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> https://protonmail.ch

No IMAP/POP3 on free account is such a turn off



Have to pay the bills. If you value a service, pay for it.


I imagine they're worried about their service being used to send spam, which would trash their reputation as a sender.


You can’t spam using either of those protocols.


1. Sign up for an account to comment, using a free email account

2. POP3/IMAP your email to your bot, clicking any links

3. Write spammy comments


Sure, you have a point. But I've noticed that nobody blacklists new domains, so using existing providers would be a waste of time for most of such operations.




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