I paid for this about 3 weeks ago. Not easy to use. Although the instructions make it seem easy, it isnāt. There is no way to access the alias creation from within the Android mobile app and forces you to go to their mail site online in order to find the creation panel. Definately needs more work before itās mainstream usable. Should be just a simple click option in the mobile app. Good start though. With the āUnlimitedā account, which is what I have, I think you get 90 something alias emails. Thanks Mr. @TXRon for the info. Good morning and have a wonderful day.
would never pay for email. Have used Gmail for at least 20+ years. SPAM Filter catches 95% of the SPAM and I just delete the rest. Not worried about the Chinese Govt, or the boogeyman but then again Iām less paranoid than most of the nervous Nellieās here.
I get more spam emails after I order something from Amazon or ebay.!
I always used their free email, and had to when I lived in Mexico, as because it is end to end encrypted, itās the only way the Big Banks here in canada will send you verification codes and 2FA when trying to do some necessary banking functions. I didnāt have a Canadian phone number and they wonāt use a foreign number. I also use their VPN and this was just a small account update for virtually the same amount of money. While Iām not a nervous nellie I also donāt walk down the street handing out a pamphlet with all my accounts and passwords listed.
Iāve been using Proton Plus plan for over a year now. The email alias is great and use it through their Simple Login. I went with the Unlimited after chatting with @Miki about his thoughts on the VPN. Iāve tried it prior but not for much time due to lack of options. I decided to let it run on our ONN box and it hasnāt disconnected once in over a week now. I just added it to our bedroom Shield Pro and itās been running great for a couple days now. They have options in the pipeline that they will be adding which is great news. Split tunnel very soon to start
thanks ,i love it
Not to downplay Proton, I have a free email account with them, but is anyone using Startmail and how is it going? Iām considering a paid email provider.
Proton is a paid email provider, the service you are using is the bare bones free version. Startmail is very nice as well.
I have had and used their free E:mail account for 2 years. They have decided to allow ppl to upgrade to unlimited for a small monthly increase over the usual VPN charge. Worth it IMHO. Password vault with extra access for family members. I think itās 10 TB of cloud storage. 99 e:mail aliases. 10 devices. Many more features, lots to learn. It was just a couple of bucks more per month so I figured what the heck. I signed up for another 2 yrs.
Do all the email aliases always have to contain the simplelogin prefix in the alias email?
No they donāt. There are random ones l
Thought Iād put my two cents in. Iāve been using Proton mail for about a year and there is a lot to like about it. However, I also have a service (Albine Blur) now called Iron Vest. IR allows easy setup of alias emails, forwards,etc. All the stuff youād need to fly under the radar. Unlike some emails, including Proton, alias email addresses with IR will actually not forward blocked emails and stuff. The also offer virtual credit cards, password control, address & identity profiles, masked emails and phone number, secure pay and hidden cryto pay. There is a fee but if you can utilize most of the services it might be worth it to you. Why not take a look (ironvest.com) and decide if its a fit for you.
With the email alias from proton I only create one for the service or contact I want to have it. Noone else has that alias so there is no way that alias goes to anyone else or any place and so I canāt possibly get blocked or unwanted emails, not only rhat if I no longer want that alias I delete it and make another one. So should my contact or service sell my email then that alias is easily deleted and becomes non functioning.
May I ask a āgeneralā Proton question? If I forward my gmail to my new (free) Proton email, does an email go to both the Proton account and the original gmail account? You can un-forward it too, correct?
I donāt want to create something so tricky that I trick myself and donāt understand what Iāve done.
I give out my Proton e:mail address and use it the vast majority of times. My g:mail also gets forwarded there. Unless you have deleted the g:mail app, but not your account ,then you g:mail e:mails get forwarded to proton and you will get a notice when you have mail. If you have not deleted your g:mail app then e:mails sent to the g:mail address will still appear in the app, and can be accessed in your g:mail app, as well as your Proton e:mail app.
With almost every business using AI for ordering, chatting, etc., it seems that the algorithms do not like Proton alias email addresses. Twice in the last week Iāve had failures to make purchases using an alias I set up. Today, I was ordering Total Wine gift cards and after going through the lengthy process of buying the cards, writing greetings, then paying for the cards, I get a first email that says that the purchase was completed and my credit card was charged. 2 minutes later another email saying that the order could not be processed as it failed their internal system and that I would receive a credit back to my credit card for the cancelled order! WTF?
Has anyone else noticed this trend?
I have used my Surfshark ALT identity email all over the place and it works great if that helps. I have no experience with Proton.
I just saw your reply. I did not get notification when you replied 3 days ago.
I have Surfshark. Iāll look into it.
Here is the alias I was using in Proton Pass: shopping.blog550@passmail.net
Perhaps I needed to create a better name? āshoppingā was my input. The rest of the address is auto generated by Proton Pass.
Iām sure you figured this out by now but, I have had gmail forwarded to my protonmail account for several years now. Messages that are forwarded do not appear in the inbox of gmail. It is an easy step to āunforwardā it in the settings.