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0 points_odey1y ago0 comments

1. I can't write an email from an alias. For example I can't send an email from something+yourservice@example.pro. This is possible from Thunderbird using their bridge, but not from their email app on Android. I can reply to an email and it will preserve the alias, but I can't write one from scratch.

2. Emails are not downloaded locally on Android so I can't access them when internet is not available.

These 2 have been consistent issues for me over the 3 years I've used them, and when I've contacted their customer support about it I was told they have no intention of fixing them.

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adelmotsjr1y ago

I use Proton on Android and I can write a new email using one of my aliases. Maybe it was fixed recently.

Regarding n° 2, I think it will never be fixed, given the nature of the service itself, in which all emails are stored encrypted, and the encryption keys are in the server.

_odeyOP1y ago

Just tried it, I can write an email from one of my addresses: something@example.pro, other@example.pro, another@example.pro.

But not from an alias: something+johnny@example.pro, other+spoon@example.pro, another+kettle@example.pro.

Addresses are limited in number, 5 on my plan. Aliases are unlimited.

For the second, they've already implemented a feature on their web client to download emails locally so you can search in the body of the messages.

See: https://proton.me/support/search-message-content#the-index-o...

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