
The only catch here is that you need to activate the ID before April 30th, and you will be able to use it forever. Protonmail announced the news about a week ago, but the option to claim the free address didn't go live until today. A premium subscription removes this limitation. So, in theory, you could have 2 accounts per service, which can be handy for signing up for some subscriptions, trials, etc.ĭid you know: Protonmail offers an even shorter domain with addresses, free users can use it to receive emails, but any mails that you send from your account will use your regular address. There is one more advantage, while Proton can recognize that the two IDs are linked to the same account, other websites cannot detect that and belong to the same person. So, having a shorter email domain could help in such cases. If you have an unusually long email address, and use it as the username, there is the possibility that you may not be able to sign up for the site. Also, some websites may have character limits for the username.

Why is this important? Simply put, a shorter name is easier to type.
