Hi there !

I'm trying to teach my mailbox on how to sort the emails in the categories, because it doesn't do the same everytime and it's driving me nuts.

I tried searching all the emails with a specific pattern, and I wanted to manually assign them to the right category, to help machine learning understand where I want them.

Unfortunatelly, after I do the search and I select them all, right-click doesn't offer to move them to a category. (Yes it works when you do it on 1 email but I wanted to do it for a batch of emails, and yes all these emails are in the inbox, not in any other folder).

Any idea on how to do it ?

Thanks 🙏

I've been using Proton Mail for just over a month and as I move over to using it more and more I want better convenience than the web interface. I see two options, the desktop app and bridge with my preferred mail client.

The benefit of bridge is obvious to me, same client as I have been using for ages, whilst I transition from other accounts a single client, ability to pull mail down for local backup, etc. I also imagine there may be some Proton specific features I will miss in bridge, what may be the biggest thing missing?

The desktop app I am unclear what its benefits will be. Yes it will have better support for Proton specific features, but what am I gaining over the web interface? What local features does it have which are not available via web?

I think at the moment I am taken more by bridge and doing anything Proton specific on the web. I though would like to hear the case made for the desktop app in case there is something Proton has failed to point out which may change my mind.

I notujesz thal select all option select rather visible mails - eg 50 not 15k mails i imported and I want move to archive. Is it possible ?
Otherwise I need more time to do it :)
Or it is not for free users?

If you own the proton pass lifetime, will your email be deleted in 2 years of inactivity too..? Or is that only for free accounts?

I'm adding a flight to my calendar from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR in December, but I'm not seeing the new Pacific Time Zone that most of BC is moving to. In December, they should be GMT-7 and will be an hour earlier than the rest of the west coast. As much as I'd like the flight to be 16 minutes, I know for a fact that it is not.

Really wish you could create filters in the app, as Tuta has, instead of opening web page.

I wanted an AI assistant that can work with my Proton Mail without my inbox ever reaching a third-party LLM provider (everything full local). So I built a small setup at home:

• Hardware: UGREEN iDX NAS with an external GPU dock and a Radeon RX 7900 XTX
• Model: Qwen 3.8, running locally via Strata so it can use the 64 GB of normal RAM and the 24 GB VRAM of the XTX together. Inference never leaves the house and it works perfectly.
• Mail access: the official Proton Mail Bridge in a container, plus a small read-only MCP server on top of the Bridge's IMAP
• Agent: Hermes uses the MCP server to search and read my mail, for example for a morning briefing (I tested it also with Claude.ai and Claude Code which works both also perfect but I want it to use with a local LLM only)
• Remote access: everything sits behind Pangolin, so I can reach Hermes from outside without opening any ports at home

The MCP server is read-only on purpose at the moment. So it can't therefore send, delete or move anything. Access goes through scoped tokens, and the Bridge's IMAP is only reachable inside the container network.

By the way: the Proton Pass access tokens for AI agents are really great and a very welcome feature.

If you want to look at it or use it yourself, here it is:

https://github.com/faf-net/proton-mail-bridge-mcp

Feedback and ideas are welcome, especially from anyone else running the Bridge headless or use also local LLM with an iDX (and my be the GPU dock).

Wassap Proton Community! This is going to be a long one. So strap in and get a snack.
I chose the r/ProtonMail sub because it seems to be the most active of them all, and it also was the main reason for me getting the unlimited plan (together with the VPN).

It's been almost two weeks now since I made the switch from Gmail to Proton Mail, Google Calendar to Proton Calendar, NordVPN to Proton VPN and Bitwarden to Proton Pass (Bitwarden not completely, since I am still using it as a backup). Also I did technically switch from Google Drive to Proton Drive, but I did not use Drive in the first place so I won't count that.

During these 2 weeks I started a list where I wrote down everything that came to my mind regarding the products. As it happens mostly when something comes up it's when something doesn't work as expected or a feature one expected is missing. So before I paste the list I wanted to write about all the things that I really loved after switching to Proton.

What I find really good

• I really like the whole approach of having one singular suite. It's the main reason why I used something like Google in the first place. I know there are some concerns about that topic, but I personally like it.
  • Consistent UI
  • Integrations between services
  • Not having to keep track of multiple invoices and accounts
• In general I also find all mobile apps to be surprisingly good (at least on iOS)
• Proton Mail is by far the most polished experience and I have been loving it a lot. For my personal mail there is nothing that I miss from GMail. I really like the:
  • E-Mail Categories with configurable notifications
  • Folders and Labels
  • Customizable Signature
  • Easy Switch
  • Mailing Lists Overview!
  • The mobile app (so much better in every way than the iOS Mail app)
• The VPN is also great and helped me a lot with my wonky wifi while living in a sharehouse in Japan.
  • Stealth mode increased the stability and speed by like 10x! Super crucial for my job as a freelance ui/webdesigner.
  • Port Forwarding for connecting to some services on my NAS at home
  • Being able to connect to my home country to continue the shows that I started watching also worked without a problem.
  • Creating different VPN profiles makes using the vpn for the different usecases really easy!
• Proton Pass overall has a very nice UI imo. I also really l like the customization like the custom icons and colors for the vaults (would love more!)
  • Additionally the drag & drop functionality from one vault to another is really handy
  • And the manual sync button is such a great feature. I maybe used it once, but I love that there is kind of fallback.
  • The whole import from Bitwarden also worked really good: 8/10
    • -2 points because Notes, Identity, Cards and Archive where not sorted into separate vaults. So searching for them now is a little annoying.

Things that I noticed

Now to the longer list. Just because it's longer doesn't mean that I think that Proton is more bad than good. A lot of the points are minor things and the "good" list covered more general points like "great ui" without specifically naming each ui element that I liked.

This list also is not cleaned up. It's straight from my notepad:

Overall:

• No unified log-in experience
  • I have to log-in to each app individually on my device.
  • I want a shared login-experience. 
  • Some also open the browser like Proton Pass, and others use a login inside the app like Proton Mail
• Pass, Mail, Drive all seem disconnected from each other
  • Had to do a separate Google Import for Mail and Calendar
  • Can’t attach a file from Proton Drive to a Calendar Event
  • No option to create a calendar event from a E-Mail
  • No option to save e-mail attachments to Proton Drive (or import)
• In general the whole suite experience could feel more connected. The main thing connecting the different apps is the same UI design.
• To many and rushed apps
  • As I said I like the whole suite idea. But many apps feel incomplete and thus make the whole experience seem worse. Looking at Calendar and Docs/Sheets.

Proton Mail

• Not being able to see what similar addresses are available, when making new e-mail
  • it just says email exists already. But doesn’t give me an option to see similar addresses that are not taken yet. Like yourname87
  • Or tell me if its free on a different domain instead of @ proton.me
• Connection to calendar to basic. Almost nothing (have seen that calendar will get a big overhall. very excited)
• Creating a customizable signature with html a little finnicky. Not as straight forward as in thunderbird e.g.
  • Important for my freelancer e-mail
    • Didn't switch because I am not sure how good it will work
    • Also the whole having to switch the mail servers to protons servers is not as enticing. I understand why, but I like having my webhosting, e-mail hosting, calDAV, cardDAV with one provider. Makes it easier to manage. So for now my personal stuff is fully in proton and my professional stuff is separate.

Proton VPN

• On Mac trackpad zoom being inverted (on the map)
  • Would like to use the normal zoom and pan controls of the macbook trackpad
• Quick Connect sometimes connects me to the quickest server of the last country I connected to
  • Instead of connecting to the quickest server near me
  • My usecase:
    • Currently in Japan.
    • Connected to Germany because of geoblocking and I had to to some stuff for at home.
    • After disconnecting and sometimes later pressing quick connect would connect me back to a german server
• Apples Handoff feature for copy+pasting between iPhone and MacBook sometimes not working when VPN enabled
  • Restarting VPN connection on both devices often fixes the issue
• Cannot click on a Icon on the Map to connect to that country.
  • Have to manually type in search field
• No favorites
• No recent connections on mac (but mobile has them)

Proton Pass

• Not being able to use standard commands like cmd+a to select all items in a vault
• Not being able to do Shift + Click to select multiple items in a vault
• Not being able to sort vaults at all
  • Just alphabetically
  • No custom drag and sort
  • No “last used” 
• No option to filter for Passkeys
• Firefox Addon no option to manually select a different account to autofill (in the popup)
  • e.g. when proton doesn’t find a login for the url
  • option to manually select a login to autofill would be helpfull
• Autofill not recognising local addresses sometimes (maybe fixed with the new update)
  • Like my Portainer or Home Assistant IP URL
• Firefox Addon not unlockable with biometrics on MacBook
  • The Mac App has it. Why not the browser extension? (Like bitwarden)
• When changing the login of a service, like the email, there is no popup with “do you want to update the login details”
  • Or when creating a login using the registration form of a website, there is no “save this login”
    • Like there is when one creates a passkey of an existing login
  • Slight correction: It seems to work sometimes? At least not often enough to be reliable (maybe fixed with the new update)

Proton Calendar

This was written before the post yesterday that said that calendar will be getting a huge update. Still, these are my notes:

• Calendar is very basic
• I don’t like that on mac the calendar only exists in the mail app
  • Having both would be nice. Like a dedicated app and the integration in the mail app
  • Integration in the mail app could be better. For example I can’t see my full calendar and mails at the same time.
• No map functionality built in
  • Manually typing in addresses is annoying
  • Also the flow of having to copy the address, open my map app and then paste the address is annoying
  • OSM integration would be nice
  • "Open in Map app" button that opens your standard map app would be nice
• No To-Do type entries possible
  • Makes the switch from Google more annoying
  • And need to use a separate to-do app now (using apple reminders atm)
• Public Holidays Calendar doesn’t have Japan?
  • Had to manually add an external calendar just for the public holidays for Japan.
• No multiple Timezone preview
  • I want to add two separate timezones like tokyo and berlin
  • When creating a event I want both times to be displayed
  • Good for international planning

That would be it for now. I will probably create a few feature suggestions in the community forum thingy. After getting to know the apps a bit more and after the next updates from the roadmap.

If anyone actually read all of this I would be interested in your thoughts! What have your experiences been?

I am happy to be part of the Proton Community and am excited about what will come. Also thanks for everyone at Proton for trying to create a privacy focused alternative to Google/Microsoft/Apple/etc.

On the iOS app, I'm able to edit the in-mail action ribbon, but on the web interface there isn't any option. I'd like to add the Archive button as a default, rather than having to click the ... and then Archive.

I couldn't help but appreciate how good the spam filter is 😆

I am trying to figure out how to do what I want to do. I have my own domain bought through porkbun. I was going to use simplelogin premium and use a unique alias using my domain for most if not all of my accounts. Also want to turn my domain into an email like [myname@mydomain.com](mailto:myname@mydomain.com). I realize that can't be done on SL and would have to be done through protonmail. If I understand correctly, I can't have a subscription to both SL and protonmail at same time, and even if I could, not sure I want to be paying that much. I do realize I can't have my domain connected to both SL and protonmail at same time.

I seen people talk about using a subdomain, connect domain to protonmail and use a subdomain on SL. But for me, having a hard enough time just figuring a domain out, let alone adding a subdomain to the mix.

In order to be able use a unique alias for most of my accounts through protonmail, would have to have proton unlimited since mail plus only comes with 10 aliases. Not ready to pay for unlimited since I will not use most of the services.

Am I missing something? Is there a better way to do what I want? Do I need to look at another alias service like addy.io? I already have a protonmail. com email address and I use that email solely for my password manager and don't want to use that anywhere else.

Toggle: Require outgoing email address for each new message.

I have a couple of email addresses and just have to remember to change the address I am sending from when sending a new message. This sometimes risks using the “default” address instead of the one I want to use. If I could toggle so that every time I create a new email I have to select which address I want to use.

Would be nice if we could change the login system as well. I want to use a username that is not my email address and a way to login with only my username never my email address.

Lastly, the Drive public folder shares your default email address to anyone with access via that folder/file. I’d like to be able to assign an address or better yet, a user input field to decide what is shown to the users. A forced input field so that it can’t fall back to a default address or username.

Half a year ago i switched to protonmail as my main mail account. Love it so far. Only issue i find annoying that you cannot sort by sender to remove large batches of mails or send them to subfolders.

Hello, I have been using a free proton account for a while, and yesterday created a new proton plus account. My free account is being used for gaming accounts (Steam, GoG, Rockstar, Humble Bundle) and a YouTube account. As far as merging the free email address to the plus account as an "additional address" the process seems very straightforward, but I just wanted to ask before moving forward.

Do the accounts using the current free address notice this change? I recently changed my GoG and Steam to the free account, and cannot change them again for a bit, so I just want to triple check that nothing will happen.

thank you in advance.

With every sign-up I generate a new email specific to that company or organisation. When they leak it, I know exactly who f'd up.

Well this happened and now my SPAM and inbox gets bombarded by SPAM to that specific address. I would like to block it completely.

I keep getting logged o​ut from my mobile apps. Mail, pass, VPN, drive. From one day to the other. Why is that? It is annoying

Hey so I was trying to show a friend of mine something I wrote on my phone, but usually I login on my computer. Since I didn’t have the password on my phone (and couldn’t remember it) I just clicked change password. Then it changed it. Then it said I lost access to allllll my old files. And there was kind of some important stuff there. How do I get access back??

How best to archive my emails for offline storage/backup?

I'm ok with them not being encrypted as I'd be encrypting the drive anyways. Also is it possible to archive attachments?

Cheers.

Where will we pop up next? Let your imagination run wild in the comments...

So, I've created a new proton mail to create an Instagram account. I am receiving the code. But instagram just wouldn't accept the code. it says, 'the code is invalid or expired'. is this because it's a new mail? should I wait? for how many days?