IMPORTANT: the ‘Username’ is the same as your Proton account email address, but the password is NOT. Next in ‘Authentication’ check the button ‘Use these credentials’ and input, “Username” (your Proton Mail email address) and now input that Proton Bridge generated password.

In the box ‘Security Policy’ use drop down 'Force usage of SSL/TLS.

These will show when highlighting the Proton Mail ‘Accounts’.Ĭopy the details (Proton Bridge has a handy ‘copy’ feature) and past them into the corresponding boxes in eM Client (yes, use the numbers 127.0.0.1 for ‘Hostname’). You now need to configure both IMAP and SMTP, to do this, first open Proton Bridge to access your mailbox details. Important: this is the email address you use to sign in to your Proton Mail account, with the authentication being your Proton Mail password. On the next screen, you can now enter your email address. This will bring up the next screen with a number of options Gmail, Outlook etc., choose “Other” and click next at the bottom of the screen. Instead, click the “Mail” option on this same page. On the next screen do not enter your email address in the box ‘Enter your email address and press start’). Next in eM Client click top left ‘Menu’ ->Accounts–>+ Add Account. It’s a good idea to use the ‘run on start up’ option on your PC. Run Proton Bridge, and note: Proton Bridge and eM Client both need to be always running to enable the configuration with eM Client to work and be ‘live’. The Proton Bridge download file is found under the Proton Mail settings button “IMAP/SMTP”, with options for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. Proton Mail → Proton Bridge → eM Client Configurationįirst of all, download Proton Bridge and configure it to your existing Proton Mail account. After much trial and error, this is what worked for me, and apologies for repeating basic stuff, but I also post this here for others.

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