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Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by Genetikl33 »

politelemon wrote: post #9
Genetikl33 wrote: post #4

Can someone comment on the security aspect of forwarding mail? Does it add another layer of complexity/attack surface or is it negligible vis a vi the added privacy.

Yes there is a bit of added complexity. By SMTP's nature, the forwarding mail server will need to receive your email, before they can forward it to you. For that reason if you use a service for forwarding, you'll need to make sure you trust the company running this service, or only use this service for low-damage forwarding.

Ok. So this brings no added benefit over the free domain forwarding that's included with registrars these days?

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by jasonv »

freedomben wrote: post #8

Are there any solutions out there (FOSS highly preferred) that convert email into a REST/JSON API? What I really want is a traditional email account but headless (a frontend UI that works would be great, but there are plenty of those around already). I have a bunch of other projects I'm working on at the moment so I haven't built that myself, but I've gotten close a number of times. I would pay $3/month for a small a…

I believe https://mimestream.com/ is built around the Gmail API.

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by svensauleau »

freedomben wrote: post #6
8organicbits wrote: post #2

Any possibility to self host?

You can self host forwardemail.net: https://github.com/forwardemail/forwardemail.net I haven't tried it myself but the maintainer is prominent in open source so I'd be pretty optimistic.

I'm planning to open-source the service, anyone will be able to host an instance and internal API to use it will be documented.

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by scarmig »

freedomben wrote: post #8

Are there any solutions out there (FOSS highly preferred) that convert email into a REST/JSON API? What I really want is a traditional email account but headless (a frontend UI that works would be great, but there are plenty of those around already). I have a bunch of other projects I'm working on at the moment so I haven't built that myself, but I've gotten close a number of times. I would pay $3/month for a small a…

Fastmail developed https://jmap.io/. Not sure how easy it'd be to translate SMTP/IMAP/whatever into that.

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by svensauleau »

Genetikl33 wrote: post #11
politelemon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes there is a bit of added complexity. By SMTP's nature, the forwarding mail server will need to receive your email, before they can forward it to you. For that reason if you use a service for forwarding, you'll need to make sure you trust the company running this service, or only use this service for low-damage forwarding.

Ok. So this brings no added benefit over the free domain forwarding that's included with registrars these days?

Not all registrars include a free domain forwarding, that's the primary motivation for the service.

From a security perspective, the emails will be readable from such a service.

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by corentin88 »

RKearney wrote: post #7
darepublic wrote: post #3

Advanced price is NaN

Because it’s the “contact us” for pricing model.

NaN looks more like a glitch to me. Which made me close the website immediately. I’ve heard about their « contact us » model thanks to HN.

Re: Are you buying domains for fun? you can setup email easily

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Post by svensauleau »

j16sdiz wrote: post #14

That pricing model don't work for me. If I am buying a domain just for fun, I won't want to contact them for quotation -- I want something one or two clicks away.

The pricing model is still work in progress. The service will allow anyone to add domains and receive emails, one or two clicks away.
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