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Re: Ask HN: Where did i screwup?

#11
Same as others, I have only heard about this today.

Did it work with Yahoo email? I have had my yahoo email far longer, and I would really like to migrate the data.

How long did you have the service up? I do not think you should quit now, just work on telling a better story. Things take far longer to bite than we imagine

Re: Ask HN: Where did i screwup?

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post #11

Same as others, I have only heard about this today. Did it work with Yahoo email? I have had my yahoo email far longer, and I would really like to migrate the data. How long did you have the service up? I do not think you should quit now, just work on telling a better story. Things take far longer to bite than we imagine

Unfortunately, this only works with Gmail. I will try to see if i can get it working for yahoo mail. Thanks for the constructive encouragement. I launched it around 60 days ago, but no pageviews after the first 3 weeks.

Re: Ask HN: Where did i screwup?

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1) I alrady have a hard time trusting Google/Microsoft/etc with my email let alone another third party. 2) For local backups, IMAP/POP works relatively well already. I don't see how this would work as a standalone product. Maybe if it was a feature in something like Fastmail or a full-fledged office suite, it would be more appealing.

Thanks a ton for your feedback. I understand that IMAP works fine for local backups. But doesnt that add another task to save the local email backup safely somewhere ? Would you have used this service, if i was providing an option to save it directly to dropbox ? Also would you like a desktop app (windows/mac app) , which automatically saves the backup to your dropbox safely. That way your emails never get stored in…

I like the idea of a desktop app. Or even a self-hosted server-side app.

I wish you all the best in this endeavor and thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: Where did i screwup?

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post #11

Same as others, I have only heard about this today. Did it work with Yahoo email? I have had my yahoo email far longer, and I would really like to migrate the data. How long did you have the service up? I do not think you should quit now, just work on telling a better story. Things take far longer to bite than we imagine

Unfortunately, this only works with Gmail. I will try to see if i can get it working for yahoo mail. Thanks for the constructive encouragement. I launched it around 60 days ago, but no pageviews after the first 3 weeks.

have you tried any content marketing?
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