[Users] Protonmail and Claws

[Dave Howorth]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:34:28 -0700
Lawrence London <lfljvenaura at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 6:25 PM Zach Robbins <zachr at outlook.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:22:19 -0700
> > "Lawrence London" <lfljvenaura at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > How do I set up Claws to access my Protonmail account and
> > > download my email to my computer? I run Claws from an external
> > > hard drive using a command in Windows 10 "run".  
> >
> > https://protonmail.com/bridge
> >
> > You do have to be a paid subscriber. Although Claws doesn't seem to
> > have specific instructions on the Protonmail website, it's similar
> > enough to Thunderbird that you could probably figure out how to
> > configure Claws. Essentially, the bridge software creates a local
> > daemon that you connect to as though it were any other remote IMAP
> > mail server. Protonmail's 'labels' are represented as folders in
> > Claws, and to apply labels, you copy messages to those folders. I
> > find it works well. 
> 
> Thanks very much, Zach.
> As my Claws installation on an external drive has a complete archive
> of all my email I plan to keep that as is. Can I install a new copy
> of Claws on the same drive to use with Protonmail,
> in other words multiple instances of Claws on the same drive each
> accessing different mail hosts. Would there be any conflict? This is
> probably covered in the Claws FAQ. The configuration files for each
> would probably preclude that.

You don't need another instance of claws-mail. Just set up a new
account in addition to your existing one in your present claws-mail.

> Lawrence
> 
> >
> > -Zach
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