MyAnonMail — this is how you start

This is how you start with MyAnonMail. The complete privacy combination — your own @brainfusion.nl email address, anonymous aliases and your own Password Manager — in a few guided steps. You don’t have to be a technician; we will set it up together with you.

The steps

Step by step — with images

Below you’ll walk through the entire combo once — with a screenshot of each step. Take your time; you don’t have to be a technician.

Step 0 — Prepare your browser (one time)

Put first turn off your browser’s built-in password manager. Then you won’t get any “save password?” popups, and you will be… safe immediately the only place where passwords are stored. In Chrome: open chrome://password-manager/settings and disable “Offer to save passwords…” and “Automatic login”.

Step 1 — Log in to webmail

Open the email with your login details, copy your first password, go to https://mail.brainfusion.nl, enter your @brainfusion.nl address + password and click Login. (Copy → paste immediately; nothing in between.)

If you did Step 0, your browser will not ask anything here. Do you still see a “Save password?” pop-up → click No. Your passwords belong in your own safe.

Step 2 — Activate your vault + choose master password

The email “Join Vaultwarden” will appear in your inbox. Open it and click “Join Organization Now”.

Now choose you master password: a sentence of 4–5 words that you remember but no one guesses. Also set a hint and confirm.

Step 3 — Install the Bitwarden extension

After creating your vault, you will be taken to a page that asks you to install the browser extension.

Install the Bitwarden extension (no Google account needed — skip). Secure it (pin).

Before you log in: set the server to self-hosted https://vault.brainfusion.nl. Then log in with your email address + master password.

Step 4 — One vault as source

Your browser password manager is already disabled (Step 0), so your vault is now the only source. Bitwarden asks “import existing passwords?” and you start with nothing → skip. (Coming from another manager? See Switch at the bottom — you do that consciously, not now.)

Step 5 — Enable anonymous aliases (the link)

Log in once https://sl.brainfusion.nl → Settings → API keys → create an API key. (SimpleLogin will ask for your password one more time — “sudo mode” — that’s normal.)

Open the Bitwarden extension → Generator and choose at the top Username. Set: Category = “Forwarded Email Alias”, Service = “SimpleLogin”, Self-hosted Server URL = https://sl.brainfusion.nl, and paste your API key last. Click ↻ → an alias will appear at @alias.brainfusion.nl.

Step 5a — Add the SimpleLogin extension (optional)

Install the SimpleLogin extension (red icon, often via Proton) and pin it. Open the extension → Settings and fill in the API URL https://sl.brainfusion.nl in (that was standard app.simplelogin.io) → click Set API URL.

Back to the main screen → select Sign in with API Key → paste your API key → Set. The extension now immediately shows you sl.brainfusion.nlenvironment in miniature.

Step 5b — Create recognizable aliases per website

With the SimpleLogin extension you can create one in just a few clicks legible alias that you will recognize later.

1. Open the SimpleLogin extension on the page where you sign up.
2. The extension usually already represents a domain — adjust the name (only lowercase letters, numbers, periods, dashes and underscores; below the field it warns in red if something is not allowed).
3. Click Create → you get “Alias is created”. Click Click to copy to copy the alias (adding a name/label is allowed, but not necessary).
4. Paste the alias into it email field; at the password fieldlet your Bitwarden generate a strong password.

Step 6 — Daily Use

Register for a service — open the Bitwarden extension (shield at top right) → Generator:

1. Choose Username → click ↻ for a fresh alias → Copy → paste into the email field.
2. Switch to Password → click ↻ for a strong password → Copy → paste into the password field.

Send the form → Bitwarden asks at the top right “Save this login?” → Yes. Now your alias and password are in your safe and it will fill in everything automatically next time.

Received: anything that comes to your alias will simply appear in your inbox — with the original sender.

Anonymous answers: just click Reply. Your response will be returned as the alias — your real address will remain hidden (even if your mail program shows your own address when composing it).

Save every login in your vault (including webmail and SimpleLogin)

When you first log in somewhere, your vault for that site is still empty (“no items to display”) — that’s normal. Just log in; then Bitwarden offers “save?” → Yes. So do not use the “+ Login” button before you have logged in.

From then on, your safe will automatically fill in your password — you won’t have to type or paste anything anymore (even with an extra password check, such as SimpleLogins security mode).

Step 6b — The ARCA desktop app (optional)

Do you want your safe in its own app? The ARCA desktop app (currently for macOS; Windows and Linux follow) talk directly to vault.brainfusion.nl — same vault, same encryption, in one click in your dock. With built-in password generator, live 2FA codes, secure sharing (Sends) and a vault health report that identifies weak or reused passwords.

Log in with your master password (or your PIN), then everything — passwords, aliases, codes — can be copied with one click. The app has the same functions as the web vault and works alongside the browser extension.

Step 7 — Manage your aliases

All your aliases are listed https://sl.brainfusion.nl (Aliases tab). By alias: on/off switch (spam on one alias = one click away; your real address remains clean), activity, description, Contacts and More (including removal). You can also create an alias yourself: “Random Alias” or “+ New Custom Alias”.

Step 8 — 2FA: Your vault is also your authenticator (bonus)

For two-factor authentication services, your vault can generate the 6-digit codes — no need for a separate Google/Microsoft app. Enable 2FA (TOTP) for the service (QR + secret key):

In Bitwarden, open the login of that service → Edit → paste the key into “Authenticator Key (TOTP)” → Save. Bitwarden now shows a rotating code; fill it in at the service to confirm 2FA.

Backup & restore your vault

No one can reset your master password → create a safety net yourself: Bitwarden → Tools/Tools → Export Vault → “Password Protected”, with a separate password (not your master). Keep the file safe and separate.

Switching from another password manager (migration)

Do you already have passwords? Take them with you as a conscious step: export them from the old source, and import them into the web vault (vault.brainfusion.nl → Tools → Import). Delete the (usually plain text) export file immediately after the import. Then turn off the old source.

A few useful tips

• Let your safe do the work. Generate your alias and password in the field and save — never generate and copy separately. Don’t think about it too much; this is the easiest way to work.
• Turn off your browser’s password storage. Your safe is the only source — then nothing gets messed up. The extension will automatically indicate this to you with a red message.
• Not every red is an alarm. Some notifications are just “getting started” tips (like downloading the app) — you can skip those.
• Bonus: your vault is also your authenticator. For sites with two-step verification, your vault generates the codes — no need for a separate Google or Microsoft app.
• Would you rather have an app on your computer? Currently there is no support for AnonMail as we have in the browser extension. Management is limited to Vaultwarden and SimpleLogin, which are hosted securely on the Brainfusion server. We advise to NOT to use the Bitwarden app if you also want to use AnonMail.
• Email in your own email program? Do you want to set up your @brainfusion.nl mailbox in a mail client? You can make the necessary settings request from us.

Stuck or have a question? Send us a message — then we will help you through it.

More about the service? Back to MyAnonMail.