Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#1

Post by mailpin » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:34 PM UTC

Show HN: Turn an email to a web page
mailp.in

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#2

Post by stanmancan » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:18 PM UTC

This is a neat idea. It would be cool to somehow allow you to add a list of recipients that should receive the link once it's pinned, but I guess that takes away from the simplicity of it.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#3

Post by scoj » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:22 PM UTC

I like the idea. I can't think of a specific use-case for me yet, but email integrated apps are often pretty cool and make for easier adoption.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#4

Post by roryhughes » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:25 PM UTC

It would be handy if you could attach a js or css file to the email which would be used in the published page.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#5

Post by gnicholas » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:36 PM UTC

roryhughes wrote: post #4

It would be handy if you could attach a js or css file to the email which would be used in the published page.

This is an excellent idea—I've received many requests from people who want to be able to use the BeeLine Reader browser plugins to read their email. This would accomplish that goal. Even without a JS/CSS helper, this is still really awesome because people can use this tool in combination with our browser plugins. Please contact me (nick@BeeLineReader.com) if you end up allowing JS/CSS helpers so that we can work with you to make ours compatible. Thanks again for this awesome product!

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#6

Post by umurkontaci » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #5

roryhughes wrote: post #4

It would be handy if you could attach a js or css file to the email which would be used in the published page.

This is an excellent idea—I've received many requests from people who want to be able to use the BeeLine Reader browser plugins to read their email. This would accomplish that goal. Even without a JS/CSS helper, this is still really awesome because people can use this tool in combination with our browser plugins. Please contact me (nick@BeeLineReader.com) if you end up allowing JS/CSS helpers so that we can work with…

I'm sorry, you have written a very similar message to the comments section of the given link. It smells spam.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#7

Post by nathancahill » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

Thread.is tried to do this a couple years ago. Gone now. Not sure there's a good use case for it.

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Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#8

Post by Kiro » Tue, May 06, 2014, 9:53 PM UTC

umurkontaci wrote: post #6

gnicholas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an excellent idea—I've received many requests from people who want to be able to use the BeeLine Reader browser plugins to read their email. This would accomplish that goal. Even without a JS/CSS helper, this is still really awesome because people can use this tool in combination with our browser plugins. Please contact me (nick@BeeLineReader.com) if you end up allowing JS/CSS helpers so that we can work with…

I'm sorry, you have written a very similar message to the comments section of the given link. It smells spam.

What do you mean? Yes, he posted another message endorsing mailp.in in the comments and here he's reaching out for a collaboration. I don't see why it would be spam just because he's mentioning his product.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#9

Post by 0xdeadbeefbabe » Tue, May 06, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

stanmancan wrote: post #2

This is a neat idea. It would be cool to somehow allow you to add a list of recipients that should receive the link once it's pinned, but I guess that takes away from the simplicity of it.

That seems in line with the design more so than uploading css or js.

Re: Show HN: Turn an email to a web page

#10

Post by gnicholas » Tue, May 06, 2014, 10:07 PM UTC

umurkontaci wrote: post #6

gnicholas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an excellent idea—I've received many requests from people who want to be able to use the BeeLine Reader browser plugins to read their email. This would accomplish that goal. Even without a JS/CSS helper, this is still really awesome because people can use this tool in combination with our browser plugins. Please contact me (nick@BeeLineReader.com) if you end up allowing JS/CSS helpers so that we can work with…

I'm sorry, you have written a very similar message to the comments section of the given link. It smells spam.

wow, really sorry to have set off your spam-alert. I think their solution is really awesome and a great complement to our tool. I couldn't have made my point without mentioning what my browser plugin does, which is why I included the name (but no link here, mind). If two posts makes me a spammer, then so be it, but I'm mostly just trying to encourage mailpin to consider the opportunity to collaborate with browser plugin companies, which is something they may not have thought of.