monocles mail#
A user-friendly eMail Client#
Features#
PGP/MIME Integration for End-to-End Encryption#
monocles Mail integrates PGP/MIME completely with no need for external applications to handle encryption, decryption or key managment.
Getting Started#
Adding an Account#
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Generating a PGP Keypair#
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Importing existing PGP Keys#
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Write an eMail#
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Read an eMail#
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Delete an eMail#
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Remove an Account#
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Use with Tor#
monocles mail supports using Orbot for using Tor network and "torify" it's traffic as well as access Servers with .onion Domains, which are known as Onion Services.
- Please see our general guide on torification for instructions.
Monocles mail is preconfigured with the default settings of Orbot in that configuration, if you activate it.
- If you configured the Ports differently, you need to adjust those in the Settings as well.
Downloads#
F-Droid#
We recommend using F-Droid in case you want to sideload the App onto devices without Google Play or F-Droid.
- However it is highly recommended to install F-Droid in order to get updates and notification about new Versions when they are available.
[Google Play]#
Google Play will require you to have a device with Google Apps installed on them as well as a Google Account.
- These may however not be available to you or in your juristiction.
Limitations and Known Issues#
OS Support#
The monocles mail App is available is available for Android only.#
However monocles mail Service can also be accessed with any other eMail Client.
- We can recommend Mozilla Thunderbird which is available for most graphical desktops and can be downloaded from the project page.
Functions ceasing to work#
I.e. "I can't make a photo / video from within the App"#
This is a feature of Android since Version 12 and subsequently Android-ROMs/Distributions like GrapheneOS: (Unused) Apps get their permissions revoked (if the associated intents are not being used).
- This is done to combat malware that requests excessive permissions and data.