{"id":348,"date":"2023-01-20T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/?p=348"},"modified":"2023-01-20T23:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:55:41","slug":"kmail-and-proton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Email clients and KMail and Proton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-black-color has-text-color\">I have a lot of email and accounts so when I moved to Linux it seemed that no matter which client I used I found a deficiency. The biggest one was an email account with over 50,000+. Sure I can archive off or delete the older emails but the cost of space is near nothing, plus I like to once in a while send an old email to a friend and share an old joke with it's context of the time.\n\nI tried the beta Thunderbird, overall it was good but their native backup \/ restore was lame. Their restore facility would not allow over a 2Gb file, sure you could copy and compress the folder structure. But I prefer a solution that is within the product I am using so it's goes as smooth as it can or at least I usually can find a solution in one area.\n\nI liked Evolution plus having EWS support but it seemed that every time I clicked on a folder I had to wait while it loaded the emails. I made sure that it was always pulling down the whole email for offline use. So that got tiring.\n\nSo now off to KMail while I had some issues at first and they were on me as I was downloading the client from the KDE site and others from my distos' Software Manager. This lead to various versions of the ancillary programs and was just a mess. \n\nOk so I removed everything and only used my Software Manager even if it was a few sub-versions behind. So with things installed it was time to configure.\n\nGMail and my site hosting providers were fairly easy to configure and since this article say PROTON I will just move to that configuration.\n\nFirst thing is download the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/proton.me\/mail\/bridge\" target=\"_blank\">Proton Mail Bridge<\/a> this allows you to send end-to-end encrypted emails from your email client. It essentially acts as a proxy. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You will have to be a paid subscriber to utilize this feature<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n1) Open <strong>KMail<\/strong>\n2) Select <strong>Settings<\/strong> from the menu at the top, click on <strong>Add Account<\/strong>.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_15-50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\" width=\"464\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_15-50.png 492w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_15-50-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Fill out Full Name - Whatever you want displayed\nEmail Address - Get this from your configured Proton Bridge (user name)\nPassword - Get this from your configured Proton Bridge\nFind provider settings on the Internet - UNchecked\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-17.png 310w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-17-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Then Click Next\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-22.png 491w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-22-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Next <strong>UNcheck<\/strong> - Secure Outgoing emails\nNext <strong>UNcheck<\/strong> - Publish this key on public key server\nClick <strong>Next<\/strong>\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-26.png 493w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-26-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Select <strong>Generic IMAP Email Server<\/strong>, click <strong>Next<\/strong>\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31.png 492w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">So if the username is not there use the same one from earlier in the instructions.\n\nIncoming and Outgoing servers are set to <strong>127.0.0.1 <\/strong>\n\nWhen you click <strong>Next<\/strong> you might see this error. To resolve simply right click on the Proton proxy icon and select quit.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" width=\"48\" height=\"61\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then return to the applications menu and select Proton Mail Bridge and click OK on the error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31_1-1024x99.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31_1-1024x99.png 1024w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31_1-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31_1-768x75.png 768w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_16-31_1.png 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Now that should get things started. For those who just want to compare settings here are my screenshots.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50.png 809w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50-768x564.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50_1.png 810w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50_1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-50_1-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-51.png 805w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-51-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-51-768x567.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52.png 407w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52_1.png 406w, https:\/\/davewells.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-20_17-52_1-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a lot of email and accounts so when I moved to Linux it seemed that no matter which client I used I found a deficiency. The biggest one was an email account with over 50,000+. Sure I can archive off or delete the older emails but the cost of space is near nothing,<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/davewells.me\/?p=348\" class=\"link-btn theme-btn\"><span>Read More <\/span> <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,26,25],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","tag-configure","tag-kmail","tag-proton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davewells.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- This website is optimized by Airlift. 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