From 00ed237cf81c68e366c6d7c4f6b2dc652c2a1db2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thalia Wright <46098109+halcyonseeker@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:08:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Improved protonmail advice (#423) --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e603745..9e0a331 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ mutt-wizard is free/libre software, licensed under the GPLv3. ## Watch out for these things: - Gmail accounts can now create 'App Password' to use with """less secure""" applications. This password is single use (ie. for setup) and will be stored and encrypted locally. Enabling third-party applications requires turning off two-factor authentication and this will circumvent that. You might also need to manually "Enable IMAP" in the settings. -- Protonmail accounts will require you to set up "Protonmail Bridge" to access PM's IMAP and SMTP servers. Configure that before running mutt-wizard. -- Protonmail bridge is prone to timing out. Watch out for this while adding an account. If the bridge times out, try again. +- Protonmail accounts will require you to set up "Protonmail Bridge" to access PM's IMAP and SMTP servers. Configure that before running mutt-wizard. Note that when mutt-wizard asks for a password, you should put in your [bridge password](https://protonmail.com/bridge/thunderbird#3), not your account password. +- Protonmail bridge is prone to timing out. Watch out for this while adding an account. If the bridge times out, try again. It might help to [increase the timeout](https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/thunderbird-connection-server-timed-error/) in your `mbsyncrc`. - If you have a university email, or enterprise-hosted email for work, there might be other hurdles or two-factor authentication you have to jump through. Some, for example, will want you to create a separate IMAP password, etc. - `isync` is not fully UTF-8 compatible, so non-Latin characters may be garbled (although sync should succeed). `mw` will also not autocreate mailbox shortcuts since it is looking for English mailbox names. I strongly recommend you to set your email language to English on your mail server to avoid these problems.