The Apple Mail app on macOS already offers some pretty good privacy features like hiding your IP address when you send a message, but the folks at Proton might now be doing things even better. Indeed, Proton today announced the launch of a Windows and Mac desktop mail client, building on its existing web application.
Now that Proton Mail has its macOS client, you’ll no longer have to use a web browser like Safari, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge and risk your privacy being compromised when using their service. The new client offers what Proton calls a “fast, focused email experience,” and should feel pretty familiar if you’re already using the Apple Mail app on macOS. There’s support for a light and dark theme, support for native notifications, and the option to switch between mail and calendar. To switch over from whatever mail client or service you’re using, an easy switch tool is available.
On the privacy side of things, the Proton Mail macOS client offers many privacy features, some of which you don’t get in Apple’s Mail app. There’s zero-access encryption, end-to-end encryption, protection against trackers and phishing, and the Proton Sentinel account protection. There’s even a Security Center, that lets you easily create hide-my-email aliases to protect your identity, though this feature is available on Apple Mail.
The Proton Mail desktop app is available for download for free with free mail plans, but only for 14 days. Once the 14 days are up, you’ll have to pay for a plan, for as little as $4 per month for a Mail Plus plan to continue access.
Can the proton for Mac have the following feathers I like:
1. Click on an icon to open the email.
2. Screen shows recent email on the top half of the page and the one you are viewing on the bottom half of the screen.
3. You can just click on the email in the top half that you want to open. Then you can just click on another one without going back to the inbox.
4. file on the left where you can drag an email you want to save.
5. I want to be able to decide if an email is a scam. Anyone in my contact list should come. Others could go into spam.
6. Ways to flag emails for special catigories.
Thanks, Pete Tallman 712,249,3978 [email protected]
Hi there!
1. Yes. In Proton Mail for Mac, you click an email in the message list to open it. There is no separate “open” button needed.
2.Not exactly. Proton Mail uses a side-by-side layout, with the email list on the left and the opened message on the right. It does not support a top-and-bottom split view.
3.Yes. You can click any other email in the list on the left and it opens immediately, without returning to the inbox.
4.Yes. Proton Mail has folders and labels in the left sidebar, and you can drag emails into folders to save or organize them.
5.Partially. Proton Mail has built-in spam protection and allows custom filters. You can create rules so emails from known senders or specific domains go to certain folders, and others go to spam. It does not automatically treat all non-contacts as spam unless you set up those filters manually.
6.Yes. Proton Mail supports labels and filters, which act like categories. You can create custom labels and automatically apply them using rules, or add them manually to emails.
Hope this helps!