
This means we cannot read any of your messages or hand them over to third parties. All messages in your Proton Mail mailbox are stored with zero-access encryption.Replies from non-Proton Mail users to Proton Mail Password-protected Emails You should export your Proton Mail public PGP key (new window) and share it with contacts for them to communicate in this way with you. It is possible to receive end-to-end encrypted emails from Proton Mail users using PGP.It is not end-to-end encrypted, however, and might be accessible to the sender’s email service. Unless you use PGP, the email message is encrypted in transit using TLS and stored on our servers using zero-access encryption.

This is not possible if you use Password-protected Emails, which enable Proton Mail’s end-to-end encryption.Įmails from non-Proton Mail users to Proton Mail users Note, since these messages are encrypted but not end-to-end encrypted, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc will be able to read these messages and hand them over.

Encryption is at the heart of what makes Proton Mail (new window) special.
