I don't see any pricing info on their site. If this is intended to be free for life, then I guess it's pretty nifty. But it would take about 30 minutes for any web developer to duplicate this functionality, so I hope they don't plan on charging for it.
MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
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Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#12Interesting idea. This could be useful for signup and contact forms from a static website. It's amusing to me that the contact link is just a mailto. Why not use MailerJS?
> It's amusing to me that the contact link is just a mailto. Why not use MailerJS?
In case someone wants to complain that MailerJS doesn't work in their browser, I guess?
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#13I don't see any pricing info on their site. If this is intended to be free for life, then I guess it's pretty nifty. But it would take about 30 minutes for any web developer to duplicate this functionality, so I hope they don't plan on charging for it.
It's hidden until you sign up:
- Free - 5 emails/day
- Basic ($5/month) - 50 emails/day
- Big ($29/month) - 500 emails/day
- Huge ($99/month) - 5000 emails/day
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#14Why email? It seems like an inefficient method to deal with bug reports. Not to mention it seems like this would be really open to abuse.
I agree, it's overpriced. I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc. And bonus points if it takes a screenshot (doable with HTML5) and copies over everything from console.log. Would really help with debugging. P.S. They should have put the pricing information on the home page. Didn't realize they were a YC company either.
I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc.
That's a worse user experience, though. And you have no opportunity to ask follow-up questions, or even say "hey, it's fixed!". That kind of customer service goes a long way.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#15You need to tell Mailer.js about your API key What exactly stops me from stealing someone else's API key and using it to send spam? You can't trust the client.
That was my first thought, however, from the docs: MailerJS will send mail to the address you enter on your account page. You can't specify the receiver dynamically, as client-side JavaScript is publicly accessible by definition, and we want to protect you from spammers. Why steal someone's api key just so you can send them email?
(not something I would do, but someone else would) To put them over their account limit.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#16I don't see any pricing info on their site. If this is intended to be free for life, then I guess it's pretty nifty. But it would take about 30 minutes for any web developer to duplicate this functionality, so I hope they don't plan on charging for it.
It's hidden until you sign up: - Free - 5 emails/day - Basic ($5/month) - 50 emails/day - Big ($29/month) - 500 emails/day - Huge ($99/month) - 5000 emails/day
That is pretty steep taking into account that even Postmark, which many consider expensive, charges only $1.50 per thousand emails. The basic plan is $3.33 for thousand and you're limited to specific daily limits... I usually don't complain about pricing but this just feels too much. Of course these two services are different but I chose Postmark as it's from the expensive end of email sending services. And one can replicate MailerJS in just one evening (when writing this there might already be a open source clone).
Enough with the whining... The main reason why I'm not a fan is that the pricing is hidden behind sign up and the site gives the impression that the service is free.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hidden until you sign up: - Free - 5 emails/day - Basic ($5/month) - 50 emails/day - Big ($29/month) - 500 emails/day - Huge ($99/month) - 5000 emails/day
That is pretty steep taking into account that even Postmark, which many consider expensive, charges only $1.50 per thousand emails. The basic plan is $3.33 for thousand and you're limited to specific daily limits... I usually don't complain about pricing but this just feels too much. Of course these two services are different but I chose Postmark as it's from the expensive end of email sending services. And one can r…
That really is apples and oranges.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hidden until you sign up: - Free - 5 emails/day - Basic ($5/month) - 50 emails/day - Big ($29/month) - 500 emails/day - Huge ($99/month) - 5000 emails/day
That is pretty steep taking into account that even Postmark, which many consider expensive, charges only $1.50 per thousand emails. The basic plan is $3.33 for thousand and you're limited to specific daily limits... I usually don't complain about pricing but this just feels too much. Of course these two services are different but I chose Postmark as it's from the expensive end of email sending services. And one can r…
I don't see why you'd need to use a third party at all for this type of thing. Postmark is designed to increase email deliverability, but if you're only sending emails to yourself, that shouldn't really be an issue. It seems like good ol' sendmail would do the trick.
Agreed on the pricing though. Doesn't seem very honest.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#19You need to tell Mailer.js about your API key What exactly stops me from stealing someone else's API key and using it to send spam? You can't trust the client.
You need to input the domains you'll be running Mailer.js on[1], so perhaps API keys only work on those domains? This is just from preliminary reading, so I could be wrong. :) [1] https://www.mailerjs.com/documentation
If you're trying to protect from hacking via HTTP Referrer info, you're doing it wrong.
Anyone can fake HTTP Referer info, and if they're going to the trouble of stealing an API key then they're not just a passing bot.
Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is pretty steep taking into account that even Postmark, which many consider expensive, charges only $1.50 per thousand emails. The basic plan is $3.33 for thousand and you're limited to specific daily limits... I usually don't complain about pricing but this just feels too much. Of course these two services are different but I chose Postmark as it's from the expensive end of email sending services. And one can r…
I don't see why you'd need to use a third party at all for this type of thing. Postmark is designed to increase email deliverability, but if you're only sending emails to yourself, that shouldn't really be an issue. It seems like good ol' sendmail would do the trick. Agreed on the pricing though. Doesn't seem very honest.
Sendmail doesn't work if you're serving up your site statically from S3. Then again, their pricing is so ridiculous, its cheaper to just POST the email message via REST to a service to send the mail (Postmark, Sendgrid, AWS SES).
I'm not sure what this solution solves.