Launch HN: EasyEmail (YC W18) – Gmail plug-in that helps compose emails quickly

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 13, 2018, 11:33 PM UTC

filipt wrote: post #15

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That was my first thought as well. My second thought was the Cory Doctorow story which predicted that the first true AI will be the result of a machine learning spambot and a machine learning antispam bot getting stuck in an arms race. This tech would make for an excellent means for spammers and malware authors to bypass spam filters easily. 1)Infect user. 2)Generate new content based on old emails. 3)Infect everyone…

Oh man hahah, that's gotten dark real quick! Promise we're not trying to do that

Post by dpflan » Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 12:08 AM UTC

Post by filipt » Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 2:36 AM UTC

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Thank you! That's extremely useful - definitely not concern trolling. We recognize how important email is to our users, so we definitely want to resolve those issues! We're incorporating some of the things you've already mentioned (client-side decryption, better sanitization), but we'll be a lot more cautious moving forward. You brought up really excellent points, so thank you for sharing those with us!

I could definitely use this tool but the privacy concerns would need to treated as be your #1 selling point along with user side encryption. The encryption could cost more but once a competitor arrives with these two necessities, I will sign up.

Post by filipt » Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 2:39 AM UTC

krishna2 wrote: post #50

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Great insight! Chrome extension is our MVP actually - over time we will certainly expand to other platforms (or even have our own email client!). We're already in the process for setting up a Gmail Add-on ( https://blog.google/products/g-suite/do-more-your-inbox-gmai... ) It also seems like we can keep going with a Chrome Extension for a bit - Streak, MixMax or even Grammarly are good examples of companies who are fo…

A lot of action nowadays happen on Mobile. How would this help with that?

Post by filipt » Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 5:56 AM UTC

brd529 wrote: post #58

As someone who runs a support team I saw this and immediately thought “this needs to be a zendesk app.” There is a lot of knowledge hidden in support ticket replies but it’s didficult to know what other team members previous answers would be useful to crib from without guessing search terms. Heck you may even forget exactly how to find your own answer from a few months ago. On top of that there are concepts we have t…