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What is posterous?
Posterous lets you post things online fast using email. You email us at post@posterous.comand 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.
Posterous is NOT a micro blog. There's nothing micro about it! There are no limits to what you can post. We're here to build the best web publishing platform out there, whether it's your gateway to Twitter, your family website, or your pro blog. There's nothing Posterous can't do.
What can I send to posterous?
You can send anything! Posterous will accept any file you send and convert it to the most web friendly format available. We'll host everything and publish it online instantly.
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, audio files and links, documents and video (both links AND files). Here's just a sample of what we support.
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.
What do you do when I attach a video file to an email?
We will transcode your video so that you can see it in a flash player right there in your browser. It will even play on an iPhone without flash.
We take almost all video files you can think of, and 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:
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, Funny Or Die, Omnisio, MixWit, Justin.TV, Fliggo, Vimeo, motionbox, TED Talks, Viddler, Dailymotion, Blip.tv, Revver, TeacherTube, GodTube, seesmic, Brightcove, and others.
What is autopost?
Are you on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and other networks? Don't post to each of these places manually! Post to Posterous by email and we'll update all the other communities you are a part of.
Facebook
Twitter
Flickr
Tumblr
Blogger
Wordpress
Typepad
Movable Type
Livejournal
XangaJust set up your other accounts here. The next time you post to posterous, we will instantly autopost everywhere else.
A full list of supported autopost sites can be found here.
Can my site be private?
Absolutely. You can set a password on your site so only the readers you want can see it. They don't need to create an account to see your site, just enter the password you give them. Simple. More information about private sites can be found here.
You can also make a single post private by emailing it to private@posterous.com. We'll send you back a secret URL to that post.
Can I make a group site?
Posterous is great for group sites. You can add your friends or family’s email addresses to any Posterous site you control. Then they email post@sitename.posterous.com to post to it. They don't even need to create an account.
All posts and comments on that site will be emailed to all contributors instantly. It's works just like an email list, but smarter.
Posterous groups are useful for families, sports teams, etc. to share photos and video. No registration required, no software to learn, no hoops to jump through.
How do I add tags?
Add tags simply in the subject of your email using the syntax ((tag: apple, gadgets)). This works in the bookmarklet too. You can see your tags on the homepage of your site and click on them to see those posts. You can also see what people are saying about
