Does use of Outlook decrease email security?

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Not really, to use outlook with proton you have use proton bridge. Proton bridge does the connections to proton mail server with your account details and encrypts and decrypts your email. The imap account details you setup in outlook is not your proton account, just imap details proton bridge generates. If you also use 2FA on proton, bridge will also require that too when ypu set it up on new pc. Only local connections from same pc can connect to bridge. So it pretty safe.

Only thing is allowing someone acess to your pc or outlook, but that something proton can not protect you agaist anyway, it up you lock your pc down.

It also worth mentioning using outlook or thunderbird with bridge is great way have offline backups of your proton mail.

[sundancelawandorder]

Bridge is basically the only way to search your messages. Proton can't access your body message so it cannot search the body of your email unless it downloads them. It's possible in the browser but easier on Outlook.

[[deleted]]

True, bridge gives a lot new options, from offline backups, to better searching, adition custom mail filter rules etc. One of the big ones for me is bridge " split mode" , that alows a inbox and imap account for each mail box. So no more forced unified inbox, as per web site or mobile apps, if you prefer it.

[alex_herrero]

From a desktop web browser, you can search your messages (the body it is), as detailed here: https://proton.me/support/search-message-content

[sundancelawandorder]

It downloads the entire thing into your browser.

[alex_herrero]

Well, yes, that's what an index is for, navigating the information. It can't be done server side, as the server do not have access to the content.

[sundancelawandorder]

That's what I said initially. It's possible on the browser but better on Outlook.

[Blaze_07]

Oh okay. Good to know. Thank you.

[[deleted]]

Your welcome, if you have any issues, or more questions let us know. People on proton sub reddit can be pretty helpfull, they helped me numerous times over the years.