“What is posterous?”
Posterous lets you post things online fast using email. You email us at post@posterous.com and we reply instantly with your new posterous blog.
If you can use email, you can have your own website to share thoughts and media with friends, family and the world.
“What can I send to posterous?”
You can attach any type of file and we'll post it along with the text of your email.
We'll do smarter things for photos, MP3's, documents and video (both links AND files)
“What do you do when I attach photos to an email?”
If you attach one photo (of any size, even direct from your camera!), we'll resize it to a web-friendly size and post it. If you attach more than one photo in the same message, we automatically create a good looking image gallery like this one:
“What do you do when I attach music to an email?”
We'll drop the music into a web MP3 player so that your readers can listen to it right there in their web browsers.
A - Punk by Vampire Weekend(download)
“What do you do when I attach a video file to an email?”
We will transcode your video so that you can see the it in a flash player right there in your browser. We'll host the file too, so you don't have to do any work at all. Posterous is THE easiest way to post a video online using email.
“What happens when I put a URL in my email? Does it get linked?”
We turn any URLs into links. But we try to do smarter things when we can.
If you paste a YouTube link, like this video of Kansas playing Carry On Wayward Son:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0
We automatically turn it into a YouTube embeded player for your new post:
We currently automatically embed players for the following sites: YouTube, Google Video, Hulu, Omnisio, MixWit, Justin.TV, Fliggo, Vimeo, TED Talks, Viddler, Dailymotion, and Brightcove.
If you'd like more sites added, let us know.
“Cool. What else can Posterous do?”
We're working hard to churn out new "wow" features that take rich content blogging to the next level. Here are a few we've done recently:
Twitter
Flickr
Tumblr
Blogger
Wordpress
Typepad
Movable Type
Livejournal
Xanga
Just set up your other accounts here. The next time you post to posterous, we will instantly autopost everywhere else.
Instant audio podcast
Your RSS feed at http://yournamehere.posterous.com/rss doubles as an iTunes-ready podcast feed. Just attach an mp3 to an email and you're good to go. Link to itpc://yournamehere.posterous.com/rss and let your friends subscribe in iTunes directly.
Custom domain names (yournamehere.com)
Got a domain name already? Want to use it with your posterous? No sweat -- just set up the DNS and run with it.
“Email is insecure. Is posterous secure?”
Email can easily be spoofed, but Posterous has come up with some ways to figure out if the email we receive comes from you. If we think it might not be you, we ask you to confirm the email before we post it. No matter what, you always get an email notification of every post we put online for your blog, with an easy link to remove the post if you didn't do it. And remember, if you're running into problems with people abusing your account, help is just one email away.
“Will posterous ever sell my information?”
Heck no. We only share what you tell us to share. We will always keep your email address and personal information private. See our privacy policy.
“Is it free?”
Yes, Posterous is enthusiastically a free service. Later, we'll be adding premium features we know you'll love, but there will always be a useful free version you can use.
“How much space do I get?”
You get up to 1 GB of space for personal use. If you need more, tell us. Think of us as your Gmail account for online publishing -- post everything and don't worry about space. We'll be rolling out more space and unlimited premium accounts in the months ahead.
“How is posterous different from other blog services?”
We focus on THE best email experience, and do a lot more to support large photo galleries and other file downloads. Other sites force you to upload through cumbersome web forms. With posterous, you can attach any files you want. Plus, you don't have to remember a gibberish secret email address. Just post@posterous.com and that's it.
“Why doesn't posterous have X feature yet?”
We're working hard to make posterous better every single day. A few things coming soon:
- Private and protected posterous blogs.
- Support for multiple contributors for blogs and multiple blogs per user.
- Customization and theming
- A rich API so you can build awesome apps we haven't even thought of yet.
Need something that we don't have yet? Email us at help@posterous.com. We can't promise we'll do it right away, but if we hear from you, we may just add your feature sooner!
“I've got a question not on this list.”
Cool, email us at help@posterous.com and we'll get back to you right away.
Try posterous now. It's free and one click away.
...or any other mail program. Posterous works wherever you have email.