Pubmail.io
Productivity
public email communication
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and execution for public transparency
From 3 comments
Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
deskglass on HNHey, thanks for making this! I've considered doing this as a pre-emptive for NSLs relating to geolocation (building GPS apps). Nice to see someone do it. Have you gotten any…
hellbanner on HNThis is an excellent idea. I have no idea if this is already a feature, but it would be nice to see when the recipient has opened/read a mail. I really wish something like this…
fapjacks on HN
Objections
Legal concerns about sharing private correspondence
From 2 comments
Are there not legal ramifications for automatically sharing what is presumed to be private correspondence? For example a politician might well reply with information that is not…
glomph on HNYes there is. Public disclosure of private facts but only if it's not in the public interest AND it needs to be offensive. But realistically this is the United States and you're…
oceanplexian on HN
No legal jurisdiction defined for the 'legal purposes' checkbox
From 2 comments
"I will not use Pubmail for spamming or any illegal purposes." Not checking that box until "illegal" is defined. Which jurisdiction? Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email…
yellowapple on HNCan you answer the initial question about legal jurisdiction, though? This is still not clear in the About page, and if you're including a checkbox (that's thankfully optional)…
yellowapple on HN
Lack of standard SMTP/IMAP access
From 2 comments
"I will not use Pubmail for spamming or any illegal purposes." Not checking that box until "illegal" is defined. Which jurisdiction? Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email…
yellowapple on HN> POP, SMTP and IMAP would seem contrary the whole idea of a public stream of email communication I disagree. I believe it would create for easier access to a public stream of…
hnyc on HN
Requests
Search and filter function
From 2 comments
Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
deskglass on HNWould be great to see a search and/or filter function.
albertpark on HN
Email signature disclosing public access
From 2 comments
Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
deskglass on HNYah, a signature feature would pretty much need to be essential. It's pretty essential you tell some one they're on speakerphone, let alone a permanent record.
jszymborski on HN
Read/open receipts
From 1 comment
This is an excellent idea. I have no idea if this is already a feature, but it would be nice to see when the recipient has opened/read a mail. I really wish something like this…
fapjacks on HN
Flag as spam or inappropriate option
From 2 comments
There should be an option to flag email as spam, or as unwanted email, or as scam, or just a general "flag" option (for other people's mailboxes, too).
spoiler on HNAh, I was thinking more along the lines of generally inappropriate email that a spam filter wouldn't pick up. Like public shaming or flaming, for example.
spoiler on HN
Questions
How is this different from blogging?
From 1 comment
How's this different from just blogging?
sktrdie on HN
What is the stack and hosting?
From 2 comments
Looks like a really cool idea! What’s your stack? It spoke Polish to me on your login page because of my IP :)
pimpl on HNCool service, OP, where/how are you hosting this, btw? I ask because some years ago I built a ruby-based service very much like it for personal use, but the monthly aws costs…
ffn on HN
Alternatives named
Mailinator
From 1 comment
>Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email address to create an email address. You can use a pubmail email address to sign up for pubmail, then check the public pubmail…
Nadya on HN