proton contacts emails

Each address has its own format, encryption, signing and scheme. Where an address says default, it follows the account’s mail settings sign and pgp-scheme.

Every command under proton contacts emails, with the arguments and flags it takes. For these commands in use, see the contacts guide.

Holds list and update.

list

List a contact’s addresses and how mail to each is sent.

ENCRYPT is blank for an address with no trusted key that states no choice: mail to it is encrypted when its provider publishes a key.

proton contacts emails list REF

proton contacts emails list jane

update

Change how mail to one of a contact’s addresses is sent.

Name the address as REF when the contact holds more than one. A Proton address takes –email-format alone: mail to it is always encrypted and signed. Encrypted mail is always signed, and the scheme decides the format of signed mail: plain text under pgp-inline, as written under pgp-mime. –encrypt needs a trusted key, or one the address’s provider publishes.

proton contacts emails update REF

proton contacts emails update jane@example.com --email-format plain-text
proton contacts emails update jane@example.com --sign on --scheme pgp-inline
proton contacts emails update jane@example.com --encrypt off

Flag	Description
--email-format string	What mail to the address is sent as: automatic, plain-text
--encrypt string	Whether mail to the address is encrypted: off, on
--scheme string	How signed or encrypted mail to the address is packaged: pgp-mime, pgp-inline, default
--sign string	Whether mail to the address is signed: on, off, default

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Every command also takes the flags that work everywhere.