What is Chetmail?

Think of Chetmail as your personal news curator. Instead of opening dozens of tabs or fighting algorithmic feeds, you subscribe to the sources you actually care about and receive a clean, organized digest at a time you choose — one email (or message) per day.

Core Concept

Every piece of content in Chetmail flows through the same pipeline:

🚀 Quick Start

Get your first digest in under 5 minutes.

🧭 Onboarding Guide

When you first log in, a floating checklist appears in the bottom-right corner of the dashboard. It walks you through the five essential setup steps:

You can collapse the checklist by clicking the arrow, or permanently dismiss it with the × button once all steps are done. It will not reappear after dismissal.

📡 Sources & Feeds

A source is any content stream Chetmail monitors on your behalf. Chetmail supports three types of sources:

Adding a Source

Source Limits by Plan

Feed Health & Outage Detection

Chetmail monitors every source for health. If a feed fails to load repeatedly, it is flagged as having an outage and you will see a warning on the dashboard. For feeds that consistently return no items, Chetmail suggests switching to web scraping as an alternative.

📰 Daily Digests

A digest is a compiled email (or message) of new content from all your sources since your last delivery. Chetmail sends one digest per day, per scheduled delivery.

How Digests Work

Every day at your configured time, Chetmail:

1. Fetches new items from all your active sources.
2. Applies any keyword filters you've set.
3. Compiles items into a formatted digest.
4. Sends to all enabled channels (email, Telegram, WhatsApp).
5. Marks items as seen — they won't appear in future digests.

Test Digest

You can send yourself a digest at any time by clicking Send Test Digest on the dashboard. This is useful for:

• Verifying your sources are returning content
• Previewing how the email template looks
• Checking that Telegram/WhatsApp delivery is set up correctly

Digest Settings

📬 Delivery Channels

Chetmail can deliver your digest to multiple channels simultaneously. Each channel can be enabled or disabled independently.

🔭 Discover Packs

Discover Packs are curated bundles of RSS feeds (and sometimes Search Alerts) organized by topic. Adding a pack instantly subscribes you to all sources in it — no manual feed-hunting required.

Example Packs

To add a pack: navigate to Discover in the sidebar and click Add Pack on any topic you want. The feeds will appear in your sources list immediately.

🔽 Keyword Filters

Keyword filters let you control exactly what content appears in your digest. You can set filters per source and (on Pro) per Feed Group.

Filter Types

Filters are applied to the article title and description. They are case-insensitive. Multiple keywords are separated by commas.

AI Topic Suggestions

If you're on Pro, you can click Suggest Topics on any source and Claude AI will analyze recent items from that feed and suggest relevant keywords to use as filters. This is a great way to quickly tune noisy feeds.

🔔 Search Alerts Pro

Search Alerts work like Google Alerts — enter a keyword or phrase, and Chetmail checks the web for it daily. New results appear in your regular digest.

Setting Up a Search Alert

🗂️ Feed Groups Pro

Feed Groups let you bundle multiple sources into a single combined digest with its own settings — delivery time, timezone, and shared keyword filters. Perfect for separating "work news" from "personal reading".

Creating a Feed Group

From the dashboard, click Create Group. Give the group a name, select which sources belong to it, set a delivery time (can differ from your main digest), and optionally add group-level keyword filters. Each group sends its own separate digest email.

🕷️ Web Scraping Pro

Some websites don't publish an RSS feed. Web Scraping lets Chetmail visit those pages directly and extract new content using intelligent content detection.

How to enable Web Scraping for a source

🤖 AI Topic Suggestions Pro

Powered by Claude AI (Anthropic), the AI Topic Suggestions feature analyzes recent articles from any source and recommends the most relevant keywords to use as filters.

How to use

Open any source in your sources list and click the ✨ Suggest Topics button. Claude will read the last several articles and return a set of keyword suggestions. You can apply them directly as include or exclude filters with one click.

🎨 Email Templates Pro

Pro subscribers can choose from four email digest templates. Each has a distinct visual personality. Free users always receive the Classic template.

To change your template: go to Email Templates in the sidebar, preview each option, and click Select. Changes take effect from the next digest.

💳 Plans & Pricing

Chetmail offers two plans. The Free plan is a great starting point; upgrade to Pro when you want more sources, advanced features, or multi-channel delivery.

🧾 Manage Billing

All payments are handled securely by Stripe. Chetmail never stores your payment card details.

Upgrading to Pro

Managing your subscription

Click Manage Subscription in the Billing page to open the Stripe Customer Portal, where you can update your payment method, view invoices, or cancel your subscription.

⚙️ Settings

Access Settings from the sidebar. The settings page is organized into several sections:

👤 Your Account

Email Verification

After registering, check your inbox for a verification email from Chetmail. Click the link inside to verify your address. You won't receive digests until your email is verified.

Password Reset

Forgot your password? Go to Forgot Password, enter your email, and you'll receive a reset link. The link expires after 1 hour.

Bounce Detection

If your email address bounces repeatedly (e.g. your inbox is full or the address no longer exists), Chetmail will automatically pause email delivery to protect your sender reputation. You'll see a warning in the dashboard and can reactivate delivery after resolving the issue.

Unsubscribing

Every digest email contains an unsubscribe link in the footer. Clicking it stops future email digests while keeping your account and sources intact. You can re-enable email delivery from Settings at any time.

Deleting your account

Go to Settings → Delete Account. Enter your current password to confirm. All your data (sources, digests, payment records) is permanently deleted immediately. This cannot be undone.

✈️ Telegram Bot

Chetmail has a native Telegram bot integration. Once linked, your daily digest is sent as a Telegram message at the same time as your email digest.

Linking Telegram

Unlinking Telegram

Go to Settings → Integrations and click Disconnect next to the Telegram section. Your chat history in Telegram is not affected.

💬 WhatsApp

Receive your Chetmail digest on WhatsApp. This uses the WhatsApp Business API (powered by Twilio) to send digests as WhatsApp messages.

Setting up WhatsApp

📢 Banner Ad Marketplace

Chetmail offers a self-serve banner ad platform. Advertisers can purchase ad slots that appear in the Classic digest emails delivered to free-tier users.

Ad Positions

How to book an ad

Ad Visibility Rules

• Ads appear only in Classic template emails (the template used by all free users).
• Pro users using Modern, Editorial, or Compact templates never see ads.
• Telegram and WhatsApp receive default banner text+link only (no images).

🔐 Privacy & Data Handling

Chetmail is designed with a privacy-first architecture. Here's exactly what we do and don't do with your data:

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Why didn't I receive my digest today?

Check that: (1) your email is verified, (2) your delivery time has passed in your configured timezone, (3) email delivery is enabled in Settings, and (4) the digest didn't land in spam. You can also click Send Test Digest from the dashboard to force an immediate send.

Can I use Chetmail for podcasts?

Yes! Podcasts publish RSS feeds. Paste the podcast RSS URL (or the show's website URL) and Chetmail will detect the feed automatically. New episodes will appear in your digest.

Does Chetmail support private/paywalled feeds?

Chetmail fetches feeds as a standard HTTP client. If a feed requires authentication, it will fail to load. There is no current support for authenticated/paywalled feeds.

How often does Chetmail fetch my sources?

Sources are fetched once per day, timed to prepare your digest for delivery. There is no live/real-time fetching.

Can I receive multiple digests per day?

No — Chetmail sends one digest per day per configured schedule. Pro users can create multiple Feed Groups with different delivery times to effectively receive multiple themed digests per day.

Why is a source showing as "outage"?

This means Chetmail couldn't fetch the RSS feed for that source over several consecutive attempts. The source's website may be down, the feed URL may have changed, or the site may be blocking automated requests. Try re-adding the source with an updated URL, or switch to Web Scraping (Pro) if the site doesn't have RSS.

What's the difference between a source filter and a Search Alert?

A source filter filters content from a specific feed you already follow. A Search Alert proactively searches the entire web for a keyword — like Google Alerts — regardless of what sources you follow.

Do banner ads track me as a reader?

Default banners are static images with links — no tracking pixels. Paid advertiser banners may include standard link tracking depending on the destination URL, but Chetmail itself does not add tracking to banner links.

Can I cancel Pro and keep my sources?

Yes. When you downgrade to Free, your sources are preserved but you'll be limited to 3 active ones. You can choose which 3 to keep. Search Alerts, Feed Groups, and advanced features will be disabled until you re-subscribe.

Is there an API?

There is no public API at this time. All functionality is accessible through the dashboard.