This is an important distinction, though not iron clad. Lavabit could in theory be ordered to retain records for x days in general. More importantly, though it

This is an important distinction, though not iron clad. Lavabit could in theory be ordered to retain records for x days in general. More importantly, though it's obvious to anyone who thinks about how "encrypted" mail works, many people(possibly including Lavabit's founder ... it appears he asserted to the fed's he couldn't give them envelope information) assumed encrypted meant nothing can be handed over ever, even with a court order.