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Pros
Pro Multiple Signatures for Multiple Accounts including ALIASES
You can assign your default signature to an ALIAS for the same account or create an altogether new one.
Pro No personal data stored on servers
No access tokens, passwords, attachments or email itself is stored on Canary servers.
Pro Seamlessly integrates with iOS verion
Gone are the days of manual setup of phone email clients! Canary Mail syncs not just your accounts but all of your settings and even signatures on iCloud.
Pro Local email database is encrypted on disk
Canary stores your local email database encrypted.
Pro Gorgeous and intuitive
Pro Pretty Good Privacy or PGP built-in
Pro Built-in end-to-end encryption
Pro No personal information needed
To create an account you don't need to give any personal information, just choose username, domain, and password. Even the recovery email address is optional.
Pro Privacy respecting
User data is protected by strict privacy laws because all servers are located in Switzerland.
Pro Open Source
Pro Mobile apps
Apps for Android and iOS available.
Cons
Con Missing mainstream features
No functionality for user-defined Gmail message-tagging, or moving/copying to IMAP folders. Might be acceptable in a free app, but not in one with premium pricing.
Con Buggy
It adds random pins to old emails which then stay on top of the inbox list
Con Poor handling of new emails
You sometimes need to wait very long before your email actually gets delivered.
Con Windows moves randomly
When you create a new email, the new windows is often misplaced so that you have to move it to reach the "Send" button.
Con Poor text editing capabilities
The cursor is laggy so you're better off using keyboard shortcuts.
Con Show NO show
It'll show a new email on a counter, but you're not able to view them.
Con Javascript-intensive Webmail
Free accounts are required to use Javascript webmail and encryption is done in the browser. Javascript cryptography is harmful for security and should not be used.
Con Encryption Keys are stored server-side
The keys are generated during account creation. Using your existing keys is prohibited and ProtonMail must store and control the private keys. Encryption cannot be secure unless the user controls the private keys.
Con Still lacks some useful features
At the moment, there is no calendar feature and contact management is quite poor. They will, however, start to work on it.
Con Ties to US Investors
ProtonMail takes money from US Investors
Con No IMAP and SMTP support for basic accounts
Basic accounts are restricted to the Protonmail web client. Support for IMAP and SMTP is available with a paid subscription only, and as such with basic accounts it is not possible to send and receive email with external applications.
Con Overly expensive for desktop support
Con Requires phone number for login
If you sign up over Tor or a VPN, it will require email or phone number verification. Email verification is disabled if you use an email that isn't from Google or Outlook.
Con Not fully Open Source
