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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't comment on this, since I don't use the bridge for a while. But it's just an IMAP/SMTP server, so not sure why certain features wouldn't work. What service did you end up using which has gpg integration?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used protonmail for 3 years - bridge issues have been being ignored by protonmail support in my opinion. "Clean cache and try again". I stopped using protonmail and switched to mailbox.org. So far so good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From what I read though, the GPG security model for mailbox.org is the same as it is for Proton webmail (except for the browser plugin, where the difference is not really there). I like mailbox.org, to be clear, but I don't get how it is an alternative to the bridge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't use mailbox gpg sevice simple as that. I use mailbox perfect imap (k-9) / pop3 (desktop) integration and use gpg natively in case if that person uses gpg. Thunderbird (desktop), k-9 with openkeychain on android. I don't say proton is bad. It's quite good if you never want to export mails outside our webmail. I do want it so protonmail is not for me. Most my protonmail issues were with their bridge they, until the moment I migrated to mailbox, have not resolved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh that makes sense. Yeah, definitely simple encryption and exported (unencrypted) emails are not going to work together.

I am all in support for European tech companies, so I think that mailbox.org, tuta, proton etc. Are all good options.