In this article you will learn how to create a StartMail account.
Important: While creating a StartMail account, you will be shown a one-time recovery code which will be is used to recover your StartMail account in case you lose your password (see step 9). After you created your account, please set up a recovery address and confirm it as well. Your account can only be recovered with a validated recovery method in case you lose or forget your password.
To create a StartMail account, go through the following steps.
- Navigate to startmail.com, scroll down and click on Start free 7-day trial now (our trials are for Personal accounts and not for Business accounts).
- Fill in your desired StartMail email address. It will automatically indicate if the email address is still available.
- Optionally you can set a display name. This is the name your recipients will see when they receive a message from you.
- Optionally you can set a display name. This is the name your recipients will see when they receive a message from you.
- Fill in your password twice for your new StartMail account.
- There is not a predefined number of characters or special characters that your password should require. It is required to set either a Good or Strong password; it will automatically indicate the password strength when you are entering it.
- There is not a predefined number of characters or special characters that your password should require. It is required to set either a Good or Strong password; it will automatically indicate the password strength when you are entering it.
- Click on the button Next.
- An additional screen is shown with an explanation of why we need your payment details. Learn more about why this is required or click on Next to proceed.
- Select your billing country from the list of countries and click on Next.
- Enter your card details (or select PayPal) and click on Next. If you want to pay with Bitcoin instead, please send a message to support@startmail.com.
- Read and agree with the terms of service and the privacy policy and click on Subscribe to start your trial.
- You will need to wait a few moments while your account is being created. This is indicated by a progress bar. Next, you will be shown a one-time recovery code. Store this code safely, this code is used to recover your StartMail account in case you lose your password. Confirm you saved the one-time recovery code and click on Go to inbox.
- You are redirected to your Inbox and have full functionality of your StartMail account!
Again, make sure to save your one-time recovery code while creating the account and set up a recovery method to be able to recover your account in case you lose your password! To get started, read our articles on how to compose an email or migrate to your StartMail account!