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# 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:+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`:+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 # if using aerc <= 0.14```
The first time you run aerc with this configuration you can expect a
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