I have a lot of email accounts in different providers. Each email has its own unique characteristics, some focus on office work, some focus on storage, some focus on privacy, and so on. If you care about privacy and security, I suggest the following email accounts.

• Riseup – free to use, collects nothing on personal info, has smtp/imap, and comes with free VPN. Also riseup has free smtp server for your domain email. But you need an invitation code to register with them.
• Disroot – the same as Riseup, but no free VPN.
• Autistici – similar to Riseup, but provides more friendly support.
• Vivaldi – besides its email, it has the active community, such as this blog.
• TLS Mail – fast access, records no personal info, free smtp/imap.

As far as I know, none of the above email addresses have an expiration date, and some can still be used even after I haven’t logged in for several years.

Though I am the old user of Proton, but I don’t like their email service. They lack smtp/imap, and webmail is heavy and slow.