The case of the 500-mile email

Case Study: Email Startups

Comprehensive analysis of email startup failures. Why most email companies fail, burn millions in VC funding, and shut down. Learn what actually works.

Phantom Obligation

Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.

Phantom Obligation

Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.

The Emergent Self Loop

Nearly once a week I receive an email from a different stranger.

Oh God, It's Raining Newsletters

On the rise of newsletter production, consumption, and monetization, and how email is one of the most powerful and resilient publishing platforms.

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Cooperative email for PDS operators

Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026?

Here are some of the best techniques for keeping email addresses hidden from spammers—along with the statistics on how likely they are to be broken.

Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026?

Here are some of the best techniques for keeping email addresses hidden from spammers—along with the statistics on how likely they are to be broken.

scottlanoue.com/atmosphere-mail

Cooperative email for PDS operators

State of the blog

About 3 years since I started writing weekly.

Email Etiquette

You have probably been referred to this page because you've sent an email to myself or a mailing list I run, probably containing a question, which was difficult to deal with.

Notes On Epstein's Emails

_ With the seemingly momentous dumping of what appears to be millions of emails from the infamous Epstein saga by the Department of Justice, we are witnes...