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Ask HN: FastMail vs. ProtonMail?

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Re: Ask HN: FastMail vs. ProtonMail?

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Post by badpun »

badpun wrote: post #2

I’ve recently switched to ProtonMail. Here are my takeaways: - web client and mobile clients are functional for day to day work. - IMAP integration (only in paid version) is a SNAFU and basically does not work. - support responds to emails, but slowly (takes them 24-48 hours). - importing messages is possible via the (beta) ImportExport tool. The tool is not 100% stable yet, so prepare to waste half a day on it. Hone…

One more disappointment with ProtonMail - the web client's message search does not work on message body or on attachments... After moving from Gmail, searching became harder.

Re: Ask HN: FastMail vs. ProtonMail?

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Post by bad_user »

oh_boy wrote: post #17
kitsunesoba wrote: post #12

For me, ProtonMail’s inability to support standard clients without an awkward bridge app completely kills it. One of email’s biggest positive points is its client agnostic nature which makes it cheap and dead easy to use anywhere . Being tied to a web client, as ubiquitous as web browsers may be, is a marked downgrade.

That's what you get for privacy. Honestly, the bridge works so flawlessy on my Mac and Linux machines, I don't mind that it is there.

Except it is snakeoil.
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