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		atombender on May 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Canary Mail – Smart Email Client for Mac and iOS w... What is a "plaintext email service"? Is it a native Mac/iOS app?

mablap on May 11, 2017 [–]

Standard SMTP and IMAP but only plaintext is allowed, no attachments. If it works out it will be encrypted by default with a privkey + passphrase upon account creation, and you can of course encrypt on your own on top of the defaults.

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