Enable Protonmail Plus users to delete disabled addresses
Creating a new address under the Protonmail Account should not be permanent. Needs change over time. Higher subscription levels appear to have the capability to delete disabled addresses provided there are no emails for it. As a Plus user, it appears that any address I create is permanent and can only be disabled but not deleted. If I created an email address for a temporary purpose, but now would like the slot back for a new address (only 5 for base Plus subscription), it is not possible. That address forever takes one of my 5 address slots whether I enable or disable it. If there is already a way to delete it, the procedure is not clear.
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antknee33
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Yes - we shouldn't have to contact support to remove an unused alias. Additionally, this will result in less tickets and time consumed for support. Thank you!
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Anonymous
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Agreed! Your service is wonderful, but this is a sticking point! Whether I keep emails addressed to an old email address I am not using or not, please free up a space for a new email address in my five if I no longer want to receive email using any address except maybe my sign in username email address. To slow us down a bit so we don't make changes every month, maybe put a time limiter on the five, like change and email address once a year for four other than our sign in.
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~Tori
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I cant even figure out how to add a second address. I paid for the upgrade and now I can't create a new account because it says my phone number is already in use... what was the point in upgrading if I cant add a second account?
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Trevor
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This is an absolutely necessary change to make. It makes me hesitant to use any of my allocated addresses, because I can never be certain that it will always be useful and relevant in the future.
Anonymous is right about the security problem posed by reusing addresses; however, there are virtually an infinite number of possible character combinations for creating new addresses. Therefore, I propose some sort of rating system to estimate the probable demand of particular addresses. Put more simply, each Proton user might have an allocated measure of how much probable demand is used. If a user wants hi@protonmail.com, bye@protonmail.com, etc., choosing these popular addresses should severely limit that user's ability to keep changing addresses and wasting popular ones. On the other hand, if a user wants dd223DV4afv-awe21ogfd9vg0rewa@protonmail.com, that counts much less against the demand allocation, and therefore has the ability to change addresses frequently. Some sort of "address recycling credits" should be part of a PM subscription. That's my half-baked idea, anyway.
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Anonymous
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Not sure if it's a good idea. If someone reclaims an email alias that once was yours, he can impersonate you.
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Linda Taylor
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I think this restriction should be removed. https://solarpanelcostprice.com.au/1kw-solar-panel-system/
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K
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Aliases are great for temporary addresses. Never give out the actual address, just give out the aliases. Then those aliases work as perfect temporary measures that could be deleted, I hope.
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James
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I have never understood this restriction. Whatever the reason for it, surely it could tolerate 1 reset per year? It would be difficult to abuse that!