Re: Protonmail

From: Joe B <josef.c.bailey_at_protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:26:32 UTC


-------- Original Message --------
On 9/16/24 5:18 PM, Souji Thenria <mail@souji-thenria.net> wrote:

>  On Tue Sep 17, 2024 at 1:56 AM CEST, Joe B wrote:
>  > On Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 4:45 PM, Souji Thenria <mail@souji-thenria.net> wrote:
>  >
>  > > 
>  > > 
>  > > On Mon Sep 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM CEST, Joe B wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > > Hello fellow BSD people,
>  > > 
>  > > Hey Joe,
>  > > 
>  > > > Has anyone got protonmail working on FreeBSD ?
>  > > > 
>  > > > I downloaded the .Deb bridge from protonmail website installed dpkg
>  > > > from ports. Extracted it with dpkg -R and of course it dosen't run on
>  > > > freeBSD
>  > > > 
>  > > > 1. https://github.com/emersion/hydroxide on trying to get it to work with go
>  > > > * Installed go but nothing happens afar as it working with protonmail
>  > > 
>  > > 
>  > > I just tried hydroxide, and it worked for me. What steps did you try?
>  > > 
>  > > First, you need to log in: hydroxide auth <username>
>  > > 
>  > > This will generate a password you must use with your mail client.
>  > > 
>  > > Now you can start, for example, the IMAP service with hydroxide imap
>  > > This will show you the address (it should be localhost) and a port.
>  > > 
>  > > Configure your mail client to connect to the IMAP server using the
>  > > address and port displayed earlier. Then, use your proton username and
>  > > the previously generated password for authentication.
>  >
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I just submitted an issue for this lol at the main website.. is there
>  > like a string i need to run to get imap working and the gpg key i
>  > setup when i was on linux?
>  >
>  > If i didn't get what you said forgive me i'm looking at it word by word
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > Joe
>  
>  I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but you don't need your GPG key
>  to get IMAP or SMTP working.
>  
>  You can do the following, e.g. for IMAP:
>  1. Run: hydroxide auth <username>
>  2. Follow the instructions (Password, TOTP)
>  3. A "bridge password" is shown, save it!
>  
>  4. Run: hydroxide imap
>  
>  5. Use your proton username and the "bridge password" from step 3 as
>  credentials in your mail client.
>  6. Use the IP address and port shown when running the command in step 4
>  to configure your IMAP connection.


Thanks for looking out.

Really quick is there a format I need in my muttrc so that neomutt it can see where my username pass ip and port are coming from ?

Do you have a sample by chance ?

Thanks

Joe