Problems Handling Multiple Accounts

[BobsUncle]

Hey vlad, first of all great work thanks for sharing.

I currently have your software deployed in following configuration:

1. 4 x Protonmail accounts (separate identities)
2. All are accessed via the onion site/tor gateway

Problem: Each account is constantly logging back out and logging back in automatically. It happens every 90 seconds. One account will login the other will log out. This is probably not good because unless it is a bug it means the Protonmail server is logging you out which means isolation between accounts is not good.

Also I am wondering can you give option in future update to set specific proxy parameter for each account? That was a person managing multiple accounts can implement stream isolation via TOR so each account has a different circuit. Just requires ability set IP and PORT.

FYI. I am using this app on Debian 9 (whonix workstation).

Thanks

[vladimiry]

• Can you confirm the app works well with your setup if you use only one account?
• Does it work well if you map your browser to Tor and login into several accounts?

It happens every 90 seconds. One account will login the other will log out. This is probably not good because unless it is a bug it means the Protonmail server is logging you out which means isolation between accounts is not good.

I know there are users who go with multiple accounts and so far there was no such kind of issue revealed you describe. But still, there is a way to enable better account isolation.

set specific proxy parameter for each account

I think it's feasible.

[vladimiry]

• Build with improved accounts isolation is uploaded here. Does it work better with your setup?

• The new build also supports configuring proxy per account. Can you confirm it works as expected?
  

[BobsUncle]

Hi Vlad,

I tried downloading from the dropbox link but the link is no longer valid.

I look forward to testing out the changes.

Thanks

[BobsUncle]

* Can you confirm the app works well with your setup if you use only one account?

Yes, works fine with just one account

* Does it work well if you map your browser to Tor and login into several accounts?

You mean one tor browser instance but multiple tabs? No that does not work fine it also risk the accounts being suspended because it does not isolate (cookies, etc) each tab.

[vladimiry]

I tried downloading from the dropbox link but the link is no longer valid.

I removed the dropbox links as recently published v3 release includes new changes.

I'd ask you to try the app:

• with one account first
• then with several accounts (the original case)
• and then using the proxy

[BobsUncle]

I know there are users who go with multiple accounts and so far there was no such kind of issue revealed you describe. But still, there is a way to enable better account isolation

I think full and proper isolation is imperative. The app should come with a warning that it is not designed for identity or isolation if these features you speak of for isolation are not yet implemented so any other users not might make same mistake i make.

[BobsUncle]

I tried downloading from the dropbox link but the link is no longer valid.

I removed the dropbox links as recently published v3 release includes new changes.

I'd ask you to try the app:

* with one account first

* then with several accounts (the original case)

* and then using the proxy

OK I will test it out now and report back!

[BobsUncle]

When I enable proxy it is not working. I entered it as IP:Port (since no field specific for port). I entered it like "127.0.0.1:9052"

[BobsUncle]

Perhaps it does not work with Socks 5 proxy?

[BobsUncle]

OK it should be entered like this socks5://10.152.152.10:9180

[vladimiry]

OK it should be entered like this socks5://10.152.152.10:9180

Yep, see the documentation link near to the field. I think it's quite flexible.

[BobsUncle]

Everything seems to be working beautifully. I'll keep you updated.

Vlad, can you explain a little how isolation is implemented in this new version between different accounts?

[BobsUncle]

FYI: (possibly unrelated) I just added six accounts total and hit a "ENOMEM, Cannot allocate memory" error.

[vladimiry]

• How much RAM do you have?
• Is local store option enabled and initial syncing got finished?
  • If so, are there a lot of emails in your account?
  • If so, what is the database.bin file size?

See here how to save some memory #108
See here how to enable extended logs if you are going to send them to me #110

Vlad, can you explain a little how isolation is implemented in this new version between different accounts?

I enabled individual in-memory sessions for each account. Before that, the default single session was used for everything.