r/ProtonMail

I absolutely agree with this

I create a protonmail years ago and I probably haven't logged into it in a year now when I try to login it says my account does not exist. When I try to create an account it says username is already taken. I did not receive any email saying that I had lost my account. Is there a way to re-activate the account?

Am I getting it or have I missed something?

If I get the lifetime deal on ProtonPass + SimpleLogin, does it mean that if my paid proton mail account lapsed (say I am in a comma in hospital and my file on card expired) my email will not be disabled after 6 months of inactivity, the way free accounts are right now? This seems like a great way to plan for such catastrophic events. I just want to make sure I am getting it, because otherwise I do not need either.

Also, the lifetime is for surrent SimpleLogin Premium or are the features limited in some way, say to 1 domain.

Thanks all for any and all help. Cheers.

I'm currently using a custom domain for all my email aliases, but am wondering if it would be more private to use one of the domains available through Proton Pass or SimpleLogin. I understand the major benefit of a custom domain is that the aliases can travel with you if you switch email providers. But other than that, is there a benefit to one method over the other? Is there a preference of using a Proton Pass domain or a SimpleLogin domain? I noticed Proton Pass and SimpleLogin domains use CloudFlare for DNS, which seems like an odd choice for Proton. Does that pose any issues for those using those domains?

Which temproray emails work fine with Proton mail to get the code for a new account? Most of them are not receiving any codes.

I have my own domain, let's say (myname.com).
I want to receive and anwser using a email with my domain (contact@myname.com). But also want to create temporary e-mails when needed (forinterviews@myname.com, governamentalRegisters@myname.com etc. Can I create as much as I want? Can I choose the names of my emails? How many e-mails I can have on this plan? Just reforcing I want to receive in created email and answer using then. I don't want to answer using my private gmail and show my gmail.

I learned about Proton many years ago and always considered it a reliable, privacy-oriented service provider, but to be honest, I also saw it as more of a commercial product. I thought the design was a bit too flashy and rather unprofessional, but that might just be my personal preference.

Then, last week, I watched a 3-hour interview with Andy Yen (the founder and CEO), and he genuinely made me feel like Proton has a mission and really cares about it. He doesn't seem like someone who is purely profit-driven. He mentioned that none of these other billionaire CEOs can take their money to the grave, and the fact that Proton switched to a non-profit organization legally bound to pursue its mission definitely adds more trust for me.

So now I'm seriously considering migrating to the Proton ecosystem, especially because I worry about privacy from time to time as someone who works in international business relations. I don't want a powerful country—cough, cough—getting access to my emails if they decide they need to.

My only worries are:

• Will Proton ever become "mainstream"?
• Will they grow enough to provide a product quality that can actually compete with the big players?
• Or will it always stay a niche service? (My definition of niche: my mother has never heard of it.)

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I really hope we can get some critical opinions as well.

Even though I have read all my emails and the app itself also shows that there are no unread emails, the icon still indicates that there is one (or more) unread or new email. Does anyone know how this can be prevented? It's somewhat annoying.

Ive been dealing with SPAM notifications on my android phone & tablet now for about a month or more!! I've submitted a bug report from my phone app, and email received from support simply said I have to wait for future updates. There have been several updates (I check Everyday!!), but no change to the spam notifications. Honestly at this point I'm way sick of it, i've turned off mail notifications. (NOT VERY IDEAL!) I never paid for email before Proton & have for 2yrs now, so this hurts a bit to have this issue for this long with no ending in site. Also this happened before but was fixed quickly. Not getting fixed quickly this time!!! Uninstalling app and doing app cache clearing DOES NOTHING.

--FRUSTRATED USER!!!!

Hi!

I'm new to Proton (for business), and so far I'm loving everything. I'm also getting used to all the features and methods. One thing that is a slight issue for me, and from research it doesn't seem to be solvable just yet: the app badge does not reflect unread mail that has been sorted to folders.

In my case, I have several custom URLs and associated email addresses that must be kept sorted, as they are all very distinct businesses. So I've created filters to sort incoming mail appropriately. Perfect, for that!

I *do* get a notification that an email has come in (both on mobile and desktop (MacOS for me), however, if I don't get to the email right away, the app's icon/badge itself does not reflect the unread emails. Each folder is showing that there's an unread message within; yet the app itself does not show this when I need to have a glance at the number of unread emails.

I am hoping that this can be resolved in the next update.

Unless of course there's some kinda trick that someone could share with me? :)

Thank you.

Could you please update subscribed calendars more frequently in Proton Calendar? Or at least add a manual sync option for each calendar?

It’s very frustrating when you don’t notice changes or new events in subscribed calendars because it simply takes too long.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I only use the VPN for security on public wifi networks. Flying through Atlanta today I found I couldn’t establish a connection. Are they blocking vpn's on the free wifi there? If so, why?

I don’t use proton that often maybe once every few months to check very important emails or 2FA codes. But I’d get signed out after long durations of not using proton mail so I’d have to use the recovery codes.

What can one do if they have used all their recovery codes and can no longe access their email?

I’ve been paying for Proton’s family plan for nearly 2 years, and to be completely honest, about 90% of my usage is just Proton Mail. Their other services (Drive, Pass, Wallet, Calendar, Sheets, etc.) still lack many key features, useful integrations, and even a polished user experience (UX/UI).

It often feels like these products were built more to say “hey, look at everything we offer” rather than to solve real day-to-day needs. And in my view, that’s an issue.

To me, Proton seems to be focusing on quantity over quality, and that approach can backfire. If it weren’t for their main strength privacy I think far fewer people would stick with their ecosystem.

If we set privacy aside, there are alternatives that currently feel more mature:

• Proton Mail → Spark
• Proton VPN → NordVPN / Surfshark
• Proton Pass → 1Password / Bitwarden
• Proton Drive → NAS (e.g., Ugreen)

Personally, I’ve been waiting for Proton to offer a family plan focused only on Proton Mail, since that’s all I really need right now. I’m not sure it will happen, but it would be ideal.

What do you think?
Do you prefer a broader ecosystem with less polish, or fewer services with higher quality?

Hey! Love the service so far but just have 2 things.

Docs: Dark mod for Docs and Sheets so my eyes don't melt out of my skull

Calendar: Little dots or another symbol to show there's something on the day on the mini calendar

Everything else is pretty awesome, nice work

Hi all, I'm new to Thunderbird and more complex email management. Please help me understand a few points which are not clear to me.

I recently decided to move away from Google in general, and want to migrate from gmail to proton mail and I want to setup Thunderbird as an email manager.

What my email worflow looks like now:

1: Gmail account that receives most emails

2: University email on their own hosting and web interface.

3: My gmail account imports the university emails through POP3. (Sadly gmail will disable this function in the near future)

4: I managed everything from within my gmail.

What I want my email worflow to look like now:

1: Proton mail is my main email

2: Gmail auto forwarding all received email to proton mail, so that I continue receiving emails sent to the gmail.

3: I add proton mail in Thunderbird

4: I add my university email to Thunderbird through IMAP or POP3 (sadly my university email does not allow auto forwarding).

5: Thunderbird creates a copy of emails received by my university email in my proton mail.

6: Now I have all email being saved in my proton mail.

(As proton mail can't import my university email by itself, I plan on having an always on Thunderbird instance which would import the email and then I'd be able to see them from my proton mail app in android)

Is this a possible worflow?

Also, I still want to be able to send emails as my gmail and university email, but have a copy of sent email saved in my proton mail. Is this possible to do automatically in Thunderbird?

A few questions about email sending and receiving replies:

1: Can I send emails from my gmail from within Thunderbird without importing all my emails through IMAP? So that I'd only see the emails through my proton mail inbox.

2: If someone replies to my gmail, when gmail auto forwards the reply to my proton mail, will proton mail recognize that as a reply to the email I sent and Thunderbird copied over to proton mail?

Any advice is welcome.