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Proton Mail also supports the discovery of public keys via HTTP from their [Web Key Directory (WKD)](https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD). This allows people who don't use Proton Mail to find the OpenPGP keys of Proton Mail accounts easily, for cross-provider E2EE.

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Proton Mail doesn't offer a digital legacy feature.

??? info "Account Termination"

If you have a paid account and your [bill is unpaid](https://proton.me/support/delinquency) after 14 days, you won't be able to access your data. After 30 days, your account will become delinguent and won't receive incoming mail. You will continue to be billed during this period.

??? info "Additional Functionality"

Proton Mail offers an "Unlimited" account for €9.99/Month, which also enables access to Proton VPN in addition to providing multiple accounts, domains, aliases, and 500GB of storage.
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Mailbox.org also supports the discovery of public keys via HTTP from their [Web Key Directory (WKD)](https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD). This allows people outside of Mailbox.org to find the OpenPGP keys of Mailbox.org accounts easily, for cross-provider E2EE.

??? check "Digital Legacy"

Mailbox.org has a digital legacy feature for all plans.

??? info "Account Termination"

Your account will be set to a restricted user account when your contract ends, after [30 days it will be irrevocably deleted](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/payment-article/what-happens-at-the-end-of-my-contract).

??? info "Additional Functionality"

You can access your Mailbox.org account via IMAP/SMTP using their [.onion service](https://kb.mailbox.org/display/MBOKBEN/The+Tor+exit+node+of+mailbox.org). However, their webmail interface cannot be accessed via their .onion service and you may experience TLS certificate errors.
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StartMail has [integrated encryption](https://support.startmail.com/hc/en-us/sections/360001889078-Encryption) in their webmail, which simplifies sending encrypted messages with public OpenPGP keys.

??? warning "Digital Legacy"

StartMail does not offer a digital legacy feature.

??? info "Account Termination"

On account expiration, StartMail will permanently delete your account after [6 months in 3 phases](https://support.startmail.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006794398-Account-expiration).

??? info "Additional Functionality"

StartMail allows for proxying of images within emails. If you allow the remote image to be loaded, the sender won't know what your IP address is.
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Tutanota [does have plans](https://github.com/tutao/tutanota/issues/198) to support [AutoCrypt](https://autocrypt.org). This would allow for non-Tutanota emails to send encrypted emails to Tutanota accounts as long as their email client supports the AutoCrypt headers.

??? warning "Digital Legacy"

Tutanota doesn't offer a digital legacy feature.

??? info "Account Termination"

Tutanota will [delete inactive free accounts](https://tutanota.com/faq#inactive-accounts) after six months. You can reuse a deactivated free account if you pay.

??? info "Additional Functionality"

Tutanota offers the business version of [Tutanota to non-profit organizations](https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/secure-email-for-non-profit) for free or with a heavy discount.
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This commit has been mentioned on Privacy Guides. There might be relevant details there:

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/add-digital-legacy-and-account-termination-info-to-email-providers-1915/11241/1

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