I’m not a fan of ProtonMail’s mobile app (Yeah I know most enjoy it) I hate the short delay every time I open my email client. I’ve been using ProtonMail for a very long time and just can’t find myself to like it.

Have you looked into the other e-mail service providers that Privacy Guides recommends ?

Yea I was looking at Mailbox.org now. Tuta I wasn’t a fan of either. As long as I can use an email client I’m good with it.

If Proton, Tuta and Mailbox.org aren’t an option you may be on a dead-end. The only other one that I can remember that could be considered is Startmail but if I’m not mistaken that was removed because of lacking true zero-knowledge. I’m not sure if any of those alternatives may have a better mobile…

[image] Gh0st: I hate the short delay every time I open my email client. What kind of delay do you have with Proton Mail? Is it more than a second or two it takes to refresh?

It’s I’d say roughly 2-3 sec refresh before loading my mail. I thought it would be fixed after all these years but it hasn’t. Small issue, but it bothers me alot.

[image] Cyber-Typhoon: I’m not sure if any of those alternatives may have a better mobile app than Proton This. I don’t think you’ll find a better alternative to Proton. Also, have you reported this to them? If not, consider reporting it.

The best alternative to Proton Mail is Fastmail – more in terms of a mail provider rather than privacy and security. And it is fast. Of course, it’s not as private as any PG recommendations, but it’s fantastic and much more private than Gmail, Outlook etc. So here it really comes down to whether …

I too recommend fastmail. I assume most of the email communications you do are with people outside ProtonMail and don’t use OpenPGP, so they leave ProtonMail unencrypted and live unencrypted on the other end. All the metadata, including the subject, is also unencrypted in OpenPGP. At that point, I’…

Main issue with Fastmail is, they are not encrypting your mailbox. Considering they are based on Australia, one of the worst privacy friendly countries around the globe, I don’t want to hand over my mailbox unencrypted to them. They are having SSL and TLS for incoming and outcoming connections like…

Yes, as already mentioned there is no E2EE. OP hasn’t specified, but the choice depends on whether they value speed and reliability more than this. Regarding E2EE: Fastmail customers looking for end-to-end encryption can use PGP or s/mime in many popular 3rd party apps. We don’t offer end-to-end …

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Pay attention to this topic before deciding to choose mailbox.org
I advise you to watch the progression of events carefully.

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