Using Twimailer effectively
I signed up to Twimailer recently to better manage my Twitter followers. It certainly saves me at least one click and a tab switch because I no longer have to click on a link and switch to a new tab on my browser to see what my newest follower is like on Twitter.
While Twimailer takes over Twitter's email notification to include additional information that will help you decide whether to follow back the person who just followed you, it apparently tends to eat direct messages, as in it doesn't always email direct messages to your inbox.
Because I rely a lot on my email to monitor my direct messages, this is a crucial issue for me. This ingenious tip by @peppery via @beaugiles seems to be doing the trick as twitter still sends me regular notifications but as soon as there is a new follower notice, Gmail will forward it to my twimailer address and delete the original email before I get the chance to see it.
This way I get my direct messages directly from Twitter's notifications and my new follower email from Twimailer.
