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E-mail Newsletters Switching To RSS

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-to-unsubscribe-222n8dd67 dept.

prostoalex writes "The wide spread of unsolicited e-mails is leading publishers and site owners towards subscription-based RSS, the InternetNews.com article says. Chris Pirillo from LockerGnome is quoted saying that people just do not subscribe to free e-mail newsletters anymore, making a broad assumption that anyone offering them would be a spammer. This short article on About.com also argues for the RSS as preferred format for newsletters, site headlines and all sorts of updates that were e-mailed to customers before."

6 of 244 comments (clear)

  1. Re:hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I prefer the push method to the pull method, except when the wife has a headache and then I have to go back to having a pull.

  2. The definition of ironic by sjbe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I personally can't stand web forums...

    Posted to slashdot

  3. good stuff to read? by exhilaration · · Score: 2, Funny
    So I keep reading all these articles about RSS news feeds and blogs, but I can't really find any good stuff to read.

    So what does the Slashdot crowd recommend?

  4. RSS vs. Email Archive... and then some. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm a big fan of RSS but I don't see it as a viable replacement for email. I subcribe to several mailing lists and I archive all of the content. The RSS applications that I'm familiar with provide no method for storing data locally.

    Let's just kill all of the spammers and stop wasting time trying to avoid the garbage that they spew. By the way, why are spammers under the impression that I need penis enhancement drugs? I propose that if they send their girlfriend, wife or daughter to my place for a few days, they will soon have a different opinion. :p

  5. Disposable by KevinMS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just dont ask for a persons address, ask them to use a disposable one instead, so they feel better, and theres no pressure on you. Few years ago Sneakemail tried to make an interface just for this purpose to make it easier, but nobody cared, see my sig for the link. Everybody is handling spam so badly and now people want to scrap the whole thing. If I left my car in a bad neighborhood with the windows rolled down who's fault is it when it gets stolen? Do I whine for more car theft legislation? Do I stop driving my car? Same with email, stop whoring your address everywhere.

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    Sneakemail is to spam filters what an ounce of prevention is to a pound of cure.
  6. Re:hmm by mariox19 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I personally keep up with /. by using the RSS plugin for Trillian, and usually tend to look only at stories that look interesting from the titles that are displayed in its main window.

    That sounds good, in theory; but if a person isn't reading through all of the stories on Slashdot, what is he supposed to do with all of his extra time?

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