@@ 4,30 4,37 @@ title: "aerc-wiki: Providers/ProtonMail"
# ProtonMail
-Using ProtonMail with aerc is not trivial, as you will likely
-experience issues with the `protonmail-bridge` certificate, stored
-in `$HOME/.config/protonmail/bridge/`. The workaround is to add this
-certificate to the root trust database. Please note that this is tested
-on Arch Linux, and might not be valid on other distros. Run this command:
+Using ProtonMail with aerc is not trivial, as you will likely experience
+issues with the `protonmail-bridge` certificate. The workaround is to
+add this certificate to the root trust database. The certificate must be
+exported from the bridge.
+
+```text
+Settings -> Advanced settings -> Export TLS certificates
+```
+
+Once you have saved the certificate on the system, run the following
+command. Please note that this is tested on Arch Linux and Fedora, and
+might not be valid on other distros.
```bash
sudo trust anchor --store ~/.config/protonmail/bridge/cert.pem
```
-For outgoing mail to work, you might have to change the SMTP
-configuration in `protonmail-bridge` and set security to SSL instead of
-STARTTLS.
+The bridge's default configuration of STARTTLS instead of SSL should
+work with the following configuration
Example account configuration, using the default ports of
`protonmail-bridge`:
```ini
[Protonmail]
-source = imap+insecure://youraccount%40protonmail.com:yourprotonmailbridgepassword@127.0.0.1:1143
-outgoing = smtps+plain://youraccount%40protonmail.com:yourprotonmailbridgepassword@127.0.0.1:1025
-default = INBOX
-from = Your Name <youraccount@protonmail.com>
-copy-to = Sent
+source = imap://youraccount%40protonmail.com:yourprotonmailbridgepassword@127.0.0.1:1143
+outgoing = smtp://youraccount%40protonmail.com:yourprotonmailbridgepassword@127.0.0.1:1025
+default = INBOX
+from = Your Name <youraccount@protonmail.com>
+copy-to = Sent
+#smtp-starttls = yes # uncomment if using aerc <= 0.14
```
The first time you run aerc with this configuration you can expect a