From 610823cb969bc0db9b6a059b92162d82889243ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Young Lee <8462583+yl8976@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:41:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b85b163..9a295ce 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ There are some free services online that do the same thing (e.g. [kill-the-newsl - **Risk of blocklisting**: being forced to use the same domain (@kill-the-newsletter.com) as everyone else increases the likelihood that an email newsletter can blocklist you from signing up. - **Self-hosting is non-trivial**: Kill The Newsletter is also [open source](https://github.com/leafac/kill-the-newsletter), but the self-hosting steps seem neither straightforward nor does it focus on exclusively leveraging free services. -On the other hand, while Email-to-RSS isn't necessarily a one-click-deploy solution, it works just as well, is customized to your domain, and is completely free (except for the custom domain itself)! +On the other hand, while Email-to-RSS isn't necessarily a one-click-deploy solution, it works just as well, is customized to your domain, and is **almost** free (you still need to buy a custom domain)! ## Features @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ On the other hand, while Email-to-RSS isn't necessarily a one-click-deploy solut ## Setup 1. Buy your custom domain. You can buy it directly from Cloudflare for convenience. If purchased elsewhere, add the domain to your Cloudflare account to manage the DNS there. + 1. **IMPORTANT!** Make sure your domain name extension (e.g. `.com`) is one of the ones allowed by [ForwardEmail.com's free tier](https://forwardemail.net/en/faq#what-domain-name-extensions-can-be-used-for-free). 2. Clone this repository. 3. Open your command line in the cloned repo folder and run: `bash setup.sh` – this will install dependencies and set up the Cloudflare Worker/KV with your admin password. 4. Set up your ForwardEmail.net account and configure it to forward to Cloudflare (replace `yourdomain.com` with your custom domain):