Your Guide to Twitter via Email

To start using tweetymail, you must first sign-in and link at least one email address. Linking an email address tells tweetymail to associate that email address with your Twitter identity. You can then use your linked email address to:
  1. Send emails to tweetymail in order to tweet and use Twitter
  2. Automatically receive emails containing tweets, mentions, or Twitter search results
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Send emails in order to tweet and use Twitter

You can send emails from your linked email address to any one of the "@tweetymail.com" email addresses and tweetymail will interact with Twitter on your behalf. For example, you can send emails to tweet@tweetymail.com to tweet, message@tweetymail.com to send direct messages, or latest@tweetymail.com to receive the latest tweets from the people you follow. A full explanation of each email address is below.
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Automatically receive tweets, mentions, and Twitter search results by email

When you sign-in to tweetymail, you have the option of creating one or more email alerts. There are three types of email alerts supported:
tweetymail constantly monitors for new tweets matching your alerts and automatically forwards the tweets to your email address. You can even set up each alert to wait for a specific number of tweets to accumulate before tweetymail sends you an email.
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Email address reference

Below is an explanation of the various "@tweetymail.com" email addresses. Each email address performs a specific Twitter action on your behalf. Depending on the action, the subject line and body of your email might have special meanings. Here are some of the most common actions:
tweet@tweetymail.com
Posts a tweet by combining the subject line and body of your email. Also supports picture attachments.
Subject line
Optional. Text from the subject line is included in the tweet. If text is also specified in the email body, the subject line and body are joined together with a space in between.
Email body
Optional. Text from the body is included in the tweet. All URLs in the body are automatically shortened. If a subject line is also specified, the subject line and body are joined together with a space in between.
Attachments
Optional, with support for picture attachments only. Pictures must be less than 4MB each. A shortened link is appended to the end of your tweet for each picture attached to your email.
Additional information
  • If your tweet exceeds 140 characters (after all URLs are shortened), the tweet will fail and you will be notified by email. Your tweet will not be posted to Twitter.
  • If you want to include a URL in the body of your email, but do not want the URL automatically shortened, you can enclose the URL in [ and ] brackets. The brackets will be stripped out and will not appear in your tweet.
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latest@tweetymail.com
Sends an email to you with the latest updates from all of the users you follow, or from a specific user. The subject line can be used to indicate a specific user. The email body can be used to indicate the number of updates you would like to receive.
Subject line
Optional. If empty, provides the latest updates from the users you follow. Otherwise, must contain the Twitter screen name of a user. For example, specifying anilchawla will provide the most recent (highly insightful) updates from yours truly.
Email body
Optional. If empty, the last twenty updates will be provided. Otherwise, must contain a single integer value designating the number of updates to provide. For example, specifying 1 will provide the single most recent update only.
Additional information
You can request up to 200 updates (e.g. values 1 through 200 are valid).
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message@tweetymail.com
Sends a direct message to a user. There are two ways to use this feature:
  1. To easily respond to a direct message you've received, simply forward the "Direct message" email notification sent by Twitter and include the contents of your message in the email body.
  2. Otherwise, enter the Twitter screen name of the user to direct message in the subject line, and the contents of your message in the email body.
Subject line
Ignored if you forward the Twitter notification. Otherwise, must contain the Twitter screen name of the user to direct message.
Email body
Must contain the contents of your message (and possibly the forwarded Twitter notification). All URLs in the body are automatically shortened.
Additional information
  • If your message exceeds 140 characters (after all URLs are shortened), the message will fail and you will be notified by email. Your message will not be sent to the other user.
  • If you want to include a URL in the body of your email, but do not want the URL automatically shortened, you can enclose the URL in [ and ] brackets. The brackets will be stripped out and will not appear in your message.
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follow@tweetymail.com
Starts following a user. There are two ways to use this feature:
  1. To easily follow someone who has started following you, simply forward the "is now following you" email notification sent by Twitter.
  2. Otherwise, enter the Twitter screen name of the user to follow in the subject line.
Subject line
Ignored if you forward the Twitter notification. Otherwise, must contain the Twitter screen name of the user to follow. For example, specify anilchawla and you will start following me!
Email body
Can contain the forwarded Twitter notification. Otherwise, ignored.
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block@tweetymail.com
Blocks a user that is following you. There are two ways to use this feature:
  1. To easily block someone who has started following you, simply forward the "is now following you" email notification sent by Twitter.
  2. Otherwise, enter the Twitter screen name of the user to block in the subject line.
Subject line
Ignored if you forward the Twitter notification. Otherwise, must contain the Twitter screen name of the user to block.
Email body
Can contain the forwarded Twitter notification. Otherwise, ignored.
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unfollow@tweetymail.com
Stops following a user. There are two ways to use this feature:
  1. To easily stop following someone who has started following you, simply forward the "is now following you" email notification sent by Twitter.
  2. Otherwise, enter the Twitter screen name of the user to stop following in the subject line.
Subject line
Ignored if you forward the Twitter notification. Otherwise, must contain the Twitter screen name of the user to stop following.
Email body
Can contain the forwarded Twitter notification. Otherwise, ignored.
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delete@tweetymail.com (coming soon!)
Deletes a tweet you already posted. The subject line can be used to indicate a specific tweet to delete.
Subject line
Optional. If empty, deletes your last tweet. Otherwise, must contain a single integer value designating the position of the tweet to delete in reverse chronological order (confused yet?). For example, a subject line of 3 will delete your third to last tweet. A value of 1 is equivalent to leaving the subject line empty.
Email body
Ignored.
Additional information
You can only delete from your last twenty tweets (i.e. values 1 through 20 are valid).
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