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Unofficial open-source bridges serve IMAP and SMTP over Tuta's API: TutaBridge (Rust; a desktop app or a CLI binary) and tuta-proxy (Python or Docker; also CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV); the user installs and runs the bridge beside the mail client or script that uses it.","chaining":"an end-to-end encrypted mailbox for up to 3 custom domains at €3 per month paid yearly (Revolutionary), or 10 at €8 per month (Legend), read and sent through Tuta's own web, desktop and mobile apps, or by a script or mail client through an unofficial IMAP and SMTP bridge to Tuta's API that the user installs and runs.","limits":[{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"no IMAP, POP or SMTP access from Tuta: its own apps are the supported clients, and unofficial bridges reach the mail through Tuta's native API","source":"https://tuta.com/blog/offline-support"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"custom domains need a paid plan: 3 on Revolutionary, 10 on Legend, none on Free","source":"https://tuta.com/pricing"},{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"20 GB of storage on Revolutionary, 1 GB on Free","source":"https://tuta.com/pricing"},{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"25 MB attachments","source":"https://tuta.com/pricing"},{"kind":"request-rate","value":"unverified: no sending cap number is published; email limits are calculated for each account from several variables, an account over its limit is stopped for a day or two, and limits for paying users are much higher","source":"https://tuta.com/support/howto"}],"limits_note":"no vocabulary kind names a removed mail protocol; it is filed as retention-clamped, as in the Zoho Mail record, and the true kind is a protocol gate","binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"a custom domain needs a paid plan: the Free plan has none, Revolutionary at €3 per month paid yearly has 3 and Legend at €8 per month paid yearly has 10, so a custom-domain mailbox starts at the Revolutionary price.","identity_cost":{"kind":"anonymous","detail":"signup asks the user to choose a new Tuta address and a password, and the vendor's sign-up guide states that it asks for no verification of any kind, no phone number among them; an account may be held for approval for up to 48 hours, which choosing a paid plan skips. 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