Using Twitter with any email account

Let’s walk through the whole process here of what it takes to put TweetByMail to good use.

The first step is to register a TweetByMail account. It uses Twitter authorization, so you don't have to fill out even one form! Follow the steps and you'll end up in the account Control Panel.

You'll see your Twitter account listed. Click on the second tab for "Email Addresses" and enter the address at which you want to receive updates. When you click the button, it will send a message to that address for verification. Go check your mail (and your spam folder if you can't find it) and click the verification link.

Back at the control panel, underneath your Twitter account you'll see your unique TweetByMail email address for working with that account. It will look something like ABC12@tweetbymail.com. Your secret code is built into the email address, so do not share it! Anybody who has that email address would be able to control your account.

Now that you are all set-up, and you have your private access email addresses, we can get to the fun part.

Go to the third tab, marked "TweetByMail Updates", to set-up receiving tweets by email. First, check "On", your verified email address will be the only one listed, and choose how often you want these updates to be sent. If you choose every hour, then the message will include all the tweets that were posted in the last hour.

You can also control some of these things without logging in to the website. There is a growing list of commands you can send through TweetByMail to manage your Twitter accounts. Try them out!

Now, that covers receiving Twitter updates, but what about sending updates of your own while you are away from your computer? All you need to do is send a message answering that famous question… What are you doing? From your verified account, send a new message to your secret address (something like ABC12@tweetbymail.com), and type your tweet in the SUBJECT line.

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Any message that is sent that is not recognized as one of our command codes will be passed on to Twitter as a status update. Within a minute you’ll see it posted on the Twitter website, and your friends will be up to speed on your life, wherever you may be.