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Show threadChristian SchwƤgerlApr 12, 2024
@protonprivacy Why is search in email bodies and even topic lines not possible with standard settings - or whereā€˜s my mistake?
Show threadProtonApr 15, 2024
@christianschwaegerl You can do it if you switch it on: https://proton.me/support/search-message-content
Search message content in Proton Mail | Proton

Learn how to search the content of your encrypted emails without ever giving Proton Mail access to your messages.

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Show threadChristian SchwƤgerlApr 15, 2024
@protonprivacy thanks, but it then takes ages to download all messages for search to be conducted and then this feature switches off again, so full repeat download needed next day for another search. Feels like early 2000s. Or whereā€˜s my mistake?
Show threadProton
@christianschwaegerl As you may know, implementing full content search on an encrypted service while still protecting user privacy is a challenge - you can read a full account of how we made it work and what obstacles we faced here: https://proton.me/blog/engineering-message-content-search
Behind the scenes of Proton Mailā€™s message content search | Proton

Marco Martinoli, a member of our Cryptography team, explains how we created a message content search that works with our encryption.

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Show threadChristian SchwƤgerlApr 16, 2024
@protonprivacy Thank you - the article helps to understand the underlying issues.