Once you open Protonmail Bridge from the Activities menu (in the top left) you will see the screen below.

deb file has been opened by Eddy click the Install button to install the application. NOTE: Using ProtonMail with a 3rd Party Email Client is only supported on Paid plansĭownload the ProtonMail Bridge from here. Now sign into your Gmail account again using the same Gmail address and password to add your account to Geary. After all, why would I pay for a plugin I can’t even get working? A working plugin convinces me to purchase the Pro version.Select the Gmail option in the window below.Įnter your Gmail address and your password. Would be nice to offer at least basic logs under the Lite version of the plugin. Unfortunately, the Email Logs is Pro only. That’s basically telling me to check literally everything possible.

That literally tells me nothing about the error. Just tells me to check my SMTP settings, contact mail provider, or host. When I go to send a test email under the Test Email tab of WP Mail SMTP plugin, I get an error. SMTP Password: I have that set in the wp-config.php file SMTP Usernamt: My protonmail email address address)

Under Other SMTP I have the following settings:Įncryption: SSL (I have also tried TLS instead of SSL) I entered the following information into WP Mail SMTP:įrom Email: My email address, which is my domain for my paid ProtonMail account. I then went to enter the settings for my mail service. So, I downloaded the plugin, installed it, and activated it. Per HostGator, they have strict security and prohibit the use of the WP Mailer on it’s own and suggested I use this plugin to get my WPForms contact form to send. I have my WordPress website hosted on HostGator.

Proton mail set up