"'Borrowing some ideas from IM and social networking, Boxbe adds a privilege system to your inbox which allows you to create an e-mail "friends list," much like those on social sites."
Boxbe in the Blogosphere
Three Cool Add-Ons for Microsoft Outlook
November 29, 2007
"The San Francisco-based startup has come up with a Facebook-style, invite-only guest list that allows you to tightly control and manage who gets into your inbox and who gets left behind."
Say good-bye to spam for good with Boxbe
November 29, 2007
"About a month ago, I discovered Boxbe... It was one of those rare ?wow? moments that happens when you run across something that you haven?t seen before and that you think has unlimited potential."
Boxbe in the News
E-mail 'guest list' service Boxbe adds Yahoo Mail, beta Outlook integration
November 29, 2007
"Boxbe scans users' contact lists and archived e-mails to create buddy lists of friends, family and co-workers whose messages are allowed to pass through its virtual gateway."
"Boxbe scans users' contact lists and archived e-mails to create buddy lists of friends, family and co-workers whose messages are allowed to pass through its virtual gateway."
Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers
November 23, 2007
"Boxbe, lets users of Gmail, Microsoft Outlook and Yahoo Mail create a guest list, giving them final say on who is allowed to send e-mail. Anyone not on the list receives an invitation to join when they send an e-mail to the Boxbe user."
Working the Crowd
March 12, 2007
"Rather than using blacklists and filters to stop unwanted messages reaching their in-boxes, why not charge advertisers for permission to send promotional messages? That is the philosophy behind Boxbe."