Proton Mail won’t hand your bank’s alert emails to a budgeting app on its own, but a forwarding filter will. Set one up and every transaction email your bank sends flows into Skwad, where we parse it into a categorized transaction automatically. No manual data entry, no receipts piling up in a folder.
This guide is for setting up Proton Mail. Looking for a different email client?
- How to forward transactions from Gmail to Skwad
- How to forward transactions from iCloud Mail to Skwad
Here’s how to get started:
1. Create your Skwad account
Sign up for Skwad to receive your personalized Skwad scan email address, such as “[email protected].” This is your dedicated inbox for syncing various financial notifications.
2. Set up email forwarding rules in Proton Mail
Next, create email forwarding rules in your Proton Mail inbox to automatically send key financial alerts to your Skwad Scan address:
• The first rule you should set up is for transaction / spend alerts from your bank.
• You can also set up rules for deposits, atm withdrawals, balance changes, and more!
To do this in Proton Mail:
- Log in to your Proton Mail account and go to Settings > Filters
- Click “Add Filter”
- Set up your filtering criteria (e.g., From, Subject, etc.)
- Under “Then”, select “Forward to” and enter your Skwad Scan address
- Save the filter
The exact steps may vary slightly depending on your Proton Mail version, but the general process should be similar. Proton’s own guide to using email forwarding covers the latest steps if anything looks different.
3. Verify your forwarding settings
Proton Mail will require you to verify your forwarding settings. Check your Skwad Inbox (Drawer > Inbox on desktop or More > Inbox on mobile) for any verification instructions or links.
Follow the provided instructions to complete the verification process.
4. Skwad does the rest
Once you’ve set up the forwarding, Skwad’s parsing engine starts working. It reads the forwarded emails in your Skwad Scan inboxes, pulls out the amount, merchant, and date, and categorizes each one in your Skwad account.
Just like that, your finances are effortlessly tracked and organized - no manual data entry is required. You can then access your consolidated transaction history and spending analytics within the Skwad app or sync to Google Sheets.
Forwarding keeps your data in your hands. You can also point your bank’s notifications straight at your Skwad Scan address, and either way you get spend tracking without linking your bank.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Proton Mail ask me to verify forwarding?
Proton Mail confirms you control the destination address before it sends mail there. Check your Skwad Inbox (Drawer > Inbox on desktop or More > Inbox on mobile) for the verification instructions or link, and follow them to finish setup.
Do I need a paid Proton plan to forward emails?
Email forwarding is a Proton Mail account feature, not a Skwad one. If your plan supports forwarding, Skwad works with it — check Proton’s own forwarding guide for the current details on your plan.
Does forwarding share my bank password with Skwad?
No. Forwarding only sends the alert emails themselves, so Skwad never sees your bank credentials. You get hands-off tracking without linking your bank.
