ZeroMailer
Productivity
mailing lists
SHOW HN2013
18points
9comments
#1,031of 1,739 in 2013
Top 60%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 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
Simple and easy to use
From 2 comments
Really, really simple to use. 2000 emails a month will be plenty for me for right now.
tlongren on HNBeen using Zeromailer for some random groups of friends and it's been super useful and easy to use. Lowers the barrier for communication significantly when you don't have to…
ernestipark on HN
Lowers barrier to group communication
From 1 comment
Been using Zeromailer for some random groups of friends and it's been super useful and easy to use. Lowers the barrier for communication significantly when you don't have to…
ernestipark on HN
Objections
Google sign-in required to create lists excludes some users
From 1 comment
Very interesting. This could be a simple low-tech alternative to Facebook groups and such, given that not everybody has a Facebook account. Conversely not everyone has a Gmail…
loevborg on HN
Google sign-in does not meaningfully stop spam
From 1 comment
How does that curtail spam? It's not a lower barrier than a Captcha. Although it takes longer to set up a throwaway login, many spammers have lots of throwaway accounts on hand.
QuantumGood on HN
Questions
Does the service store contacts
From 1 comment
Nice idea, one thing I'd like to mention is you really should state somewhere that you're not storing people's contacts (I do hope that you're actually not), otherwise the…
primitivesuave on HN
Alternatives named
FreeLists
From 1 comment
Long established alternative ran by a friend that doesn't have limits and doesn't require a Google account/sign-in either: http://www.freelists.org/
jlgaddis on HN