# It may be unobvious that the "Deltachat" folder use case is going away (update: is apparently still being looked into)

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** open-standards, classic-mailbox\
**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495 "2025-12-22T07:30:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/41 "2026-03-19T09:50:20Z")

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My comment was moved here:

> [@Using Delta Chat in 'white list' situation \[oppressive government, how are attachments stored\]](https://support.delta.chat/t/using-delta-chat-in-white-list-situation-oppressive-government-how-are-attachments-stored/4910/11):
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> The following alternatives would also work with Delta Chat: VPN (VPS) an overlay network, such as [Tor](https://snowflake.torproject.org/), [I2P](https://i2p.net/en/docs/overview/faq/#proxy_other) or [Yggdrasil](https://github.com/deltachat/AndroidYggmail) a [SOCKS5](https://github.com/proxifly/free-proxy-list) proxy or ssh tunneling an [HTTPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_circumvention#Software) proxy [Shadowsocks](https://shadowsocks.org/)[Psiphon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiphon)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern\_(software)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_(software))

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**Author:** ![ell1e](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ell1e/32/2308_2.png) [@ell1e](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ell1e)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/42 "2026-03-19T09:59:39Z")

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I think most regular e-mail providers have hidden time bombs for DeltaChat anyway (like send limits, sudden spam rejects of normal encrypted mails, etc.) and it’s best to use chatmail unless you know what you’re doing.

If you know what you’re doing, then the disappearing “Move to DeltaChat Folder” setting can be done via server-side filters. And the “Only Fetch from DeltaChat Folder” option may apparently stay, it seems like it’s currently being evaluated how feasible that is.

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**Author:** ![dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/u/dcuser)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/43 "2026-03-19T10:00:01Z")

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Neither of which would work if your VPS isn’t in the WL — and even if it is, it’ll stay there. P2P networks are obviously out of the question, too.

It’s a GFW.

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**Author:** ![ell1e](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ell1e/32/2308_2.png) [@ell1e](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ell1e)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/44 "2026-03-19T10:04:05Z")

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I understood _some_ of those words! 😋 OH wait, do you mean, great firewall?

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**Author:** ![dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/u/dcuser)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/45 "2026-03-19T10:04:15Z")

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It’s certainly better than nothing, if client-side moving is that much of a pain.

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**Author:** ![dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@dcuser](https://forum.delta.chat/u/dcuser)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/46 "2026-03-19T10:04:48Z")

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Yep.

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**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/it-may-be-unobvious-that-the-deltachat-folder-use-case-is-going-away-update-is-apparently-still-being-looked-into/4495/48 "2026-03-19T10:23:11Z")

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Could we move censorship related discussions to the correct topic and not necropost and overload this one?

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