, not the specific alias being used.This change would significantly improve the user experience while maintaining security and aligning with industry best practices.
Problem Statement
The current SMTP submission authentication system in Proton Mail & Calendar requires users to authenticate with the exact email address they're sending from. This creates unnecessary complexity and limitations for power users and developers who need flexibility in email handling.Current Limitations
Single authentication constraint: Users must authenticate with the same email address they're sending from
Token management overhead: Requires creating separate aliases and tokens for each service that needs to use different email aliases
Multi-user environment issues: Particularly problematic in systems like Ubuntu where different user accounts (root vs. logged-in user) have different usernames
Developer workflow disruption:…4 votes -
Filter Export or Filter Consolidation
I am using a lot of filters to move my emails to folders automatically. Most of these filters are generated by using the ""Nachrichten dieses Absenders immer verschieben" feature. But now I have hit the 250 filters limit, and I'm not nearly done with filter creation.
The way I see it, there are two possible solutions:
1. I need to be able to export all filters, whether they are created automatically, or by hand. Export all filters as Sieve filters, which, I guess, is the format they are saved as anyways.
Using the export, I can then use external tools to consolidate them into a single, or multiple sieve filters.
This of course means, that I need to be able to active/deactivate/delete multiple filters at once.
2. Have a function that is able to consolidate multiple filters into one. This could work by selecting multiple filters via a checkbox, and then having the system create a sieve filter, consolidating all single filters. The single filters would then be automatically deleted.Right now I'm at the limit and it is just not feasable to do this consolidation entirely by hand.
As another solution, you could just remove the cap for filters.
I am using a lot of filters to move my emails to folders automatically. Most of these filters are generated by using the ""Nachrichten dieses Absenders immer verschieben" feature. But now I have hit the 250 filters limit, and I'm not nearly done with filter creation.
The way I see it, there are two possible solutions:
1. I need to be able to export all filters, whether they are created automatically, or by hand. Export all filters as Sieve filters, which, I guess, is the format they are saved as anyways.
Using the export, I can then use external tools…4 votes -
Proton Calendar as the default app for iCal
On macOS, it should be possible to open iCal files directly in Proton Calendar. Currently, Proton Mail/Calendar cannot be set as the default application.
4 votes -
Proton Calendar Countdown Timer
Proton Calendar users should be able to add a countdown timer feature to an event. For example, a user schedules a wedding on the calendar and decides to toggle a button to enable a countdown timer. This feature would especially be useful on mobile devices and could be made into a widget or lock screen display.
5 votes -
Mobile client - Respect quoting in replies
When replying to a threaded mail in the mobile client, I expect the threading indicators (>) to be respected. This works fine in the desktop client, but in the mobile client, the threading isn't respected, so when I try to reply to a message, the last sender's mail doesn't have the '>' symbol in front of their text, and previous replies are not incremented to >> or whatever.
This makes it impossible to use the mobile client to respond to long mail threads without manually going through all of the text and editing the thread indicators, which is crazy.3 votes -
See ongoing and completed folder actions
At present when you perform a bulk action (eg moving many emails from one folder to another) while this is still in progress the folder/label shows a banner saying "Message actions in progress. This may take a while." I would like a central place in settings to see what actions are currently in progress and when they have completed. This is particularly important when setting up filters and applying them to existing emails.
Eg I moved all emails from "facebook" to a particular folder, then moved all facebook emails regarding events to a sub-folder, at present it is very difficult to tell that these operations will happen in the correct order.
I also have some short term memory issues which mean that I am sure that I repeated several actions unnecessarily.
Being able to cancel in progress actions (with a warning that cancelling the action will not reverse it) would be useful.
At present when you perform a bulk action (eg moving many emails from one folder to another) while this is still in progress the folder/label shows a banner saying "Message actions in progress. This may take a while." I would like a central place in settings to see what actions are currently in progress and when they have completed. This is particularly important when setting up filters and applying them to existing emails.
Eg I moved all emails from "facebook" to a particular folder, then moved all facebook emails regarding events to a sub-folder, at present it is very difficult…
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2 votes
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In the new categories, please add "all mail" as an option
Right now, categories are all separate. You need to look from one to another to another. I just want my old inbox as an option, where everything is available at one time.
2 votes -
reconcile differences between proton contacts and google contacts
I have used the import feature to bring contacts from google contacts into proton contacts. I still need google contacts for phone calls, however. The issue is that when a contact changes, I have to update both locations.
I'd like to suggest adding a reconcile differences feature that could compare the 2 contact lists, and allow the user to merge/edit differences.
10 votes -
Add "description" for "my addresses"
Please add a "description" column under "my addresses" so we can label what each email address is being used for. This seems like an easy fix. Thanks!
26 votes -
Name the color labels in calendar so I remember what I chose for a category
I love being able to use colors for a category of meeting in calendar (red, blue, etc) but then I sometimes have to look back and confirm what I chose for a previous type...would be great if we could rename then from the color to "school", "work", etc.
I can't see whether someone already posted this since there are so many ideas suggested. Sorry if it's a repeat.
3 votes -
Allow users to generate separate SMTP credentials to enable secure third-party integration
Note: This is a different request than the similar SMTP Token customization.
Problem Statement
Currently, Proton Mail (including Proton Bridge) uses the same authentication credentials for both receiving and sending email. This creates a security risk when integrating third-party services:
Single Point of Failure: Any service with my credentials can send emails from my account No Safe-by-Design Option: Even if I instruct an AI agent not to send, there's no technical enforcement Least-Privilege Violation: Services that only need to read/process mail shouldn't have send capabilityUse Cases
AI Email Assistants: Sort, prioritize, summarize incoming mail without send risk Automation Scripts: Process incoming mail for workflows (e.g., ticket creation, notifications) Third-Party Filters: Advanced spam filtering, categorization services Backup Solutions: Secure mail archiving without send capabilityGreatest security threat is AI agents. Handing the ability to read emails to an agent automatically allows it access to sending mail as well. AI agents should not be able to access SMTP and admin panels just with the credentials to read email.
Quick test implementation opportunity: Implement it in Proton Mail Bridge first. This should be a relatively minor update without impacting the general Protonmail service.
Note: This is a different request than the similar SMTP Token customization.
Problem Statement
Currently, Proton Mail (including Proton Bridge) uses the same authentication credentials for both receiving and sending email. This creates a security risk when integrating third-party services:
Single Point of Failure: Any service with my credentials can send emails from my account No Safe-by-Design Option: Even if I instruct an AI agent not to send, there's no technical enforcement Least-Privilege Violation: Services that only need to read/process mail shouldn't have send capabilityUse Cases
…AI Email Assistants: Sort, prioritize, summarize incoming mail without send risk Automation Scripts:3 votes -
Allow organizational admins to disable mail forwarding
Currently, anyone within an organization could set up mail forwarding and send all their communications to an insecure email, essentially exfiltrating company data. As an organizational admin, I would like to disable this for security reasons. I think this setting could live near the 2fa/mfa settings so that as an admin, I can lock down this functionality.
3 votes -
Add multiple ways to sort emails.
I originally wanted to ask that we be able to sort our Inbox by tag/label. I did see that idea, but also saw requests to sort by star/no star and sender. So I wanted to combine these into a single improvement - to be able to sort the inbox by any column. Being able to do this, helps improve productivity. I would like to be able to see the emails I consider most important to follow up at the top, for example. It can also be valuable to see all the emails from a particular sender or under a specific label grouped together.
I originally wanted to ask that we be able to sort our Inbox by tag/label. I did see that idea, but also saw requests to sort by star/no star and sender. So I wanted to combine these into a single improvement - to be able to sort the inbox by any column. Being able to do this, helps improve productivity. I would like to be able to see the emails I consider most important to follow up at the top, for example. It can also be valuable to see all the emails from a particular sender or under a specific…
114 votes -
SHA256 for uploaded proton drive files
Can you please add an option for hash verification in Proton Drive, that you can generate a sha256 or sha512 hash online for uploaded files?
2 votes -
Add the day of the week to the calendar quickview sidebar
Hi, a real simple enhancement that will help loads. In the calendar sidebar in the mail app please add the day of the week to the date. So, at the top is says "Wednesday, 14 Jan 2026" etc. rather than just "14 Jan 2026". It'll help ensure we get appointments, etc in on the right day.
7 votes -
Move entire thread/conversation to folder
Unless I'm missing something I often find the "move to folder" function does not work because the message is part of a thread.
I have to mark every contribution for movement! It would be helpful to have the option to move the whole thread to a folder in one action (this seems so obvious that I suspect I've missed it somehow).1 vote -
Be able to easily re-order folders
Self explanatory
3 votes -
Add right-click option to view received mail in a new window (browser).
It would be helpful to be able to either right-click or double-click on messages in folders in order to have them occupy a different window or tab when using P Mail from a browser.
3 votes -
Option to prevent the recipient(s) from forwarding my email without permission
I would like an option to designate certain emails I send as "private" so that the recipient(s) may not forward the email without my permission.
3 votes
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