The team behind Lavabit, the secure email service famously used by Edward Snowden to leak classified documents is working on a new open-source with end-to-end encryption email service that promises secure means of communication.

Called as the Dark Internet Mail Environment or DIME, the code for this new email service will be shared on Github. Lavabit developer Ladar Levison confirmed the existence of this new email service on Friday. Levison was forced to plug the plug off of its email service in 2013 when the government forced him to turn over Snowden's email account.

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Aside from the launch of DIME, Levison also confirmed that he is reviving the Lavabit service. In a statement, Levison said, "I chose Freedom. Much has changed since my decision, but unfortunately much has not in our post-Snowden world."

The revived Lavabit service will be integrated with DIME, a project which Levison started through a Kickstarter campaign in 2014. DIME is specifically designed to encrypt email messages and its transmissions, including all metadata like the sender, recipient, and the subject line of the email.

The new Lavabit service will have three encryption modes. These are Trustful, Cautious, and Paranoid, according to Digital Trends. Each mode has a different level of encryption and private key storage. As the level of encryption increases, so does the difficulty of usage.

According to Computer World, the Paranoid level means that Lavabit will never store any of the user's private keys on its server. On its launch, the new Lavabit service will be accessible only to existing users and that they can only use the Trustful mode. New users are required to pre-register and will have to wait for the service's official rollout.

Lavabit offers a subscription-based service. On its launch, it offers a discounted deal with 5GB of email storage for only $15 annually. Users can upgrade their maximum storage space to 20GB for $30 annually.