Private, encrypted email
that actually gets delivered.
Reliable, encrypted email for families and small teams. Use your @thelemail.com address, or bring a domain you own — either way, we handle the delivery.
Owning your email shouldn't mean babysitting a mail server.
Three bad options, if you care about owning your correspondence. We built Thelemail to avoid all three.
Self-hosting email is a losing battle
You can run the server. The hard part is getting Gmail to accept its mail — IP reputation, blocklists, DKIM alignment, and maintenance that never ends.
Big providers read your mail
The easy alternative is a provider that scans your inbox to sell ads or train models. Convenient — until you read what you agreed to.
Suites you didn't want, per seat
Or you pay per seat for a productivity suite you never asked for, just to get the one thing you did want: an inbox on your domain.
Everything email should be — and nothing it shouldn't.
Every claim below maps to something that's live today. Where a feature has an honest limit, we say so — read the threat model for the full picture.
End-to-end encryption between accounts
LiveMail sent between Thelemail accounts is end-to-end encrypted. The server stores only ciphertext it cannot read.
Zero-access encryption at rest
LiveYour mailbox is encrypted with a key derived from your password. We can't read your stored mail — by design.
Reliable delivery
LiveManaged sending infrastructure and monitored reputation so your mail reaches inboxes. The hard part of running email, handled for you.
Unlimited aliases
LiveA fresh address for every service you sign up for, all landing in the mailbox you choose.
Encrypted to outsiders, when possible
LiveWhen a recipient publishes an encryption key, mail to them is end-to-end encrypted automatically. Otherwise it's sent normally.
Use your own domain
LiveOptional: connect a domain you own and put your whole family or team on it. Prefer simple? Your @thelemail.com address works out of the box.
Sign up, and start sending encrypted mail.
Your mailbox works on @thelemail.com from the moment you sign up — no domain, no DNS, nothing to configure. Want it on a domain you own? That's an optional step, not a requirement.
Sign up
Create your account. Nothing to host, nothing to configure.
Get your @thelemail.com mailbox
A real, private mailbox — encrypted at rest and reliably delivered.
Send and receive encrypted mail
End-to-end between accounts, and encrypted to outsiders who publish a key.
Optional — connect your own domain
Bring a domain you own and put your whole family or team on it.
Built for people who want to own their email.
Two audiences, one product. Whether you value privacy for your family or sovereignty for your stack, the mechanism is the same.
Families
Real, private addresses for everyone at home — on @thelemail.com, or a domain you own if you'd rather. Shared aliases for the things you run together, and mail nobody mines for ads.
- A private mailbox for everyone, no setup required
- Shared aliases for bills, schools, and subscriptions
- Calm administration a non-technical partner can run
Homelabbers & self-hosters
Email that fits your values without the operational pain. Bring your own domain, verify our claims against a published threat model, and keep your exit open. You could run a mail server — you've read enough threads to know you don't want to fight deliverability forever.
- Bring your own domain; export everything and leave anytime
- Standard formats and protocols — no proprietary trap on the way out
- Client source is coming; the server stays closed, and there's no self-hosted option
The honest version of every promise.
Our audience verifies claims and punishes overstatement. So here is exactly where the line is — the marketing line we won't cross, and the true one we will.
Every limit, in full, on the threat model page.
Trustworthy because verifiable.
We charge money so we don't have to monetize you. Here's the model, stated precisely — and you can check every part of it.
EU data residency
Your mail is stored and processed in the EU.
No ads. No training.
We never scan your mail for advertising, and never use it to train AI.
Zero-access at rest
Stored mail is encrypted with a key derived from your password.
Open-source apps — coming
Our client code isn't public yet. We're cleaning it up before release, and we won't call it open until you can actually read it. When it ships, you'll be able to check exactly what runs on your device and what gets encrypted before it leaves. The server stays closed and there's no self-hosted option — we run it, you verify it.
Pay for hosting. Never with your data.
Three products — Personal, Family, and Business — each in two sizes. Every plan gets the same encryption; you're choosing capacity, not safety.
- 1 mailbox, 15–50 GB
- 1–3 custom domains
- Unlimited aliases
- Up to 6 mailboxes, 10–30 GB each
- 2–4 custom domains
- Flat price — never per seat
- From 3 mailboxes, 25–100 GB each
- Roles, audit logs & priority support
- Prorated when people join or leave
Billed annually. Personal and Family are flat prices; Business is per mailbox, prorated mid-year. No per-seat monthly games. Prices exclude VAT, added at checkout for your country. Founding members keep their signup price for as long as the subscription stays active. See full pricing →
Verifiable, not just claimed.
Every promise on this site maps to a mechanism that exists. The threat model spells out exactly what's encrypted, what isn't, and what a server compromise would and wouldn't expose — in plain words.