Getting Started
Sign up, connect an inbox, flag your first spam — about five minutes.
1. Create an account
Head to app.the-stringer.lol/signup. You'll get a verification email — click the link to activate.
2. Connect an inbox
From Settings › Email accounts, pick your provider:
- Gmail — OAuth, one click. Approves read and send for Stringer only.
- Office 365 / Outlook — OAuth, same pattern as Gmail.
- IMAP/SMTP (Fastmail, Proton Bridge, Zoho, custom) — enter host, port, username, app password.
Stringer never stores plaintext passwords. Credentials and OAuth tokens are encrypted with AES-256-GCM on our side.
For detail, see Connecting an email account.
3. Flag your first spam
Stringer watches a folder called stringer/queue in your connected inbox. Any email you move there is treated as spam and handed to the AI.
Three ways to flag
- From your mail client — drag the message into
stringer/queue. Works in every email client that supports folders (Gmail, Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, etc.). - From a filter rule — set up a rule that auto-moves messages matching your spam signals to
stringer/queue. (Future: we're shipping mail-client add-ins to make this one-click.) - From the app — paste a message or forward it to your trap alias (Pro and Power).
4. Watch it work
Within a minute of flagging, Stringer generates a reply and schedules it. You'll see the new conversation on the Conversations page. Click in to see the full thread, the persona Stringer is using, the current tactic, and the sting (if any) that will fire when the moment is right.
Replies are delayed (minutes to hours, randomized) to look human. If you want to review replies before they send, turn on Approval Mode in settings (Pro and Power).
5. Keep legit mail safe
Add Allow rules for domains or senders you know — family, employer, bank. Stringer will never engage with anything that matches an allow rule, even if it somehow ends up in stringer/queue.
See Allow and deny rules.
Next steps
- Pick the right persona — the more unhelpful, the better.
- Browse the stings — decide which ones you want active.
- Set up an SMS trap alias (Pro and Power) for when scammers ask for your email by text.