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I agree with this suggestion.
At least allow users to check a "remember me" box on their personally owned devices *as an option* *at their discretion* to bypass having to constantly re-enter their username and two passwords every time they go back to a page.
If you check the box when logging in, maybe you only need to verify the username and first password once a week, and the encryption password once every 24 hours with separate countdowns on each device you use. Better yet, make the span of time each log-in lasts user configurable.
We're talking about giving end users options, not reducing security for users who do not want the options. Those that don't want the options simply would not enable them. That's why they call them options. :)
And some people might choose to, for example, click "Remember me" and stay logged into a home computer, but choose to never check that box and never stay logged into a work or public computer.
Options are opportunities for user choice, not limitations.
Also worth noting is that if this is a service that going to take off with the general public, this is going to need to happen, essentially. Only very strong privacy advocates are going to put up with the effort of having to enter a username and both passwords every single time they check their email. What if you're waiting on an important email or check your mail frequently due to mail volume? You might click back in and check 5 times in an hour, and then you are talking 15 instance of possibly extended usernames and passwords- 3 every time you come back to the site.
In the end, this service won't work for users who like security as a feature, but don't really *need* it, if it is significantly less convenient than it's mainstream competitors. Heck, some users might be here because there are no advertisements, because it is open-source, because it's not owned by a huge corporation, or because it has a cool name. You retain none of those people if you make staying logged in a major hassle for them that takes up large quantities of their day repeatedly every day, with no way for them to streamline the process.
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I'm a bit afraid of the way some other email providers have shoved messaging and such in the face of users who don't want it in the past. Trying to turn it off was nearly impossible with one provider a few years ago who just implemented it and logged you automatically to their IM type service every time you checked your mail, without every asking you if you wanted to even sign up for their messenger service. You were just on it and anyone else who used the same mail provider could see that and IM you. It's the sort of thing a lot of users are likely here to avoid.
If it's added, I'd at least like it be something you have to enable under options which otherwise is not visible *at all* on the mail page or apps so people who don't want it can comfortable pretend it doesn't exist. :)