Re: [tor-talk] ProtonMail

[Jerry Rocteur <macosx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 12 May 2016, at 15:54, ng0 <ng0@xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 2016-05-12(03:47:55+0300), Jerry Rocteur wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I tried to post this before but it never got to the list I think. 
>> 
>> I wanted to subscribe to ProtonMail, which I discovered from reading posts here on this list.
>> 
>> I wanted to get your opinion, is ProtonMail a good solution for encrypted mails or should I look at alternatives.
>> 
>> Iâve searched and read quite a few articles and I understand that nothing is really secure .. I also have my own Debian server on the web so Iâm open to suggestions if any of you has an opinion.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Jerry
> 
> Keep in mind that ProtonMail is still in beta phase.
> They fixed some problems, but they did not address all of my bug reports
> so far, which might make it unpleasant to use for people who deal with
> mailinglists:
> expect people to get angry at you because their
> webinterface reply only knows 1 layer of comment block and you can't
> even break this block.
> 
> This alone + forced html format and no way to hook into with an external
> application are big minus for people who care about email as just text,
> in my opinion.
> 
> -- 
> ââ ng0

Valid points but apart from HTML only not a big deal if not used in mailing lists.

You did not recommend a better alternative ?


J


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