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Create a free Aster Mail account, choose your address, and save the recovery codes that protect your encrypted mailbox.

You can add a paid plan later without changing your address.

Before you begin

  • Pick a username. Usernames hold 3 to 40 letters and numbers, and dots are allowed without counting toward that length. A dot can’t come first or last, and two dots can’t sit next to each other. Some names are reserved.
  • Choose a password you don’t use anywhere else. A password manager is the most reliable place to keep it.
  • Have a second email address ready to use as your recovery email.
  • Decide where to store six recovery codes, such as a password manager or a printed page kept at home.

Sign up

  1. Go to app.astermail.org/register, or select Create free account on the welcome screen.
  2. Enter a username. To use the other domain, select Switch domain and choose astermail.org or aster.cx.
  3. Select Next. This also confirms that you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
  4. Enter a password, enter it again to confirm it, and select Next.
  5. Keep the page open while Aster creates your encryption keys on your device.
  6. On Save your recovery codes, save your codes. See the next section.
  7. Add a recovery email address and verify it, or select Skip for now if the screen offers it.

Aster then offers a series of optional screens. You can skip any of them and finish later in Settings.

The optional screens

  • Student or journalist? Enter a university email address, and select Email me a verification link to claim 30% off Star, Nova, and Supernova for a year. Select Not now to skip. If you’re a journalist, select I’m a journalist, finish sign-up, and contact support with a press credential. See Student and journalist discount.
  • Choose your plan. Compare the plans, or select Continue with Free. You can change or cancel a plan at any time.
  • Create addresses for different purposes. Add extra addresses for work, newsletters, or shopping. They all arrive in the same inbox. Select Skip for now to move on.
  • Personalize your address with a custom domain. Choose Set up a domain you already own to connect a domain from your registrar, or Get a new domain to search for one without leaving Aster. See How to add a custom domain.
  • Notifications, apps, and import. Turn on notifications, install the apps, and bring mail across from another provider. See Import mail.

Save your recovery codes

  1. Select the eye icon to reveal the six codes.
  2. Select Copy codes, Download as PDF, or Download as Text.
  3. Store the copy somewhere you can reach without your mailbox.

Recovery codes are the only way to restore both your account and your encrypted data if you forget your password. Aster support can’t read your mailbox or reset your password for you. If you try to skip this screen, Aster asks you to confirm, because skipping can mean losing your encrypted data for good. To learn more, see Recover your account.

Password requirements

  • 8 to 128 characters.
  • At least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number.
  • Printable ASCII characters only.

If the password has appeared in a known data breach, Aster warns you before you continue.

Tips

  • Your keys are created and stored on your device. The sign-up screen confirms, “Your encryption keys are stored locally on this device and are never sent to our servers.” Your password protects them.
  • To add addresses for shopping or newsletters later, see Add aliases and custom domains.
  • Aster sometimes requires a recovery email to finish sign-up, for example when you sign up over Tor. When it does, Skip for now isn’t available.
  • One recovery email can protect at most 20 Aster accounts.

Troubleshooting

  • The username is taken: try a variation, or switch to the other domain. Reserved names also show as unavailable.
  • Aster doesn’t accept your password: check each requirement, and confirm that both password fields match.
  • Setup seems stuck: keep the page open. On slower devices, key creation takes longer.
  • The verification email doesn’t arrive: check the spam folder at your recovery address, and resend the email after the 60-second wait.

If you still can’t finish sign-up, open a support request.

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