File Mess
Productivity
email attachments
SHOW HN2012
9points
7comments
#1,394of 1,677 in 2012
Top 84%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Docs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Maker's front-end apps for emailbox are open code
From 1 comment
Thanks! Both those guys are fantastic tools, but leave a lot to be desired as far as permissions (all, not partial) and extensibility. As front-end apps for emailbox are open…
nicholasreed on HN
Objections
Landing page is confusing about what it does
From 1 comment
Congrats on launching and shipping! Just a note: your landing page is still a little confusing as far as what File Mess can do. Are you using Context.IO[0]? I just…
route3 on HN
Title does not explain the product
From 2 comments
I couldn't tell what this was from the title. Here is the description from visiting the link: Easily create public links for your email attachments. Receive files in email. Drag…
welder on HNI was also fooled by the title :) In fact I was hoping for something a little different. What I wanted was something that intercepted my attachment(s) stored them in the cloud…
hsmyers on HN
Requests
Intercept attachments, store them in the cloud, and send an embedded link instead
From 1 comment
I was also fooled by the title :) In fact I was hoping for something a little different. What I wanted was something that intercepted my attachment(s) stored them in the cloud…
hsmyers on HN
Alternatives named
Context.IO
From 1 comment
Congrats on launching and shipping! Just a note: your landing page is still a little confusing as far as what File Mess can do. Are you using Context.IO[0]? I just…
route3 on HN
Mailgun
From 1 comment
Congrats on launching and shipping! Just a note: your landing page is still a little confusing as far as what File Mess can do. Are you using Context.IO[0]? I just…
route3 on HN
Google Drive public links
From 1 comment
Have you tried using the new(ish) Google Drive feature that lets you upload an attachment to Drive, then get a public link for the file that you can email to someone?
nicholasreed on HN