YourLi.st: e-mail reminder service sans registration

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YourLi.st: e-mail reminder service sans registration

by Todd Ritter Mar 5th 2008

YourLi.st is a simple web service that sends you an e-mail reminder on the day and time you specify (with an option to have a pre-reminder). The site does not require registering with them, so you can have a reminder set up in seconds.

Events can have a title and summary, and the reminder can be set to repeat. A bookmarklet is available to set up reminders even more quickly. When you create a reminder, you'll receive an initial e-mail telling you that your reminder is configured (and you can delete the alert if you want). YouLi.st claims that after the actual reminder e-mail (and the pre-reminder e-mail if you choose that option), they will remove all traces of your e-mail address from their system.

We hope they decide to add selectable time zones since they only support GMT now, which can be confusing when setting up your reminder. For more overall functionality, try Remember the Milk (although that site requires registration).

Tags: alerts, notifications, reminders

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