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Create your account and take your first steps

Sign in with an email link, accept the three promises, turn on two-step sign-in and add your first mailbox. About five minutes.

Updated · 2 min read · 7 steps

Mailpitcher has no password. You sign in with a link we email you. This guide takes you from the sign-in page to your first mailbox.

  1. Sign inType your email and click the link we send. No password.
  2. Three promisesTick the boxes on Before you start.
  3. Two-step sign-inNeeded before you send or connect a real mailbox.
  4. Add a mailboxYour own, or the demo mailbox to practise.
Your first five minutes in Mailpitcher.

Before you start

  • Use the email address you want for your Mailpitcher account. It doesn’t have to be the mailbox you send from.
  • Mailpitcher is in private beta. Only invited addresses get a sign-in link.
  • Have your phone nearby. You’ll need an authenticator app for two-step sign-in (Google Authenticator, 1Password or Authy all work).

Sign in

Go to app.mailpitcher.com. Type your email address and click Continue with email.

If you see Continue with Google, you can click that instead and skip the email.

The sign-in page. There is no password: Mailpitcher emails you a link.
  1. Type your email address
  2. Click Continue with email

Open the email we send

You’ll see Check your inbox. Open the email called “Your Mailpitcher sign-in link” and click the link in it. The link works once, for 10 minutes.

For Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Proton and Zoho addresses there is a button that opens your webmail for you.

After you click Continue with email. The link in the email works once, for 10 minutes.
  1. Opens your webmail, for Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Proton and Zoho addresses
  2. Typed the wrong address? Start again here

No email after a minute or two? See Sign-in link didn’t arrive.

Confirm it’s you

The link opens a page that asks Continue as your address. Click Continue.

Accept the three promises

The first time, you see Before you start. Tick all three boxes, then click Accept and continue. You agree to the Terms, to connect only mailboxes you may use, and to send no spam.

The page the email link opens, then the three promises you agree to once.
  1. Click Continue to sign in
  2. Tick all three boxes
  3. Click Accept and continue

Set up your account

Follow the Getting started card

Your inbox opens with a card called Welcome to Mailpitcher. It lists three steps and ticks them off as you go:

  1. Add a mailbox: connect your own mailbox, or a demo one to practise.
  2. Set it up: turn on two-step sign-in.
  3. New message: write your first email.
The Getting started card at the top of your inbox. It goes away once a mailbox is connected and two-step sign-in is on.
  1. Connect a mailbox (or the demo one)
  2. Turn on two-step sign-in
  3. Write your first email

Turn on two-step sign-in

Click Set it up on the card. Mailpitcher asks for this before you can send mail, run campaigns or connect a real mailbox. It takes about a minute. The full steps are in Two-step sign-in and trusted devices.

Add a mailbox, or the demo mailbox

Click Add a mailbox on the card, or Add mailbox at the bottom of the sidebar.

  • To connect your own mailbox, follow the guide for your provider: Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft 365 or any other mailbox. This needs a paid plan.
  • No mailbox to hand? Click Add demo mailbox at the top of the window. It is a practice inbox with sample replies. Nothing you send from it leaves Mailpitcher, so you can try campaigns safely.
The top of the Add a mailbox window. The demo mailbox is a practice inbox: nothing you send from it leaves Mailpitcher.
  1. Add demo mailbox

What’s next