"Last writes" (with thanks to the St. Pete Times for the great headline)

It's one of the busiest -- and most dangerous -- travel days of the year, so naturally as you gather with family and friends, you're thinking about... death.

Here's a Web oddity you'll want handy for moments like these: a site that, after you die, sends people e-mail you've written just for that occasion. Mylastemail.com describes itself this way:

Coping with the death of someone close is always difficult – and usually unexpected. It is important to think now about what happens when you don't have the time to say goodbye properly to family and friends, who are left trying to cope with sudden loss. Mylastemail.com aims to help.

Until now, planning for your death has involved making a Will and putting some kind of insurance in place. Unlike a Will and financial planning, mylastemail.com deals with the emotional and compassionate aspects of taking care of the people you leave behind.

Would you use this service? If so, for whom? If not, why not?

Comments

[barbara]

i won't use it, but i am curious about how this service would work. you're supposed to leave instructions to contact mylastemail upon your death with someone? although the subject is somewhat humorous, the issue did come up in my life when my daughter died. i knew she had corresponded with a friend by email just before she was killed. i knew her email address but not the password - the wrong password was in her day planner. i contacted yahoo with the information i had and offered to provide them all the documentation they wanted to prove that bekah had died and that i was her mother. they refused to even respond personally to me, and bekah's email contents are long gone now.