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Tweet, reply, and retweet without worrying about 140

If you've ever sent a tweet, reply, or retweet over 140 characters (don't worry - it happens to the best of us), you know that tweetymail will respond back with an email letting you know. The easiest thing to do in that case is to click the "post the full text" link in the email and re-send to post@tweetymail.com. However, if you find yourself going over 140 characters often then you might feel like this is one step too many. That's why we've added a new option that allows you to tweet, reply, and retweet without ever having to worry about the 140 character limit. Simply enable this setting and tweetymail will automatically post the full text any time the text is too long. It works exactly like re-sending to post@tweetymail.com, but without the extra step.

To enable this new setting:

  • Sign in to your tweetymail account
  • Click on "General Settings" on the Email Addresses tab in your account
  • Scroll down to the "Tweeting over 140 Characters" section and check the box
  • Save the settings
Settings

Please note that this setting is only available to FULL/MAX users.

Special thanks to @brucewagner for suggesting this feature!

Smart retweets from your email

One of the best features in tweetymail is the ability to retweet directly from your email. Simply click the "retweet" link next to a tweet and tweetymail will auto-populate an email that you can immediately send (or edit first if you choose to):

Rt-example

This existing retweet feature is extremely fast and easy to use, but it also relies on "old style" retweeting in which you basically re-state the tweet with "RT @someuser:" in front of it. This format makes the most sense when you need to alter the text (e.g. to make it fit) or want to add your own comment. But what about those times when you simply want to retweet without adding a comment or worrying about going over 140 characters because of the extra text?

We're really excited to announce that tweetymail now supports "new style" Twitter retweets (learn about these here)! We still want to give you the flexibility to add your comments, though, so we came up with a neat way for tweetymail to automatically "do the right thing". Here's how it works:

  • When you click the "retweet" link next to a tweet, tweetymail will auto-populate a retweet email just like always
  • If you send the email without changing anything, tweetymail will generate a "new style" retweet
  • If you change *anything* in the retweet text, such as adding your own comment, tweetymail will post using the "old style" retweet format
*Note: Adding extra whitespace to the beginning or end of the retweet text does not constitute a change

*Update (10/31/10): Some mail clients automatically add line-breaks. Hence, we now ignore certain extra whitespace within the retweet text and do not treat it as a change.


It's super simple and works automatically. You get to take advantage of new style retweets when they make sense without losing the flexibility of the old style format.

We hope you love this new feature as much as we do! Feel free to leave your comments below. Oh... and please RT! ;-)

Look at the beautiful tweeps in your inbox

Isn't it nice to put a face on a tweet? That's why we just updated our emails to include Twitter profile pictures!

Photo

Please do us a favor: Leave a comment below and let us know how the new emails look in your email client. We've tested the change in Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Outlook, Lotus Notes, and iPhone. We would love to hear from BlackBerry and Android users, as well as anyone using tweetymail with another email client or mobile device. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Finally - we want to give a special thanks to @alexs77 and @SR1NY for providing this suggestion.