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

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**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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