OtherInbox for Mom

February 18 2009, 5:49am

My mother has been teaching first or second grade for more years than she will allow me to admit in this post. Recently, she logged into her email account with the school district while visiting with some fellow teachers in the teacher's lounge. The first email that popped up informed her how she could enlarge her . . . well, let's just say it was not pencil. My mom turned red and immediately logged out of her email. The teachers started talking about how embarrassing all the spam is, how they don't know where it comes from, and what to do about it.

My mom is a great teacher, but she doesn't teach technology. She has a hard time checking her voicemail on her brick of a cell phone, let alone being the first to sign up for a cool new beta app for email overload. But, when she called me and told me her story, I knew I had to do something. I talked my mom through signing up for an OtherInbox and even trying out our new "OtherInbox for Gmail" that we are testing with a few of our current beta users. To my surprise, she went through all the steps with ease and little guidance. When I woke up this morning, I had an email from my aunt, a cousin, and some of my mothers teacher friends asking for OtherInbox.

OtherInbox has attracted some of the most tech savvy people I have ever met, but it can be beneficial to anyone. If you know someone who could use a little help with clearing out embarrassing spam and unwanted junk in their email, get them on our waiting list, and help them gain control of their email again. Oh, and before you ask, my aunt and my mother's teacher friends are all on the waiting list as well. ;)