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Thank you, we've put a ton of work into this. Not only are your mailboxes encrypted with SQLite using ChaCha20-Poly1305 [1], but you can also now add an OpenPGP key [2] (for double encryption).

We support SMTP, POP3, IMAP, API, webhooks, regular expressions, and more.

[1]: https://forwardemail.net/blog/docs/best-quantum-safe-encrypt...

[2]: https://forwardemail.net/faq#do-you-support-openpgpmime-end-...

Thank you, we've put a ton of work into this.

Sorry; I was being unnecessarily ironic because there really is no "quantum safe" things yet. Otherwise nice work; always nice to see more competition in this space!

RE: Competition:

We are the *only* email service provider that is 100% open-source. Proton Mail [1], Skiff [2], and Tuta [3] all have closed-source back-ends, despite advertising as closed-source.

RE: Quantum Safe:

ChaCha20-Poly1305 is generally considered to be quantum safe [4] [5].

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/b847n7/comment/...

[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Skiff/comments/10yn8a5/comment/j811...

[3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/10hghin/comment/j...

[4]: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/79518/is-xchacha2...

[5]: https://old.reddit.com/r/crypto/comments/suk2k7/is_chacha20p...

Umm do you have any better sources for the crypto claims than Stack Exchange and Reddit? That's not really putting my mind at ease.

there really is no "quantum safe" things yet

What about, e.g., OpenSSH's post-quantum key exchange sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com?

sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com?

I am not an expert in this space but, as far as I can tell, these are all work-in-progress, as is quantum computing itself. There are several research groups and committees involved, including at, say, IETF and the like.

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