AdGuard Mail: email alias and temp email service from the makers of the adblocker

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AdGuard announced AdGuard Mail today. The new product is free at the time of writing and designed to improve email privacy.

It is available as a web-based version as well as apps for mobile devices and Windows and works similarly to services such as  Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, or AnonAddy.

At its core, AdGuard Mail supports two main features:

• Email aliases -- These forward emails to another email address. Use them to sign-up for sites, apps, or services without revealing your real email.
  
• Temp email addresses -- These are temporary email addresses that you may use for the same purpose.
  

The main differences between the two is that aliases forward while temp emails display the received emails directly in the AdGuard inbox.

Using AdGuard Mail



The service is easy to use. It is free at the time of writing, but this may change in the future. Nothing has been announced at this time though in this regard.

Visit the main Adguard Mail website to get started. There you may hit the install button to install an app on your device or use the web-based version.

It is necessary to create an account. This does link the first email address as well, which AdGuard uses to forward emails from aliases.

Aliases

Creating an alias is simple. Select Aliases and hit the plus button to do so. Aliases are created automatically, but you may use the generate button to create new word combinations.

There is only one domain available at the time. You may add a name and description to the alias, which may be helpful keeping an overview.

The two other options allow you to add more recipients, email addresses that get the forwarded emails, and tags for better management in the actual mailbox.

Temporary emails

You can generate one temporary email for use on the web. This remains active until you hit the generate button again.

Until then, all received emails are shown in the interface. You can read and interact with these emails there.

All existing emails will be deleted when you generate a new temporary email. Only one temp email can exist at a time.

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