777 results found

1. Manage Email Expiration Dates in Proton Mail

   Introduction

   When receiving marketing emails, I want to be able to identify messages with expiration dates, especially those that have already expired, in order to effectively declutter my inbox and actively contribute to reducing the ecological impact associated with storing these expired messages.

   Problem and Context

   The "Email Expiration Date" project aims to reduce the environmental impact of commercial emails by facilitating the deletion of outdated messages. Currently, email clients lack integrated tools to effectively manage the deletion of emails sent by advertisers who have set an expiration date. Implementing this feature in email clients would provide users with effective cleanup tools based on email expiration dates.

   For more information about the project and the proposed standard, please refer to:

   • "Email Expiration Date" project site: https://www.zerocarbon.email/
   • Internet standard draft published at the IETF: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mailmaint-expires/

   User Benefits

   Integrating this feature would allow users to more easily clean up their inboxes by automatically deleting expired messages they are unlikely to read. With just one or two clicks, they could remove hundreds of unnecessary messages, improving email management efficiency and contributing to the reduction of the carbon footprint associated with email storage (see Ressources section).

   Implementation Proposal

   We are considering several options for implementing this feature:

   1. Search Option: Add a search option to find all expired messages in an email inbox. Users can then simply delete the messages if they wish.
   2. Virtual Folder/Tab: Create a virtual folder (or tab) listing all expired emails, offering the user the option to delete them with a single click.
   3. Expired Message Alert: Display an alert whenever more than xx expired messages are present in the email inbox, offering the user the option to delete them with a single click.
   4. Automatic Deletion: Allow the email client to automatically delete expired emails from a given sender from a displayed email. In this case, it is essential to obtain the user's explicit consent so that no emails are deleted without their authorization.
   5. Preference Center : Show the complete list of bulk email senders to the user. In this list, they can enable or disable automatic email deletion according to their preferences (and unsubscribe via List-Unsubscribe).

   What we propose not to do:

   1. Individual expiration notifications: It is not recommended to create individual alert messages for each expired message. In addition to generating too many alerts, some spammers (and marketers) could take advantage of this to generate notifications using expiration dates.

   Options and Settings

   To ensure this feature is flexible and respectful of user preferences, the following options should be available:

   • The ability to prevent the email client from deleting emails from certain senders via a list of senders not to be deleted.
   • An option to add a sender to this list from the email reading screen.
   • The ability to disable cleanup tools based on expiration dates, although the feature should ideally be enabled by default for any new installation of the email client or after the update adding this feature.

   Challenges and Considerations

   It is crucial that this feature be discussed within the community to anticipate and address potential challenges. For example, measures must be taken to prevent the malicious use of expiration dates, such as dates set before the email is sent or just a few hours after sending. The user must always remain in control of deleting emails in their inbox.

   Priority

   Given the climate emergency and the importance of reducing the environmental impact of technology, we request that this feature be considered a high priority. Every technology must adapt to minimize its environmental impact.

   Usage and Adoption

   Currently, only a small number of mass emails have an expiration date. According to a study by Orange in France, as of May 2024, about 5% of emails have an expiration date (source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonathanloriaux_orange-email-expiration-date-activity-7211730790152306689-AscM).

   This is mainly due to the difficulty of enforcing an evolution of an internet standard. Although mass senders are very interested in deploying expiration dates in their emails, few sending platforms allow the addition of SMTP “Expires:” headers, and no major Mailbox Provider has implemented the technology.

   Therefore, it is essential that the entire ecosystem (mass senders, mass email sending solutions, and email clients) advances to make this project a reality.

   Wireframes

   These wireframes are examples of what the functionality could look like in existing email clients. We will progressively add more examples.

   See the wireframes here : https://www.zerocarbon.email/documentation/feature-email-expiration-email-clients/

   Additional Comments

   Expiration dates in emails are mainly intended for mass emails. At this stage, it does not seem relevant to allow an email client user to set an expiration date for emails they send.

   Ressources

   • The IETF Standard Draft : https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mailmaint-expires/
   • List of companies (Brands, ESPs, MBPs) supporting the project : https://www.zerocarbon.email/
   • Study on the carbon footprint of obsolete emails: https://splio.tech/carbon-footprint-of-decaying-emails-26b253aad4a7
   • List of email service providers implementations : https://www.zerocarbon.email/documentation/list-esps/

   Introduction

   When receiving marketing emails, I want to be able to identify messages with expiration dates, especially those that have already expired, in order to effectively declutter my inbox and actively contribute to reducing the ecological impact associated with storing these expired messages.

   Problem and Context

   The "Email Expiration Date" project aims to reduce the environmental impact of commercial emails by facilitating the deletion of outdated messages. Currently, email clients lack integrated tools to effectively manage the deletion of emails sent by advertisers who have set an expiration date. Implementing this feature in email clients would provide users with effective… more

   25 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   5 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

2. A bridge for the Proton calendar

   I would like to have a bridge, as realised with the Proton email, with which the calendar entries in the Proton calendar are mirrored in the standard calendar on the Mac or iPhone. Then they would also be displayed automatically on the Apple Watch.

   59 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   4 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

3. Edit public holidays

   Please consider allowing one to edit public holidays that are imported for a particular country, e.g. delete a regional public holiday that is not relevant to the user because they live in a different part of the country. Currently you cannot delete any public holidays. It will help to reduce calendar clutter. Thank you for considering!

   4 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

4. One event in more than one calendar

   I have two shared calendars for two different groups, and I want to add an event to both of them without having to copy it.

   4 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

5. Advanced PGP Key Management for Proton Mail Users

   Description

   Currently, Proton Mail allows users to manually add PGP public keys to external addresses only.
   
   This creates several limitations for users with more complex encryption setups or personal key hierarchies.

   ---

   Problem 1: Limited Manual Control

   Users cannot manually specify whether an email should be:

   • Signed only
     
   • Encrypted only
     
   • Signed and encrypted

   Instead, Proton Mail enforces a fixed default behavior per contact.
   
   If a user wishes to change how messages are sent, they must manually adjust the contact’s encryption settings each time.
   
   This slows down workflows and complicates secure communication.

   ---

   Problem 2: External Keys for Proton Addresses

   Some Proton users maintain their own personal PGP key pairs associated with their Proton-hosted email addresses (for example, to preserve local control or maintain a separate trust model).

   However, when receiving messages from other Proton Mail users, Proton’s system automatically forces the use of the Proton-managed encryption keys, preventing users from:

   • Assigning their external public key to that same Proton address, or
     
   • Choosing an alternative key manually for encryption/signing.

   This limitation breaks compatibility with privacy-focused setups or air-gapped key workflows.

   ---

   Problem 3: Security Tradeoff

   The only workaround — uploading the external private key to Proton — undermines the purpose of maintaining an offline or self-controlled key.
   
   Even if Proton’s storage is zero-access, this still requires trusting Proton’s infrastructure with a key that ideally should never leave local custody.

   ---

   Suggested Enhancements

   1. Manual Key Override
      
      Allow users to override key selection on a per-message basis, including:

      • “Sign only”
      • “Encrypt only”
      • “Sign and encrypt”
      • “Send plaintext”

   2. Custom Key Mapping for Proton Addresses
      
      Enable assigning an external public key to a Proton-hosted address, even when interacting with another Proton user.

   3. Per-Message Key Selection UI
      
      Add an “Advanced” or “PGP Options” dropdown when composing a message to select signing/encryption behavior or which key to use (similar to Thunderbird or GPGMail).

   ---

   Rationale

   These improvements would benefit advanced users who manage their own key infrastructure or use Proton as part of a broader privacy toolchain.
   
   They enhance flexibility and control without compromising usability or Proton’s secure defaults for non-technical users.

   Description

   Currently, Proton Mail allows users to manually add PGP public keys to external addresses only.
   
   This creates several limitations for users with more complex encryption setups or personal key hierarchies.

   ---

   Problem 1: Limited Manual Control

   Users cannot manually specify whether an email should be:

   • Signed only
     
   • Encrypted only
     
   • Signed and encrypted

   Instead, Proton Mail enforces a fixed default behavior per contact.
   
   If a user wishes to change how messages are sent, they must manually adjust the contact’s encryption settings each time.
   
   This slows down workflows and complicates secure communication.

   ---

   Problem 2: External Keys for Proton Addresses

   Some Proton users… more

   7 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

6. RSVP functionality

   I'd like to see the ability to RSVP (Respondez s'il vous plait) to events. This would allow me to easily indicate my attendance (Yes, No, Maybe) to event organizers, similar to how it works in other calendar applications.

   293 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   4 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

7. Allow ProtonMail desktop app to minimize to system tray

   Add this feature already. Switched over and its my only complaint so far. It is a feature in every other proton desktop app.

   4 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

8. ability to run a filter on one message

   Especially for testing - running a sieve script on 5000 messages in the inbox is PAINFULLY SLOW. If it wasn't this would be less of an issue, but my scripts aren't working, and I'm trying to figure out why, and it's taking like 15-30 minutes to run the sieve script. If I could run it on one message, I could instantly (more or less) see if it's moved to another folder.

   9 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   1 comment  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

9. Open source

   Make the Calendar Android and iOS, you know, Open Source.

   374 votes

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   9 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

10. Proton Scribe to be able to summarize long emails

    Allow Proton Scribe to be able to summarize long emails and to summarize/search emails from specific users, subjects, etc.

    22 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

11. Assign emails tasks with priority

    Being able to make an email a task with a certain given priority would be extremely helpful in organizing emails. And then being able to sort those emails according to their task priority, so that the emails with the highest priority appear on top. I use it every day in Outlook. Proton should offer it too.

    11 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

12. Edit/add participants on existing events

    I received a booking email and Proton offered me to add the event to my calendar. Once it was created, I wanted to add participants, which seems to be not possible. It would be great to be able to edit the participants list on existing events, without having to create another one.

    183 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    10 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

13. Suchfunktion wo man termine mit namen suchen kann

    Guten Tag,
    Also ich nutze seit kurzen den Proton Kalender aber mir fehlt eine sehr wichtige funktion, die es eigentlich in fast jeder Kalender App gibt

    nämlich eine suche funktion um Termine schnell zu finden ohne die ganzen seiten durchblättern zu müssen das wäre sehr praktisch und würde vielen nutzern helfen und würde den kalender etwas vereinfachen ich bin mir sicher dass dieser vorschlag wenn er umgesetzt wird mega gut ankommt und würde mich sehr freuen wenn es diese suche funktion bald geben würde!

    In der Handy app fehlt diese suchfunktion für Termine nämlich, wie das auf pc ist weiß ich noch nicht da ich die PC anwendung nicht wirklich benutzt habe aber so eine such funktion wäre meiner meinung sehr wichtig bei handy und pc und falls es die schon bei PC gibt (weiß ich nicht) bitte macht die in die handy app rein denn so eine termin suchfunktion würde alles vereinfachen und wäre einfach nur gut

    Danke im Voraus
    Mit Freundlichen Grüßen
    Timo

    Guten Tag,
    Also ich nutze seit kurzen den Proton Kalender aber mir fehlt eine sehr wichtige funktion, die es eigentlich in fast jeder Kalender App gibt

    nämlich eine suche funktion um Termine schnell zu finden ohne die ganzen seiten durchblättern zu müssen das wäre sehr praktisch und würde vielen nutzern helfen und würde den kalender etwas vereinfachen ich bin mir sicher dass dieser vorschlag wenn er umgesetzt wird mega gut ankommt und würde mich sehr freuen wenn es diese suche funktion bald geben würde!

    In der Handy app fehlt diese suchfunktion für Termine nämlich, wie das auf pc ist weiß… more

    15 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

14. Simple navigation to a specific date.

    At the moment you have to scroll through each month if you want to jump to a specific date in the past or future. This is very inconvenient. In many other calendars it is possible to first select the year, then the month and then the day.

    24 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    3 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

15. Automatically detect and prefill event time from text entered in the description field

    When a calendar event description starts with a time (e.g., '17:00' or '5 PM'), automatically detect it with regex and prefill the event’s time fields—simple to implement, high user value, inspired by Google Calendar. (or let me know and I will implement it for you <3)

    6 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

16. select Proton address as calendar organizer

    Proton allows you to create new identities or addresses with the Proton suffix. The problem is the Calendar default organizer is your original proton account. You should be able to choose which address is the organizer.

    35 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

17. Swipe to snooze email in mobile apps

    Add "Snooze" as an option for the customizable swipe actions (either right or left). I'm glad snooze is finally in the mobile navigation, but it also needs to be added as an option for either swipe direction.

    5 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

18. Desktop client: improve startup and tray options

    The desktop client lacks a proper option to start automatically with the system. I can add it manually to startup, but then the app opens normally instead of minimized.

    It would be great to have these options:
    Start minimized.
    Show or hide in the tray.
    Minimize to tray or taskbar.

    This is essential because many devs end up with both tray and taskbar icons unnecessarily. I usually minimize to the taskbar, but when I close an app it still runs in the tray in the background.

    Alternatively, please provide launch keys/flags so I can create my own startup shortcut with these behaviors.

    The desktop client lacks a proper option to start automatically with the system. I can add it manually to startup, but then the app opens normally instead of minimized.

    It would be great to have these options:
    Start minimized.
    Show or hide in the tray.
    Minimize to tray or taskbar.

    This is essential because many devs end up with both tray and taskbar icons unnecessarily. I usually minimize to the taskbar, but when I close an app it still runs in the tray in the background.

    Alternatively, please provide launch keys/flags so I can create my own startup shortcut with… more

    1 vote

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

19. Phone contacts in Proton Mail

    Do you have or are you planning to create a Messenger service like WhatsApp or a way to use WhatsApp with my contacts stored in protonmail, I am using an android phone as well as computers and don’t like the fact that google store all my contact details as well as other things, I have imported all my phone contacts into protonmail and will try to use protonmail to make calls in the future, protonmail isn’t as user friendly to make calls unless you can advise me on how to make a shortcut on my phone to go directly to my phone contacts now stored in protonmail

    Do you have or are you planning to create a Messenger service like WhatsApp or a way to use WhatsApp with my contacts stored in protonmail, I am using an android phone as well as computers and don’t like the fact that google store all my contact details as well as other things, I have imported all my phone contacts into protonmail and will try to use protonmail to make calls in the future, protonmail isn’t as user friendly to make calls unless you can advise me on how to make a shortcut on my phone to go directly to… more

    36 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    3 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

20. Consider having the ability to quickly launch Lumo directly from emails, that could be handy

    Consider having the ability to quickly launch Lumo directly from emails, that could be handy

    3 votes

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating