yeah but does it have blockchain????
Show HN: I made an open-source anonymous email forwarding service
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#43This looks interesting. For now I've been using the + suffix on my G Suite account: name+alias@example.com. The only downside to this is the fact that some websites don't have proper email validation and say that this email address is invalid.
Thanks, I wrote a blog post[1] recently about the benefits of using different aliases as opposed to plus-addresses and that was one of the issues I mentioned.
[1] https://anonaddy.com/blog/why-you-should-use-a-different-ema...
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#44Can I pay with monero (privacy friendly crypto currency).
Yes you can, although at the moment it is done manually as I haven't got round to implementing a proper crypto checkout flow!
There are instructions on the subscription page of your account.
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#45Looks nice.
I already made this: https://idbloc.co/
Good luck! It's unlikely you'll be able to keep it free for long due to the volume of spammers who will dive in once they discover it (speaking from experience).
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I went through a very similar process when building a product as an engineer (albeit B2B, but I think the same ideas apply here). When I first started, I wanted to undercut the market and charge what I felt was an extremely fair price (I was charging $8/month when competitors were charging $500/month). After scaling the product for a few years, it was eventually acquired, but one of the biggest regrets I've had is no…
That's an interesting story and has some good points. My main concern would be the fact that complete email solutions such as Tutanota, Posteo are very cheap at 1 euro a month or so. So I'm not sure users who aren't as concerned about their privacy would think it was worth it for $4.99 per month+ I mean I could be completely wrong, just my thoughts from some of the feedback I've received so far.
That makes sense. You (and your customers) definitely know the market, so data-backed decisions are best. Could also be an A/B opportunity for the future. Good luck, the product looks great!
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#47One feature I'd love to see is automatic grouping, combined with the functionality you offer already. So for example if you have an email (using a custom domain): email@example.com You obviously will receive emails as you give out your email. Say for example you get emails from the following senders: - mail@google.com - azure@microsoft.com - notice@azure.com - ok@imgur.com - hello@startup.com It would be nice if the…
That's a really good suggestion!
I agree it would be great to be able to create a per alias blacklist of senders who the alias will block emails from.
That way like you said you don't necessarily have to deactivate the entire alias if you receive a couple of emails from an unexpected source.
I'll definitely add this to my to do list, thank you.
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#48Fantastic looking product, and the first year of service for the price of a beer is a great value. Just hooked it up with my own domain to track spam offenders and eventually migrate off gmail entirely.
I agree. I will say the price was at a point that I didn’t even have to think about it at 1$/month.
I looked at the features, signed up promptly, and wired up a custom domain. The only thing I’m not excited about is rotating all my emails...
Thank you for putting this together. I love that you even have 2fa support.
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#49Love the idea.
However, what happens if the anonymous email forwarding service disappears (e.g. shuts down)? Does it mean users won't be able to access any online service they signed up for with an anonymous email address?
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#50One feature I'd love to see is automatic grouping, combined with the functionality you offer already. So for example if you have an email (using a custom domain): email@example.com You obviously will receive emails as you give out your email. Say for example you get emails from the following senders: - mail@google.com - azure@microsoft.com - notice@azure.com - ok@imgur.com - hello@startup.com It would be nice if the…
"The reason for this is that rather than deal with the flaky "unsubscribe" you can just disable emails from that sender."
It would be convenient to be able to email your own forwarding email with the unsub email in the subject and a PIN in the body to turn off an of the forwarding.