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Proton Mail Bridge is a desktop application that runs in the background on Windows, macOS, and Linux to enable users to access their Proton Mail encrypted email accounts with traditional email clients like Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and others via local IMAP/SMTP servers. Because standard IMAP cannot natively decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages, Bridge acts as a translator that downloads encrypted mail, decrypts it locally, and serves it to your preferred mail client over a local server, while encrypting outgoing messages before they’re sent to Proton’s servers. It provides a seamless integration layer for users who need offline support, familiar local client workflows, or tighter integration with desktop tools while preserving Proton’s zero-access encryption model. ...