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29 June

Organize your mailing list and Craigslist messages… Automatically!

After the recent introduction of our new Yahoo! Mail integration, we have been hard at work on new features. Today, we would like to announce the automatic filtering of mailing list messages from Google Groups, Yahoo! Groups, and other mailing lists. Also, we have upgraded our filters for Yahoo! Mail and Gmail to automatically group Craigslist messages as well.

Whether you are using Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, or the Yahoo! Mail application Organizer, it's easy to have your mailing list messages groups by list or your Craigslist emails organized by post.

Personally, I have found a lot of value with the Craigslist filters. When I post several items for sale, it can get confusing when people reply to all of my postings at the same time. With OtherInbox's filters, my Craigslist messages are organized into separate mailboxes for each item.

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Mailing list and Craigslist filters have been turned on for all users (Gmail and Yahoo! Mail), so please give them a try and let us know what you think!

Customize OIB to filter even more messages in Yahoo! Mail

A few weeks ago, we announced the ability to customize OIB to filter even more messages in your Gmail account. Now, we are happy to also state that customizing OIB to filter messages in Yahoo! Mail is also available as well! It's as easy as dropping a message into a folder.

Changes to Folder Names in Yahoo! Mail

Finally, we have made a slight change to the way we name folders in Yahoo! Mail. Previously, messages OIB organized were moved into folders like "Shopping" and "News". But, we have heard from our users that some of these folders were getting lost in their own folders. So, we have added the letters "OIB" to the beginning of the folders' names. So, "OIB Shopping" and "OIB News" have taken their place.

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Going forward, look for these new folders to find the messages that have been organized out of your Yahoo! Mail inbox. All previously organized messages will remain in their existing folders.
29 June

OtherInbox Key To Getting Your E-mail Under Control

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Austin-American Statesman “Life” Writer Suggests OIB For Online Management


By Sarah Lindler

June 22, 2009

“Isn’t e-mail supposed to make life easier?” asks Sarah Lindler, the Statesman’s Life Guide reporter. Lindler interviews a few management experts on how the most essential of online tools has become a detriment to our lives, thanks to constant e-mail overload and full inboxes.

After giving some basic tips on how to best manage your e-mail, productivity trainer Maura Thomas from RegainYourTime.com suggests OtherInbox. In addition to being an Austin-based service, Thomas recommends OIB’s ability to “help wrangle ‘robot’ emails, like those order confirmations when you shop online.”

Lindler and Thomas finish by giving a quick descrition of how a user would use OtherInbox, showcasing the daily reports that help keep the mountain of email from distracing you.

The article was also picked up overseas by “The Jakarta Globe”, and can be seen here: http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/get-your-e-mail-under-control/315101
29 June

SnapSession Reviews OtherInbox

On-The-Fly Addresses Shine Through For New User


By sorryafk

June 10, 2009

Got Social? recently reviewed OtherInbox as part of their ongoing SnapSession series that focuses on new and exciting online services.

After being introduced to OIB by a friend, the reviewer set about creating an account and setting up new email addresses. Despite some initial hiccups with his Gmail integration, sorryafk finishes his review with the plan “to keep my OtherInbox account and use it solely for this on-the-fly email generation service”


29 June

Start-Up Blogger A Big Fan Of OtherInbox!

Hooked Ever Since TechCrunch50, He Now Wants To Spread The Word On OIB


By Janis Krums

June 15, 2009


Start up and Entrepreneur writer Janis Krums recently gave a quick walkthrough of OtherInbox, utilizing our own screenshots and descriptions to show how he uses the service. He also shares a funny antecdote that we’ve heard often: 

“The best part is when a store asks you for your email and you give them BestBuy(at)janiskrums.oib.com, the look that you get is priceless.”

A fan since our opening at TechCrunch50 last year, Janis tells his readers to use OtherInbox and “get out there and organize your email.”
29 June

OIB’s Organizer App Launches For Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! Mail Announces Several New Applications, Including OtherInbox’s Organizer.


By Mark

June 5, 2009

Yahoo! Mail recently released 5 new applications, including OtherInbox’s all-new Organizer app. In a explanatory press release, the Yahoo! Mail Blog described these new applications as allowing you to “do more, share more and save time in Mail.” Sounds right up OtherInbox’s alley!

Yahoo!’s press release was also picked up by many blogs and news outlets across the Web, including the Yahoo! Fan Club and DownloadTube. 
25 June

Videos on Connecting to Otherinbox

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Over the last few months, OtherInbox has added several cool features,
and I want to make sure you are getting the most out of it.  Whether
you were one of the first beta testers or have just heard about it, there is probably something that will save you time in one of these videos. Click on the ones that are
applicable to you, or watch them all!  We would appreciate it if you
would share these videos with anyone you know who might need a little
help with email overload.

As always, thank you for your support!

(To view videos full size click Picture 10 on each screencast)

Connect OIB to your Gmail in 3 simple steps!

Connect OIB to your Yahoo! email

Go premium!

19 June

How OIB helps me save time at work and save money on my vacation!

In addition
to keeping you organized and in control of your inbox again, OtherInbox
has many additional perks.  I wanted to share a few of the ways I use
OtherInbox to help me manage my work, hobbies, volunteer activities,
family, shopping, and even vacations.

How OIB helps me with my job

I’ve
had many superusers tell me that OIB has helped them with their
careers.  Several professionals, from hairdressers to leasing agents,
have reported ways that giving on the fly email addresses and having
organized mailboxes have made them more efficient and organized.  As
the Community Manager of OtherInbox, I use on the fly email addresses
to help me with networking, partnership activities, user feedback, and
volunteer organizations that we work with every quarter.  I give each
group their own email address, where they are all nicely organized and
easy to access in one place, my OtherInbox account. 

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My own personal encyclopedia of knowledge

I,
like many people, have a lot of things I wish I knew how to do.  Being
a full time employee of an awesome startup and a full time parent does
not give me a lot of extra time to take classes and lessons.  However,
in the last year I have managed to learn how to start my first garden,
enhance my cooking skills, and stay up to date on the newest social
media trends!  How did I find the time to do all that?  I signed up for
the latest newsletters, blogs, and social groups like Ning and had them
all go to my OtherInbox!  It’s like customizing your own virtual
newspaper and reading it when you want to without it EVER overwhelming
your primary inbox.

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Coupons and other money saving tips

We
all love a good bargain but not at the expense of giving out our email
address.  It is not worth overpopulating your inbox with spam and
risking it being sold to other companies.  My absolute favorite part of
having an OtherInbox is the ability to be fearless with my email
address.  I use an on the fly email to sign up for ANYTHING and
EVERYTHING I want.  It has become an obsession.  I sign up for all of
my favorite stores' newsletters, contests, and everything else I can. 
As a result, I get a ton of free stuff.  Free food, free books, and
coupons to all my favorite stores.  I still have not won anything, but
I check my OtherInbox daily to make sure.  It is kind of like playing
the internet lottery - for free!  Now, as you can imagine, I get
spammed all the time, but I don’t stress about it because I have the
power to keep spammers from ever emailing me again with just one
click.  I have also learned who leaks my email address out and will
never spend another dime in their stores or online with them.

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All this money saving has made me want a vacation

Although
I have not yet saved thousands with OtherInbox, I still use it to sign
up for travel sites and possible vacation destinations.  My OtherInbox
notifies me of flight deals, discount vacation packages, and much
more.  When it is time to pack up the family and head out of Dodge for
a week or two, I know just where to go to get the most bang for my buck!

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What do you do with your OtherInbox?

While
I hope some of this information was helpful, I am always amazed by the
creative ways other people use OIB to their advantage.  Share your
story with us, and email me at myoib[at]peeps.oib.com…oh look, I used it again ;) .

18 June

Follow us on Facebook for a chance to win free upgrades! (Please RT)

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We need your help growing our fan base on Facebook.  We have almost
3,000 followers on Twitter but only 372 followers on Facebook.  Now how
are we supposed to save the world from email overload with only 372
people following us on Facebook?!

As an incentive to follow
us, and to help us get other followers, we are going to be giving away
one free premium account per week to one of our Facebook friends!  We
will also have t-shirt giveways, contests, and much more!

If you
retweet this message, we will enter you in to win a free premium
upgrade.  If you already have a year of premium service, we will add an
additional year to your contract!

Thank you for helping us continue to grow.  We are ready to take on email overload around the world! Ready, set, RT!

Follow us on
Facebook!

12 June

Connect OtherInbox to your Yahoo! Mail

The OtherInbox team has been hard at work making improvements based on the feedback we have received from you on help.oib.com and creating some cool, new features to help you continue to fight email overload.

Connect your OtherInbox account to Yahoo! Mail

Existing
users can now sync their Yahoo! Mail accounts through
OtherInbox directly. To sync to your Yahoo! Mail follow these steps or view this video:

  1. Click "Settings" at the upper right hand corner 
  2. Click on "Yahoo" in the left navigation bar
  3. Click "Authorize OtherInbox"
  4. Sign in with your Yahoo! Mail credentials

We're still working on enabling the Yahoo Organizer Application for existing users – please bear with us!

Connecting to both Gmail and Yahoo! Mail Requires a Premium Subscription

If you want to connect OtherInbox to BOTH a Gmail account AND a Yahoo! Mail account it requires a premium subscription that costs $19.99/year. In the future, you'll also be able to connect a single OtherInbox account to more than one Gmail or Yahoo account.

Summaries are now called Digests

We're transitioning to using the word "digests" instead of "summaries" for the daily email you get. It will take another sprint to get all of the changes in but we're going to start using that terminology from now on.

Get a Digest for any Mailbox on a Daily, Weekly or Monthly schedule

Now you can receive email digests for individual mailboxes on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. By default, OtherInbox will not send you individual mailbox digests – just the global digest across all your mailboxes.  You can change this by:

  1. Click "Settings" at the upper right hand corner
  2. Click "Mailboxes" in the left navigation bar
  3. Scroll down and click on the mailbox title you wish to customize
  4. Next to "Deliver my summary" choose the frequency you wish to receive

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More behind the scenes

In addition to the
new features listed above, we've done a lot of work to speed things up and fix some pesky bugs! 

Please try out the new Yahoo! Mail integration and turn on a weekly digest for that mailbox that piles up but you don't often check. Tell us in the comments what you think!

10 June

Who uses OtherInbox the mostest?

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OtherInbox would like to give a shout out to our top 10 active
users.  We based this list off number of emails organized and who
checked their emails in the last 14 days.  We would like to thank
everyone on this list for their support.  If you are on this list and
would like me to link your name to your twitter account or blog, please
email the link to top10@peeps.oib.com!

Without further ado, here are the top 10:
  1. Brandon Hubbard
  2. Thomas Terry
  3. Ganesh Ram Jayaraman
  4. Mister Dondi
  5. Luthiano Vasconcelos
  6. Earl Wallace
  7. Justine Lam
  8. Yoshiro Moriyama
  9.  Mansi Bhatia
  10. Jack Humphrey

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