A man who trusts no one, Krishi Chowdhary demands ad-blocking and third-party trackers from his secure email. Looks like he’s found them.
IN BRIEF
StartMail stands tall as a revolutionary email management platform in what most will say is a tough industry, given the sheer amount of market share that Gmail and Outlook hold.
StartMail is a popular email service provider with a focus on security, privacy and email management. Founded in 2013, the platform can be used independently or in collaboration with other services such as Apple Mail or Outlook. Its primary purpose is to amp up encryption, leakproof your email contents, and give you more control over how your emails travel. In addition to the individual benefits of each plan, some features are common to both, such as 20GB of storage, email management, a built-in ad tracker and blocker, one-click email deletion, and end-to-end encryption for all emails.
The Personal plan costs $5 per month when billed annually and lets you pay in Bitcoin (when you opt for annual billing). It also offers a seven-day free trial. You can create unlimited burner email IDs for temporary use and delete them all at once with a single click if/when needed. The only thing you might not like about this plan is that all your emails contain the StartMail domain – yourbusinessname@startmail.com, for example. Priced at $5.85 per month (annually), the Custom Domain plan lets you create your own domain.
One of the best things about StartMail is that it lets you create multiple aliases, so when you need to log in to a new site, you can use one of your aliases, get the job done, and dispose of that email.
It also offers group subscriptions, where you can add family members or friends to your account. The best part about this is that everyone gets their own separate inboxes and none of the emails overlap. Plus, instead of paying for each plan separately, you only have to pay a discounted rate for each additional inbox.
StartMail offers password protection and is pretty simple to use. Just toggle the switch on your email screen that says Encrypt, then click on the blue Send Encrypted button. A new window pops up where you’re asked to set a password as well as a password hint.
Along with password-protected emails, StartMail has a bunch of other email se
