Ai filtering for emails
We already have an option for filtering, but I feel its too complex and underused. Having the option to have Ai filter emails based on your preferences (spam, school emails, promotional, and more...) to certain folders would be much better. All the while leaving the current system for people that prefer it. I see this as an absolute MUST HAVE for the future. Also this can be very key for quick summaries of each email on the notification. That way we have the jist of what we are going to open and read.
You could run the Ai on Graphics cards and or ram only, that way nothing is saved and deleted once the action is finished. And in the future, as Ai is run more and more locally, you can set it to run on the users device.
Henry Dyck
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Enrico Mano commented
I would extend the use to a wide range of aspect by introducing an AI assistant
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John
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I'd like to request a feature that uses machine learning to automatically sort emails. I would use this to sort low-priority emails, the kind we all get but wish we didn't. I think of this concept as something like "AI email filters."
For example, a user might create folders like "Updated Terms" or "Feedback Requests" and manually move relevant emails into those folders. Over time, Proton Mail’s system would learn the patterns (based on sender, subject, content, etc.) and begin automatically sorting similar future emails into the appropriate folders. This could reduce inbox clutter and help users more efficiently manage low-priority or repetitive categories of email.
I think a feature like this should be opt-in. To enable it, perhaps a user would need to create a folder (like "Updated Terms"), then, in the options for that folder, select something like "Learn over time and automatically put similar emails here."
The system should be local or privacy-preserving in line with Proton’s values, and users should have full control over enabling or disabling the auto-sorting.
Here's that as a user story:
As a privacy-conscious user who receives many low-priority emails like privacy policy updates or feedback surveys, I want Proton Mail to offer to learn from how I manually sort those emails into folders so that, over time, it can automatically route similar emails to the right folders, reducing my manual effort and keeping my inbox focused.
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Rick
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I don't understand the first 2 comments but get >200 emails a day that are mostly politics (which I usually keep) or stock advice (which I usually block) and spend WAY too much time screening everything. I've given up trying to delete them, so they just fill up my storage too.
The uninteresting ones are very easy to spot and AI could easily learn my habits. Any hope that is coming soon? -
urge11 commented
A local LLM is already bundled in the mail app. The tech exists today to run a LLM in the browser. Agentic frameworks exists in TypeScript. Small LLM (SML) are good enough today to filter elements based on medium complexity rules. Finally, a LLM is now bundled into Windows, macOS and even Google Chrome. That’s not a tech issue!
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Wayyllon
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IE; "Select all emails that wouldn't be necessary to keep for records.". You could provide examples of things to NOT select, such as purchase confirmations, delivery confirmations, paycheck emails, anything it deems important, then skim through the rest and delete it. This feature would give Proton a significant edge over other email services and be hugely useful.