StopForwarding.Us

Marketing guru, Seth Godin, has some sage advice for sending personal emails. While Seth Godin’s advice may be written for marketing and business types, I believe that many of these tips can relate to the email you send everyday. In his post, Seth says I want you to add friction back in...

Dave at More News From Nowhere has a great blog post that not only mentions StopForwarding.Us as a valuable resource for those looking to get rid of unwanted FWDs, but also lists some other resources and tips as well. A well written, comprehensive post that you should read...

Hello! This is a quick note to let you know that StopForwarding.Us has made some changes on the website. 1. We took the ads off. Maybe forever, maybe not! But for now they are gone...

Email signatures are bits of text, and in some cases images, that your email program attaches to the end of your outgoing emails...

I sometimes hear people say they actually enjoy some of the FWDs that make it to their inbox and I can identify. There have been times when I have received a forward (usually from my twin brother) that I was glad he passed on...

If you’ve visited this site before you’ll notice that today StopForwarding.Us has a new look! Hopefully things are easier to find...

Aaron at stopthefwds.com has built a clever site that may help your forwarding friends clense themselves of their stained, emailing histories. Point your friends to his website and they’ll be able to send all those rediculous emails that they are itching to send to him instead...

Last Thursday I demoed StopForwarding.Us at OpenBeta, a technology “un-conference” held in Oklahoma City...

Crazy traffic has been happening this morning thanks to Komando.com! I have to admit I have never heard of this site, but obiously a lot of people have. Thanks for the nod and welcome visitors!

Moose at Lazer 103.3 in Iowa called to ask me a few questions about StopForwarding.Us on his morning radio show.

I’ve decided that from now on, when I receive hate mail related to StopForwarding.Us that I will ignore the email and post it to the StopForwarding.Us Facebook page. UPDATE: It turns out that  that gets into some murky copyright waters that I don’t have the patience to wade into...

Aaron at stopthefwds.com has built a clever site that may help your forwarding friends clense themselves of their stained, emailing histories. Point your friends to his website and they’ll be able to send all those rediculous emails that they are itching to send to him instead...

Thanks to those of you who have pointed out the typos on StopForwarding.Us. I think I’ve got them taken care of now. Also, thanks to those who have taken the time to drop me an email with kind words and suggestions...

Wow. After a couple of months of letting StopForwarding.Us sit on cruise control, this little site has gotten a ton of traffic thanks to downloadsquad.com and lifehacker.com. I’ve been contemplating a redesign of the site but have not been able to take the time for personal projects...

10 Ways to Turbocharge Your Email: Dumb Little Man (great blog) has a post with ten tips for turbocharging your email. One of the tips happens to be not sending junk to people. Good for them. If you’r looking for some quick ways to improve your email etiquette and efectiveness, read this articl

Now you can still send annoying emails even after you've been raptured!: The website linked above offers a paid subscription to a service that will email your friends in case you are raptured and they are not.All theology and email etiquette aside, I must say this is a good hustle...

Seth Godin's Email Checklist: Marketing guru, Seth Godin has a thoughtful checklist of things to consider before sending your next email. I particularly like 36. If I had to pay 42 cents to send this email, would I? Click the link above for more email tips from Seth.

Return To Waster: If you receive a lot of junk mail in meatspace (that’s the real world) then you might consider using this stamp to make an eco-concious point to all the direct mail marketers bombarding your mail bo

Seth Godin's Email Checklist: Marketing guru, Seth Godin has a thoughtful checklist of things to consider before sending your next email. I particularly like 36. If I had to pay 42 cents to send this email, would I? Click the link above for more email tips from Seth.

Now you can still send annoying emails even after you've been raptured!: The website linked above offers a paid subscription to a service that will email your friends in case you are raptured and they are not. All theology and email etiquette aside, I must say this is a good hustle...

Return To Waster: If you receive a lot of junk mail in meatspace (that’s the real world) then you might consider using this stamp to make an eco-concious point to all the direct mail marketers bombarding your mail bo

Innocent Spam: Artist Janet Nelson has a series of images inspired by spam subject lines. Don’t worry, this link is safe for the office. Very clever and funn

A friend actually forwarded me this message knowing about this site. She told me she was only forwarding it because it was the worst fwd she had ever received. It’s pretty bad. Take a look. What’s the worst email forward you have received...

StopForwarding.Us got a write up on cnet.asia! Thanks for the plug! We also got a mention on dollymix.tv. Thanks to you too!

The Ultimate Email Setup: Here’s a great post that helped me reduce my inbox from 1500+ messages down to zero and maintain that zero! With a Gmail account and 5 simple rules, you too can have the peace of mind that an inbox with a low message count can bring. Don’t have a Gmail account...

If you’re lucky enough to have StumbledUpon this site, welcome! We hope you find useful tips to help you manage your email and that you or a friend are encouraged to stop forwarding. Have you sent a polite request to a loved but confused spammer in your life? It’s polite, anonymous and free...