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# Email isn't dead
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/email-isnt-dead/
- Published: 2006-08-04T12:54:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:43:12.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Technology, Web building

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/206682017/?ref=chrismessina.me)With cultureware [services](http://sf.flavorpill.net/current%5Fmailer.jsp?ref=chrismessina.me) like [Flavorpill](http://beta.sf.flavorpill.net/?ref=chrismessina.me) launching a new email newsletter called [Activate](http://beta.activate.us/current/index.html?ref=chrismessina.me) (*"World News Once a Week"* \-- [subscribe](http://www.flavorpill.net/subscribe/index.jsp?activate=checked&ref=chrismessina.me)) and [Amit Gupta](http://www.amitgupta.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) and [co](http://photojojo.com/about/?ref=chrismessina.me)'s [PhotoJojo](http://photojojo.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) pulling in over [10K subscribers](http://amitgupta.com/blog/shoebox/2006/07/08/photojojo-reaches-10000-subscribers/?ref=chrismessina.me) (4K via RSS) and [getting Wall Street Journal ink](http://amitgupta.com/blog/shoebox/2006/07/26/photojojo-in-the-wall-street-journal/?ref=chrismessina.me), email newsletters are far from dead. Just put that one away in your quiver next time some tries to suggest that email's dead (I'll have more on this later).