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email management

SHOW HN2020

118points
22comments
#550of 3,028 in 2020
Top 19%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.

Idea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Works regardless of email client, unlike client-side approaches

    From 1 comment
    • Oh that's a cool idea for my work mail - gotta try that. For personal email though I wanted this to work regardless of the client - got Thunderbird on my personal laptop, a…
      charles_f on HN

Objections

  • Sender-based sorting may block wanted email

    From 1 comment
    • It doesn't, however it's less of a security related thing than a sorting filter. I haven't received a spoofed email in a while so the need is not as high. Re: your mechanical…
      charles_f on HN

Requests

  • Add a small example to explain how it works

    From 1 comment
    • Nice. Can you add a small example to better understand how it works?
      daitangio on HN
  • Work with Gmail filters

    From 1 comment
    • Would there by any easy way to make this work in Gmail with filters?
      Nick_vh on HN

Questions

  • Does it reclassify previously received email or only new incoming mail?

    From 1 comment
    • Looks interesting does it reclassify previously received email or only incoming once I classify a sender?
      pacifika on HN
  • How does it handle spoofed email addresses?

    From 1 comment
    • This looks interesting. How does it handle spoofed email addresses? A feature I'd like along with this (although I realise this breaks the paradigm of only accepting email you…
      nmstoker on HN

Alternatives named

  • SaneBox

    From 1 comment
    • I use sanebox.com for approximately this behavior, and I'm happy with their service. Sanebox works by logging into my mail server, not replacing it. I have three "send"…
      Syzygies on HN
  • Thunderbird SQLite querying

    From 1 comment
    • Sort of related, this type of thing isn't difficult if you use Thunderbird. All your email is stored in a big sqlite file. You can query with all the power of SQL. A few things…
      bachmeier on HN
  • Sieve filters

    From 1 comment
    • Couldn’t this be done by Sieve filters already?
      teddyh on HN
  • Gmail filters via Apps Script

    From 1 comment
    • I recently looked around to see if this was possible in gmail and found the following: https://github.com/garyholeman/CreateGmailFilters It has some limitations but mostly it was…
      rojoca on HN
  • BoxTrapper

    From 1 comment
    • It doesn't, however it's less of a security related thing than a sorting filter. I haven't received a spoofed email in a while so the need is not as high. Re: your mechanical…
      charles_f on HN

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