Show HN: Puput, listen to your email for free when traveling, using missed calls

Post by carlesfe » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 11:22 AM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #10

carlesfe wrote: post #5

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You're right. That's why we initially aimed this tool at hackers, who are expert on categorizing their own data. For regular users, probably your best bet is to filter emails which Gmail determines as "important" by itself. Or, at least, you can filter out for subject "Important", those of your significant other, etc. We'll definitely think this through, thanks for your feedback!

I'd definitely use this if I could just forward specific emails to an address for them to be read out. I'm pretty sure I've implemented this in Asterisk once, years ago, but Asterisk is a real pain. Kudos for seeing it through. Edit: Oh, right, I was assuming you asked for an oauth token to my mailbox, but forwarding makes more sense

Post by voltagex_ » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 11:26 AM UTC

carlesfe wrote: post #11

voltagex_ wrote: post #10

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I'd definitely use this if I could just forward specific emails to an address for them to be read out. I'm pretty sure I've implemented this in Asterisk once, years ago, but Asterisk is a real pain. Kudos for seeing it through. Edit: Oh, right, I was assuming you asked for an oauth token to my mailbox, but forwarding makes more sense

Yes, that's the basic use case actually. We provide an email address, you create some filters, and any incoming message will be read to you. Feel free to ask if you have more questions!

Post by carlesfe » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 12:03 PM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #12

Didn't receive a call on my Australian mobile number. Incoming calls here don't cost the receiver anything so the instruction not to answer is a bit strange.

Post by voltagex_ » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 6:55 PM UTC

carlesfe wrote: post #15

voltagex_ wrote: post #12

Didn't receive a call on my Australian mobile number. Incoming calls here don't cost the receiver anything so the instruction not to answer is a bit strange.

Hi voltagex, would you mind writting to support@puput.io with your phone number? We've had problems with some international numbers and area codes, I'll debug it for you. Regarding incoming calls, the instructions not to answer are to avoid the cost for us, not for the user. Receiving calls is free, but connecting a call costs some cents. That's why we work with missed calls. Makes sense?

Post by NetStrikeForce » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 11:13 AM UTC