Proton Setup (Login, Password)

Mail setup for the proton.me service

Generating an SMTP Token

1. First, go to your Proton account settings (link).

Proton account settings

1. Then go to the "Proton Mail" -> "IMAP/SMTP" section.

"IMAP/SMTP" section

1. Scroll down to the "SMTP submission" section. Click "Generate token".

"Generate token" button for creating a new token

1. Enter an arbitrary name in the "Token name" field — MikoPBX in our case — and select the Email address for which you are creating the token.

Creating a new SMTP token

A token will be created. Its parameters will be shown only once and will become unavailable once you close the window. Save them, as we will use them for further configuration.

Created token parameters

Connecting in MikoPBX

1. Go to the "System" -> "Mail and Notifications" section.

"Mail and Notifications" section

1. Go to "SMTP Settings". Fill in all the required parameters:

• Sender Address - your email address that you used to generate the token.

• Sender Name - the name from which the mail is sent.

• Authentication Type - "Username and password".

• SMTP Username - SMTP Username from the token data window.

• SMTP Password - SMTP token from the token data window.

• SMTP Host - smtp.protonmail.ch

• SMTP Port - 587.

• Encryption Type - STARTTLS (port 587).

Click "Save".

Mail parameters in MikoPBX

Click "Test connection". You will see the following window confirming that the entered data is correct:

Successful connection