Filed under: Utilities, E-mail, web 2.0
Twimailer improves Twitter's new follower emails
If you're signed up to get email when someone new follows you on Twitter, you're probably used to seeing just the tiniest bit of information about them. With only a person's name and Twitter URL, you're forced to click through and change focus from your email to Twitter if you want to know more. Twimailer uses a neat workaround to replace Twitter's new follower emails with its own better version. It generates a unique Twimailer email address that you then paste in as the address for your Twitter account.New follower emails go through Twimailer, which adds the new follower's latest few tweets, follower/followed count, Twitter bio, and a button to follow back. These replacement messages are both more visually appealing and more informative than the originals. Although you don't have to give your password, your email from Twitter is routed through Twimailer. I have no reason not to trust them, but I turned off direct message emails anyway.
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Joao Almeida said 9:22AM on 3-12-2009
I guess with Twimailer I loose the ability of people finding me when searching friends via email
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Erick Bauer said 10:04AM on 3-12-2009
I actually prefer topify.com that gives more information but in particular that lets my follow back by just replying to the email. Works also with DM by the way
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Jay Hathaway said 10:07AM on 3-12-2009
You can follow back from Twimailer with one click. Sending an email doesn't seem much easier.
Daniel said 1:25PM on 3-12-2009
Jay - it a lot easier when you are doing it from a mobile phone...
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Jay Hathaway said 1:26PM on 3-12-2009
Ah, fair point. Hadn't thought of that.