Some time ago we had suggested to the reader, the possibility of use alternative services to what Google currently offers us; Among them, an excellent option was suggested in the supposed case that a user does not want to use Gmail. ProtonMail is an email service that offers a large number of features and among which stands out, the privacy and security of the messages of each of its users.
For what reason are we talking about ProtonMail now? simply because the developers have placed this email client in a beta stage, which means that it is not completely finished yet and yet it is one of the most effective proposals on the web today; We have also mentioned it because you can have an email account only with an invitation or acceptance by its administrators.
How to get started with a free ProtonMail account
The first thing we have to do is go to the link of the official website of ProtonMail, where we will have to subscribe our data to have a free account. Immediately we will be asked for some personal information, which amounts to:
- The username. Here we have to write the name with which we want to be identified in the email account, which will have a ProtonMail.ch ending
- Notification e-mail. We must write an email address where the notification of acceptance by its developers will arrive.
- Additional Information. Here we will have to write something about us, which is optional although it is recommended because the administrators will evaluate each of the responses to accept or deny the subscription.
The Swiss email account has a large number of advantages to be able to be used, as long as we are accepted within their servers to have a free email account. Until now, lThe administrators have come to get the necessary amount of money in order to carry out the project, so we should not worry about anything at all since in no time, we will be charged some type of fee for its use.
Once we have obtained an acceptance to have an email account with ProtonMail we will find interesting features within this service, which we will mention as a small summary (and the most important ones) below.
Most important features of ProtonMail
The first thing we must mention is that ProtonMail offers us the possibility of having an email client on its servers with enhanced security and privacy. This means that any information that comes to be contained within our emails, it cannot be reviewed by absolutely anyone; In this regard, it has been suggested that not even government bodies and worse still, a hacker, will have the possibility of knowing what each of our emails says in the event that someone manages to enter to review them.
We are the ones who will have to define a few privacy and security parameters in the email account with ProtonMail; For example, if we are going to send a message to a contact of ours, we might as well encrypt the message with a password, which must be used by the recipient if he wishes to review the content of what we have sent him by e-mail.
Another aspect of great importance is found in "The expiration of a message"; This means that before sending to said e-mail we will have the possibility of defining the duration of the same. In such a way, any email we send it will finally disappear without the possibility of being recovered, after the time that we have programmed within the interface of our tray in ProtonMail.
There are many more advantages and benefits that we could go into detailing at this moment, something that you will surely discover if you get accepted with a free email account at ProtonMail; Now, just as there are many advantages, there are also a few disadvantages. One of them mentions the inability to send attachments in an email, something that would theoretically be corrected after it comes out of the beta version to an official and stable one.