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Out of curiosity, what's stopping me from using this to sign up for services and having this app mahically keeping their emails out of my inbox, but neatly filed away for when I need it?
Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. First, thank you for your interest. Nothing technically prevents you from using the tool in the way you propose. But I ask you not to, if you can. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12957555.
This appears to create Atom feeds, not RSS.
Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. Thank you for your comment. Indeed, the tool generates Atom feeds instead of RSS. It is a better format. But RSS is a more popular term, so I went it. It’s like the TLS vs. SSL: I only use the term TLS with highly technical audience.
I've used emails2rss for a few years for mailing lists. Exists as a google app.
Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. Thank you for your comment. I tried the tool you mentioned before creating Kill the Newsletter! Of course, I was trying same work :)
Unfortunately, I ruled it out for two reasons. First, it required a Google account, thus binding my identity with my reading preferences. Second, I set up a throwaway Google account just to test the service and it didn’t work. I can’t remember exactly why, though.
It was definetly an inspiration for Kill the Newsletter! It gave me an indication that the project was feasible.
Well, you can't effectively kill newsletter. Because newsletter COMES so you, and you have to CLICK to get feed.
Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. Thank you for your comment. I think it’s cool that you’re using an email reader that doesn’t require any clicks :)
But, seriously, of course the tool I developed is for a niche. In particular, I had only my own use case in mind. I know the benefits of newsletters. So much so that Kill the Newsletter! starts with copy saying “I love newsletters …”.
The name Kill the Newsletter! is only a joke. I’m sorry that you seemed not to appreciate it. After all, joking with death and killing is not exactly G-rated. So the joke is actually on me and I apologize if it caused you any inconvenience.
I hope you can still consider Kill the Newsletter! an option if you ever run in the inteded use case.
Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. First, thank you ProfDreamer for finding my service and posting it here. Thanks too to everyone that took interest in Kill the Newsletter! and commented or wrote me emails. I appreciate the kind words and testimonials that the tool was useful to some of you. I also appreciate the suggestions for improvements, I’ll try to implement them in the near future.
Kill the Newsletter! ended up on an LifeHacker article: https://lifehacker.com/kill-the-newsletter-converts-newslett... As a long-time reader of the website, I’m flattered.
Finally, I want to say a word about the name of the service. The copy on the website starts with “I love newsletters …” This is true, otherwise I wouldn’t have created the tool. So don’t really mean to extinguish the newsletters. I understand RSS users are a small niche when compared to email users. I also understand the business reasons to prefer mailing lists. The comments on this thread had some very interesting arguments on that topic. I certainly learned a lot by reading them.
The name Kill the Newsletter! was supposed to be whimsical. But I understand death and specially killing are sensitive topics to some people and I apologize if I offended them with my joke.
Still, I hope everyone can enjoy Kill the Newsletter! if they ever need to convert that mailing list into an RSS feed.
Doubles up as a way to get an anonymous / throwaway email address. I just signed up a twitter account using it :-)
Hi bbcbasic, Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. First, thank you for interest, I’m glad the tool was useful to you. While of course Kill the Newsletter! does work as a throwaway email address, I ask you to please not use it for that. I fear this might result in @kill-the-newsletter.com email addresses ending up in blacklists. Or that the service grows in a way that I couldn’t support with my $0 budget :) Finally, I…
I think its a great service for the original purpose though and I'll start using it for that.
Hi all, Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. First, thank you ProfDreamer for finding my service and posting it here. Thanks too to everyone that took interest in Kill the Newsletter! and commented or wrote me emails. I appreciate the kind words and testimonials that the tool was useful to some of you. I also appreciate the suggestions for improvements, I’ll try to implement them in the near future. Kill the Newslett…
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Similarly, Feedbin gives you an email address you can aim a newsletter at and see as another feed. It's kinda genius.
Hi thecabinet, snksnk and Semiapies, Author of Kill the Newsletter! here. Thank you for your comments! I didn’t know of NewsBlur and Feedbin and it’s nice to see that other tools take similar approaches to the use case. It validates that my solution was appropriate. It’s unfortunate that NewsBlur and Feedbin bind the feature to their platform. But I guess it makes sense, Feedbin is even trying to make money. Anyway,…
It does!
It’s unfortunate that NewsBlur and Feedbin bind the feature to their platform. But I guess it makes sense, Feedbin is even trying to make money.
Unfortunately, this is nonsensical and obnoxious. I'm perfectly happy to pay for a service, given that "free" tends to mean "shuts down in a couple of years". And I'd have to pay for a server anyway if I wanted to run my own.
I prefer to use my email clients to read my news. Means I don't have to run an additional application. I have a script which monitors RSS feeds and turns them into emails. I filter them into a "News" mail folder. I run K-9 Mail, Mutt and Webmail depending on what device I'm using. Thanks to IMAP my "news readers" stay in sync due to the "\Seen" IMAP flag, and the ability to delete messages. Thanks to IMAP PUSH I don'…
You can use http://blogtrottr.com/ to do this too
I would love to kill the newsletter. I love RSS. I perceive most newsletters as spam. Except: - non tech saavy users don't know what RSS is and often won't use a RSS reader even after tutoring. - newsletter still makes a LOT of cash. I didn't believe it, but working in the adult industry teached me that many things I would never do (read a news letter, click a ridiculous add, engage with an obviously fake profile) is…
I perceive most newsletters as spam. You primarily receive newsletters you didn't actually sign up for? (stores you bought stuff off, etc.) That's the only way it's spam. But there are plenty of people who actively sign up for and appreciate them.