Mailghost

Infrastructure

email configuration generator

SHOW HN2014

30points
10comments
#988of 2,272 in 2014
Top 44%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.

Execution: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful time saver for Ghost config

    From 1 comment
    • Great time saver. Thanks! Minor grammar nazi note: "Sign up to" sounds weird. I would expect "Sign up for" or "Sign in to", not a hybrid of the two.
      mariusc23 on HN
  • Makes Mailgun attractive to potential customers

    From 1 comment
    • Gotta give it to Mailgun. With these little tools and not to mention previous week's Email Templates [0], they are really tempting potential customers. I have been looking at…
      codegeek on HN

Objections

  • Ghost's built-in sendmail transport is enough without a service

    From 1 comment
    • Note that Ghost will happily use server's own mail-sending capabilities (your MTA) if you set the transport to sendmail. Here's a sample from config.js, so simple that no…
      spindritf on HN
  • Generator outputs Development config instead of Production

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Generate Production config as well as Development

    From 1 comment
  • Fix wording of 'Sign up to' text

    From 1 comment
    • Great time saver. Thanks! Minor grammar nazi note: "Sign up to" sounds weird. I would expect "Sign up for" or "Sign in to", not a hybrid of the two.
      mariusc23 on HN

Questions

  • Why does the config target Development rather than Production

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Ghost sendmail transport using the server's own MTA

    From 1 comment
    • Note that Ghost will happily use server's own mail-sending capabilities (your MTA) if you set the transport to sendmail. Here's a sample from config.js, so simple that no…
      spindritf on HN
  • Mandrill

    From 1 comment
    • Gotta give it to Mailgun. With these little tools and not to mention previous week's Email Templates [0], they are really tempting potential customers. I have been looking at…
      codegeek on HN

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