(Think Thunderbird but with ProtonMail grade encryption and simple UI out of the box) It also has a secure desktop client in beta for better end to end encryption and local storage of emails, but it’s only available to paid users. ProtonMail is more complete, more features and options, in particular colored tags. Now You: Which email provider do you use, and why? While you can set up PGP on your device and start using it, doing so may be too technical (still) for many users. Still, if you don't want someone else snooping on your emails, or that your emails are read online by robots or even human beings, you need end to end encryption for that.
The cheapest paid subscription is available for $48 per year quite a bit of money especially since email is seen as something that is available for free by many Internet users. The 500 Megabyte limit may also be reached quickly depending on how you use the service. The inability to remove the "ad for Protonmail" when sending emails, and the limit to one address, no filters and no custom addresses need to be mentioned in this regard. The free version is good to take the service for a test ride, but it is somewhat limited. The service does not display ads to you, and does not read emails either. No one but the user has access to emails thanks to the service's implementation of end to end encryption. ProtonMail is a secure email service that focuses on privacy and security. This key can then be imported into programs that support PGP so that you may access your emails on these devices as well. You can download the PGP key to your system under Settings > Keys.
This is a legacy mode which uses different passwords for login and mailbox encryption. (this restores access to the account, but will make any email that is in the account up to that point unreadable).
The three column layout displays mail folders, mails of the selected folder, and the active conversation in columns the two column layout only the folders and either the active folder or the active conversation. The web interface of the email service supports two layouts that use three or two columns respectively.
ProtonMail requires no verification whatsoever (email, mobile phone), and can be used right after you have set up the account. You may add an alternative email as well, but that is optional. I suggest you start by creating a free account, but you may select one of the paid plans during setup already.Īll you have to do then is to set the username and password that you want to use, and you are ready to go.