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Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by Mistletoe »

mattpallissard wrote: post #26
Mistletoe wrote: post #7

I wanted to use Proton Mail and was very excited and made a fresh new account. Sent a test email to my old gmail and it went to spam immediately. That told me how feasible this was to use as my primary email. Google has a stranglehold on what it considers "valid" and I don't know how we use other providers as long as they have it.

One of the common spam flags are email addresses or names similar to yours or your affiliates.

It was a totally different name. It just didn't like the Proton domain and this is extremely uncool because all the emails I've gotten from Proton users in the past were definitely not spam and were all authentic people. I can't say the same for Gmail.

Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by tunap »

lajamerr wrote: post #16
parsd wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, only Gmail addresses appear trustworthy then? What else is so prevalent... Outlook?

Just make your own personal email address/domain. I already have my domain firstlastname.com with Google domains. I can setup email forwarding for free. All goes to my gmail address. As far as normal people their reaction was "That's cool you have your own email like that"

I had myname.com for 15 years. I let it go when I had email hosting issues, the Covid hit & I scrutinized my cost:benefit of inflating registrar and hosting fees over the years.

Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by plaguepilled »

Protonmail addresses are great for signing up to accounts for because the mailbox is encrypted, but not great for actually sending mail to peers because of the spam filtering that google sometimes does.

I wish it weren't so, because its a great service and is so much faster than gmail in my experience, but that's where we're at.

Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by jonnycomputer »

lajamerr wrote: post #16
parsd wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, only Gmail addresses appear trustworthy then? What else is so prevalent... Outlook?

Just make your own personal email address/domain. I already have my domain firstlastname.com with Google domains. I can setup email forwarding for free. All goes to my gmail address. As far as normal people their reaction was "That's cool you have your own email like that"

firstlast@firstlast.com always seemed a little redundant to as an email address; and me@firstlast.com also sounds ... weird

Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by jonnycomputer »

_xerces_ wrote: post #11

I see Proton Mail addresses and think the owner is paranoid, hiding something or odd in some way. Similarly, if I see aol or yahoo addresses I think old or not tech savvy. It is not necessarily fair, but they are my first instincts and I am sure it is true of others.

Yahoo has a decent email service, imo. I mean .. it's just email. And I got my first gmail almost twenty years ago; hard to say it's not old.

Re: Ask HN: Are Protonmail.com Addresses Snubbed?

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Post by opportune »

I have found a lot of commercial websites do not allow proton mail now, likely to prevent abuse. It makes me sad, but I get it.

I am not sure why you would use a proton mail address for job applications, it’s like making a website with a weird TLD instead of a .com - no real positive benefit besides maybe saving money, highly likely to be viewed with suspicion.

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