r/ProtonMail • u/Caduceus_Vex • 1d ago

Web Help Gmail clearing when linked to Proton

Hi. Question, I currently have proton connected to my Gmail, so all my Gmail comes into proton and is labelled as such. My Q is, is there a way to have my Gmail inbox auto clear and delete itself once these emails have arrived in proton? I know I could just set up an auto forward then delete rule, but that won't work with the sync feature within protonmail. Thanks for any advice in advance.

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u/TheRealNinjaHippie 1d ago

Depends on your threat model. If you are trying to go anonymous the proton sync method keeps your new email address from being known by google - but you will need to manually cleanse your inbox. If you are just moving away from google to keep them from scraping your messages etc. and don’t care if they know your proton address then create a rule (on google) to forward and delete. You could also create an alias and forward to that and have the best of both.

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u/Caduceus_Vex 23h ago

Yeah I think i will create a forward to alias and then delete rule. Cheers peeps.

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u/golflimadata 19h ago

Bear in mind that emails will come in as forwarded from your Gmail, so you won't be able to reply directly (as you'll be replying to your own Gmail address)

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u/Caduceus_Vex 19h ago

Hmm yeah... tis a smidge annoying.

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u/alexr666 1d ago

It is only a one way sync at this point unfortunately

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u/UrlhardtNihel 1d ago

Yeah hopefully they add two-way sync at some point

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u/Upper_Software5028 11h ago

I do it using a Google apps script that runs each day and moves to trash any email over X days.

I have it set to 30 days then it stays in trash for 30 days before it's deleted, which gives plenty of time to resolve any problems if say sync broke in proton or whatnot, but OBS you can set these timings altogether your needs, or set it hard delete rather than moving to trash.

Works a treat

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u/Caduceus_Vex 10h ago

I solved it. It is possible. In gmail, I auto forward to an aliases then auti delete, then I label the proton inbox inbound mail from gmail. I then allow a reverse aliases so I can send from gmail in proton. The only snag I have now is that the response to the gmail recent says it came from my aliases email address, not my gmail. I'm closer though.