FAQ

NewsletterArchive is a website that aims to archive and make available to the public all email newsletters. It will rely on user contributions for its content.

While several search engines index Web pages and Archive.org keeps an archive of past versions of websites, newsletters are neither archived nor accessible on the Web. This means that the portion of the Internet's history contained in newsletters exists only in the personal archives of those who have received them and have decided to keep them. NewsletterArchive aims to compile this common heritage, conserve it and make it available to everyone.

• Anyone who, over the years, has kept copies of electronic newsletters to which he or she was subscribed.
• Anyone who publishes a newsletter and wants it to be archived.
• Anyone who wants to make a contribution by subscribing NewsletterArchive to various newsletters that are available.

NewsletterArchive will accept only newsletters that respect the following:

• Newsletters are/were sent to an opt-in list. It is/was necessary for recipients to subscribe to it in order to receive it.
• Newsletters are/were available for free to anyone who wishes/wished to be subscribed. Newsletters with paid subscriptions are therefore not eligible, nor are newsletters sent to a restricted group of people, such as those intended for an organization's clients or investors.
• Mailing list messages related to transactions are ineligible. This includes email messages confirming one's subscription to, or withdrawal from, a mailing list.
• Newsletter digests that provide summaries or compilations of discussion groups are ineligible.
• Newsletters of a sexual, defamatory or offensive nature are not admissible.

By transferring your archived newsletters:

1. Sign up for an account.
2. Details of an IMAP account will be sent to you by email.
3. Configure your IMAP account in your email software program.
4. Drag-and-drop your newsletters into your IMAP account folder.
5. Within a few minutes, NewsletterArchive will have read and archived your newsletters and made them available to anyone online.

To enable the automatic archiving of future editions of active newsletters you have submitted to the archive, sign NewsletterArchive up to receive those newsletters via your user@newsletterarchive.org email address.

IMPORTANT: Please note that it is impossible to contribute to NewsletterArchive by transferring emails via the "forward" function. Forwarding email destroys information that is necessary for the proper filing of newsletters.

For the moment, you can erase email newsletters that you have added to the archive and you can manage your keywords.

Newsletter publishers often personalize mailings, addressing you by name. Sometimes mailings also include your email address. Keywords are words that could be used to identify you personally. You need to enter a list of these keywords (last name, first name, nickname, email address, etc.) in your profile so that they will be automatically removed from newsletters that are made public, thus protecting your anonymity and your privacy.