If you have ever had to reset your password/logon do not go with Startmail. You have to purchase an annual subscription. I initially set up my Startmail email and came back over 30 days later. My logon/password would not work. I went through the forgot logon/password routine. Nothing happened. Contacted Startmail. They would not/could not reset my password. I asked for a refund. Their solutions: me keep trying logon/passwords indefinitely until I hit on the right one, or better yet, purchase ANOTHER email account with them. They said they would refund the second purchase email amount. Of course, they also said after I paid the first annual fee I would have a working email. Startmail did finally come around and give me a refund on my original purchase.
Thank you for your feedback and for verifying our strict adherence to privacy and security protocol. Most of the time when people are locked out of their accounts, it is because a recovery email was not entered and/or verified. (We give multiple warnings during set-up about the importance of this.) That's what happened in this case.
We are unable to reset personal account passwords, transfer information from one account to another, or reuse account names. This is a privacy and security feature, not a bug. This protects our customers and their personal information from security concerns, like social engineering. It's this kind of security that our fans value, but we understand that our level of security can prove to be too restrictive for some people.