(Sent on Aug 27th, 2011) Hi! I'm David, the guy who made 3mindme. I'm very sad to inform you that I'm shutting down the service permanently, starting immediately. I strongly encourage you to check out a similar service at http://nudgemail.com -- it's essentially the same thing as 3mindme, but better. Q: What will happen to the emails I've scheduled for the future? A: After I send this email to all users, I'm going to send all future-dated emails immediately. My goal has always been to return every email at precisely the right time. Unfortunately, I'll need to make due with simply returning them at all. Q: Can I do anything to convince you to keep 3mindme alive? A: Probably not. It's been a fun service to operate these many years, but as CEO of Expensify (https://expensify.com - Expense reports that don't suck!) I just don't have the time to devote to 3mindme. Q: Why now, after years of continuous operation? A: Spam. I recently learned that many users (myself included) were having their emails silently dropped, meaning they got no error response, but the message was never scheduled for future delivery. Solving this problem is very difficult and time consuming, and I'd rather shut down 3mindme than leave it in a non-functioning state. I think that's all. If you have any questions, feel free to respond to this email and I'll do what I can to help. Otherwise, give NudgeMail a shot, and keep Expensify in mind for your next expense report! -david Follow me at http://twitter.com/quinthar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What follows is merely for the sake of posterity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi! Thanks for contacting 3mindMe.com, here are some instructions to get you started: Quick reference: help@3mindme.com - Emails you back this information @3mindme.com - Emails you at echo@3mindme.com - Emails you at the specified in the Subject: Quick examples: tomorrow@3mindme.com - Emails you in 24 hours 5pm@3mindme.com - Emails you at today 5pm (in your timezone) 5pmPSTtomorrow@3mindme.com - Emails you tomorrow at 5pm PST 2days@3mindme.com - Emails you in 48 hours What does 3mindMe.com do? Basically, we're a gateway to your future self: email us anything, and we'll mail it back to you at a future time and date of your choosing. How much does it cost? Nothing! This is just a fun project for me. What's new? (updated 2008/5/3) Hooray, the first update not for timezones! Unfortunately, it's for spam. Luckily, I did something really tricky, so I'm hoping it won't be a problem... If you do get any spam via 3mindme, let me know. How do I use 3mindMe.com? There are two primary ways: - Email @3mindme.com and your email will be reflected back to you at whatever time or date you specify. - Email echo@3mindme.com and it'll be sent back to whatever time is set in the Subject line What do you mean by ""? You can construct your in three steps: 1) Ask yourself "When you want your email sent back to you?" 2) Write that down just as you'd say it out loud, for example: friday tomorrow noon next tuesday at 5pm PST 2 weeks 5 minutes before January 1st 2008 3) If you're emailing echo@3mindme.com, you're done! Just put that on the Subject: line of the email and send it, and it'll be sent back to you at the time and day you picked. For example, you could make the subject: 5 minutes before January 1st 2008: Get champagne, quick!! 4) Alternatively, just take all the spaces out and stick @3mindme.com on the back, and mail to that. For example, the above ones would be converted to: friday@3mindme.com tomorrownoon@3mindme.com nexttuesdayat5pmPST@3mindme.com 2weeks@3mindme.com 5minutesbeforeJanuary1st2008@3mindme.com Do you store my mail? Only as long as it takes to deliver it. After it's sent back to you, the mail is deleted. What's with the crappy name? Ya, 3mindMe.com doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but all the good names were taken. Please don't hesitate to email me suggestions at dbarrett@quinthar.com. Who are you? I'm David Barrett, and you can read more about me at http://quinthar.com, email me at dbarrett@quinthar.com, or follow me at http://twitter.com/quinthar. What else do you do? I'm also the founder of Expensify (http://expensify.com), which has the proud distinction of making "expense reports that don't suck!" If you like 3mindme, you might like Expensify as well. Thanks for using 3mindMe.com, and enjoy! -david