Free (As In Beer) E-Mail Subscription Icons

Although e-mail subscriptions are related to RSS feeds, I didn’t like using the standard RSS icon next to my “Get Updates by E-Mail” link. I had trouble finding an icon that matched the standard RSS icon being offered for free, so I created the icon to the left for my own use.

Recently, I noticed that one of my favorite “how to make money” bloggers (Maki from doshdosh.com), was using the standard RSS icon next to his “Get Updates By E-mail” link. Because I take a lot of free information from DoshDosh, I thought I’d offer him the email icon as a small token of my appreciation. He graciously accepted it, and you can see it in action by visiting his site.

If any of you have been looking for a similar icon, I packed eight different sizes of the icon pictured above into a .zip file for you to download and use on your website for free, no strings attached.

Download the free email subscription icon pack here.

If you found this useful, be sure to let me know in the comments.

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65 Responses to “Free (As In Beer) E-Mail Subscription Icons”

  1. n0ia Says:
    September 25th, 2007 at 9:14 am

    I think that icon looks great. Did you make it straight from scratch or did you use an RSS icon as the base?

    If you did make it from scratch – you really oughta look into doing some freelance type graphic design type stuff. That way you’re not strapped down to a job.

  2. Jon Says:
    September 25th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    I used the RSS icon as a base, but you can make things like this pretty easily with a free vector graphics program called Inkscape.

  3. Maki Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    Thanks, Jon.. for the free email icon and cheers for offering it to everyone for free. That’s nice of you. :)

  4. Aimee Says:
    November 1st, 2007 at 3:54 am

    I´m using your icon now. Like you, I was looking for something different that still kept the same feel of the RSS standard and since I´m on an extended stay out of the country I don´t have access to my Adobe CS2. Good thing I found your icon which saved the day.

  5. Markie Says:
    November 26th, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    You are a real star, Jon. I did a quick Google search for “icon email”. Your site came up on the first or second page and was EXACTLY what I was looking for!!

  6. Eto Akta Gamat Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 7:10 am

    i just added the icon to my blog. it’s perfect. thanks very much.

  7. Karen Says:
    December 17th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

  8. bovolo Says:
    December 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    thanks for the icons, I typed email icon RSS and voila! this is what I was looking for, I’m still setting up the links, in few days it will be ready.

  9. Rizwan Says:
    January 10th, 2008 at 6:49 am

    hi, thanks a mill for these icons. was desperately trying to find some way of giving users the option of subscribing via RSS or Email without having to waste space duplicating words. unfortunately standard email icons just don’t convey the message. double kudos on putting it out there for free. interesting that you don’t use it on your site, but you can see it in use on our blog at http://www.urbansurvivalproject.org

    thanks again

  10. Pula Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Thanks very much. Nice icon. It would be nice if you also have printer icon similar to this one. Anyway simple and useful. Thanks

  11. Darren McLauglin Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 7:52 am

    Game in from Google and grabbed the pack. Thanks much.

  12. Dave Says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    I’ve been looking for this for a while; guess I didn’t choose the right search terms last time I Googled. Thanks! In use at http://qarrtsiluni.com/

  13. Rich Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    Jon,

    I love your icons, and I’m using one on my blog. I’ve also blogged on where I got them.

  14. Stewart Schatz Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    Great icon! Thanks!

    I will be using it on 2 different blogs.

    Nice Job!

  15. Carolyn Bahm Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Beautiful email icon! Just what I was looking for. I’ll install it sometime over the next couple of days. Thank you!

  16. Voucher Mad UK Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    Great icons – just what I needed for people to subscribe to deals on my UK discount code site. Thanks again – Martin.

  17. simple mom Says:
    March 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Thanks for this!

  18. Anjali Nandan Says:
    March 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Thanks a Bunch! Just what I was looking for!!

  19. Paul Says:
    March 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    Thanks for the cool icon, couldn’t resist adding it to my site :-)

  20. Ann Says:
    April 11th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    Thanks so much … just what I was looking for!

  21. Philip Crawford Says:
    April 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Wow, exactly what I was looking for.

    Thanks Jon!

  22. E. I. Sanchez Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Thanks for the icon. It rocks!

    Edgar

  23. WebKak Says:
    April 17th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Loving that icon :-)

  24. Jess Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    Great!! Thank you so much!

  25. Dan Wolfgang Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

  26. brainmenu Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Excellent. Thank you very much

  27. acme Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Great!. Thank you.

  28. KerryJ Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks so much – these will be perfect for our Group!

  29. Nenette Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Fabulous! Thanks for these… I’d been looking everywhere for something like this!
    Found this post after the hubby gave me the link to your beard page… nice. :)

  30. anatati Says:
    June 7th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Hello!

    Great icon. However, I’m quite new to blogs. How would it be possible to install it? :D

    Regards!

  31. Nikki Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Thank you!!

  32. Tyler @ Building Camelot Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Awesome – this is just what I was looking for. Thank you!

  33. William Bay Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Thanks Mate!
    Got one up on my blog now!

  34. Brent Diggs Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.

  35. Avani-Mehta Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Hi,
    I have been searching for something like this since a long time. Thanks for the icon.

  36. Kyle Studstill Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Exactly what I was looking for – thanks for making this available!

  37. Rene Says:
    August 7th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Would be perfect on my blog but I have no idea how to install this icon into my Feedburner html script. Would really appreciate your help.

  38. Jon Says:
    August 7th, 2008 at 6:31 am

    1. Copy the 16×16 version of the icon to your server
    2. Look at your feedburner HTML for this:

    <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2294751&amp;loc=en_US">Subscribe by Email</a>

    3. Right before that insert the following making sure to insert the location of your image where it says [location of the image on your server]:

    <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2294751&amp;loc=en_US"><img src="[location of the image on your server]" alt="" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0"/></a>&nbsp;
  39. Rene Says:
    August 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    Worked like a charm Jon. Will be happy to spread the word. Many thanks.

  40. MarketSci Says:
    August 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Exactly what we were looking for. Thanks a million!

  41. Mikaela Larosa Says:
    October 3rd, 2008 at 5:46 am

    Thanks!

  42. Jonathan Hunt Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Thanks for the icon Jon, I’m using the 16×16 icon on my rat blog and it looks perfect right below my RSS button :)

  43. Jon Peltier Says:
    November 5th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    Jon -

    Many thanks. The Mail icon looks right in place next to the RSS icon.

  44. Dylan Thomas Says:
    November 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Thanks so much for this. It’s exactly what I was looking for when redesigning our email newsletter. Next up is incorporation into our new blog: Everything Communicates

    http://blogs.rassak.com/everythingcommunicates

  45. Momma, The Casual Perfectionist Says:
    December 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Thank you!! This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for sharing!!

  46. Mad Stratter Says:
    December 10th, 2008 at 11:27 pm

    Thanks! I’ve been looking all week for an icon for e-mail subscription that would fit my theme, and this matches perfectly with my design.

    http://www.madstratter.com

  47. Jennifer Says:
    December 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Thanks! I’ve put this on my site now!

    Do you have the RSS icon to match? I have an RSS icon and the color is subtly different… I want matching colors of both :/ Where did you get your RSS icon?

    Thanks,
    Jennifer

  48. Johan Says:
    December 20th, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Thanks a lot! Looks great.

  49. Straw000 Says:
    December 27th, 2008 at 12:46 am

    THX!! I was useful : ) I will be using it : D

  50. GH Says:
    February 1st, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Thanks so much for this!

  51. Jonas Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Thank you for the icon :)

  52. Penelope Says:
    March 10th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    This is a nice little icon – just what I was looking for. Many thanks for making it available.

  53. Jac Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Thanks for sharing.

  54. Melanie O Says:
    April 22nd, 2009 at 2:33 am

    Hey, great icon! Thanks for sharing!

  55. Nod Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Thanks for the neat icons. =)

  56. freedimensional Says:
    May 31st, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Hey Jon, hi all,

    I was inspired by your frustration at the poor choice of standard feed icons, and have created a WordPress plugin (my first ever) that you might be interested in. It is called Subscription Options.

    It adds three subscription feed icons options for readers to place in any widget-ready area. Users can add a FeedBurner RSS feed URL; a FeedBurner Email service URL and a Twitter feed URL to the relevant images. Icon sizes and title text are totally user-defined.

    I used the standard orange RSS icon that you used to create your mail icon, and I’ve remixed your mail icon and turned it green (you get credit in my readme). Finally, I’ve made a totally new Twitter feed icon in blue, which I hope your readers will like.

    Please check it out here:
    http://digitalcortex.net/plugins

    All feedback appreciated.

    Yours,
    Tom

  57. ram raghavan Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    this is exactly what i have been looking for. thanks a lot for sharing!

  58. Island Says:
    July 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!!

  59. fncbloke Says:
    July 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Nice icon, just what I was looking for. Thanks.

  60. Caryn Caldwell Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    This is wonderful – exactly what I needed! Thanks!

  61. Jacob Says:
    August 3rd, 2009 at 4:04 am

    Hey thanks for the icon. Just what I wanted!

  62. Dave Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Thanks, fits perfectly next to the free animated RSS icon I found ;-)

    Cheers from Germany…

  63. Robert Ellison Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Jon, thanks for the icon, it’s exactly what I was looking for.

  64. Sapan Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Thanks a lot Jon, have created a new one of 48 x 48 and have started using it on my blog… :)

  65. Shannon Bowman Says:
    January 4th, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    You’re the top hit on Google for “RSS email icon” now… well done! Was just what I needed. The snip of code in the comments was a real time-saver too.

    High-five for free beer (and speech)!

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