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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 freedomben »

svensauleau wrote: post #13
freedomben wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's amazing! Do you have a rough idea when you plan to release? Like, are we talking weeks/months/years?

Totally fine if you don't know, but I may hold off investing time into something else if you expect it to be soon-ish.

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

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Post by svensauleau »

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 have been looking for a similar solution, I used the Gmail API to create emails with labels and it seemed pretty ok.

mailway will provide webhooks when an email is received, no plans to actually send emails yet but mailgun has a good API.

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

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Post by svensauleau »

svensauleau wrote: post #22
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 have been looking for a similar solution, I used the Gmail API to create emails with labels and it seemed pretty ok. mailway will provide webhooks when an email is received, no plans to actually send emails yet but mailgun has a good API.

Forgot to mention that mailway should be open-source in the future, so you could run an instance.

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

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Post by svensauleau »

corentin88 wrote: post #17
RKearney wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's on purpose because the pricing model is still work in progress.

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

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Post by pmiller2 »

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

Advanced price is NaN

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

"Contact us" to me almost always means "you're going to have to talk to a salesperson who's trying to maximize their commission." That doesn't sound like someone who's "buying domains for fun" would really want to do. It also adds a significant amount of friction to your customer acquisition process.

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

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Post by svensauleau »

freedomben wrote: post #21
svensauleau wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's amazing! Do you have a rough idea when you plan to release? Like, are we talking weeks/months/years? Totally fine if you don't know, but I may hold off investing time into something else if you expect it to be soon-ish.

It's hard to say, but months sounds like a reasonable time.

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

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Post by riboflavin »

svensauleau wrote: post #24
corentin88 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's on purpose because the pricing model is still work in progress.

I might recommend saying "Contact us" or "Coming soon" – I also thought this was a glitch or that you were attempting to serve personalized pricing and it wasn't working.
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