Thinking of swapping from Gmail to Protonmail cause Google is evil and I want to know if there’s anything I should know going into the switch

  • coppercrystalz [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    What is IMAP/SMTP? If I'm not a power user should I have to worry about it?

    • buh [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      It's a protocol that lets you use your email account with any arbitrary email client program that implements it, some examples are Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, and the Mail app on iOS. If you don't use any of these and mainly do your emailing through a web browser or service-specific mobile app, it shouldn't matter.