[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":523},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-14022059":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":234,"shape":242,"grid":247,"attempts":488,"same_week":489,"maker_shows":30,"maker_hidden":516,"reader_version":517,"card":518},"14022059","develmail","Fake SMTP server as a service","title","Show HN: Fake SMTP server as a service","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelmail.com","develmail.com","pogo77",1491220088,2017,149,87,257,2242,12,"notable","dev_tools","fake smtp server","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"email testing","smtp sink","mail catcher","roasted",-0.49,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},1,9,2,20,32,{"privacy":36,"idea":39,"execution":40,"pricing":41,"design":42},{"positive":37,"critical":38},0,5,{"positive":37,"critical":32},{"positive":37,"critical":32},{"positive":30,"critical":30},{"positive":37,"critical":43},10,[30,30,37,37,37,45,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,45,45,45,45,37,37,30,30,32,30,30,30,30,38,30,30,37,37,37,37,45,37,30,30,30,30],3,null,{"problem":48,"audience":59,"pricing":66,"motivation":74,"time_to_build":46,"stack":80,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":83},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Developers need to test outgoing email without sending to real addresses or running mail infrastructure","inferred",[52,56],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},"14022784","beefhash","So this is useful for: 1. developing software that sends e-mails, but not having to set up a test environment\u002Fpray you don't break production, and 2. testing out new software…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"14022143","We created this for our usage, but decided it could be useful for other people too :) It's still under development, so there are not many features yet, but we would like to hear…",{"value":60,"source":50,"evidence":61},"Developers and teams testing software that sends email",[62,63],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"14025156","Thanks for all the comments so far, we really didn't expect so many of them, even though most of them are suggesting alternatives (just kidding, we appreciate them as well :) We…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Free for now, with plans to add paid tiers","commenter",[70],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"14023239","sethammons","``` As a startup we currently offer one simple subscription program completely for FREE! Meanwhile, we are working hard on our paid plans with plenty of new features, everyone…",{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Made for their own use and shared with others so a company can check emails easily","maker",[78,79],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},[],"free","beta","team",{"praise":85,"objections":101,"requests":147,"questions":167,"alternatives":182},[86,94],{"value":87,"source":68,"evidence":88},"Useful for testing email sending without production risk",[89,90],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"14026743","oblib","I think some are being a smidgen too hard and dismissive about this. That you can do this a bunch of other ways isn't really the point at all. Doesn't even matter if it's easy to…",{"value":95,"source":68,"evidence":96},"Free service appreciated",[97],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"14022353","deftnerd","Thanks for keeping it for free. I use mailtrap.io and haven't ever hit their limits, but having it as a free service to the community is appreciated.",[102,117,125,132],{"value":103,"source":68,"evidence":104},"Encouraging real email addresses in test environments is a privacy risk",[105,109,113],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"14022795","cotillion","\"No fake recipient email addresses anymore, use real ones!\" This is a really bad idea. Keep PII far away from your test environments.",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"14025777","kazinator","The point is that you can use real data with your own isolated test bed. I'm not going to involve some random thing on the Internet in my test setup! For one thing, I'm pretty…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"14022873","tonyztan","Exactly. Wouldn't this be a good way to harvest a ton of valid email addresses?",{"value":118,"source":68,"evidence":119},"Free-forever promise is not credible, and dependence on an external service is risky",[120,121],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"14024099","pm24601","* I would not use a free service - I want to know that my company is a customer. I want recourse\u002Fsupport if there a problem. That said - be sure to get insurance, for when there…",{"value":126,"source":68,"evidence":127},"No TLS\u002FSTARTTLS support",[128,129],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":130,"by":11,"text":131},"14025647","Thanks! We understand that encryption is a must, we plan to add this feature as soon as possible.",{"value":133,"source":68,"evidence":134},"Site design issues: scroll hijacking, white text unreadable, broken without JavaScript",[135,139,143],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"14022758","dlsym","Please stop hijacking scrolling. Thankyou.",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"14026436","old-gregg","pogo77, congrats on launching. somewhat random comment: your site is completely broken when JS is disabled. This is usually not a problem for general Internet population, but…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"14027145","imhoguy","Yep. White text is unreadable on dotty backround on mobile. Even zoom in doesn't help.",[148,153,160],{"value":149,"source":68,"evidence":150},"Add TLS\u002FSTARTTLS support",[151,152],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":130,"by":11,"text":131},{"value":154,"source":68,"evidence":155},"Add spam filter and SPF\u002FDKIM\u002FDMARC checks",[156],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"14022805","r1ch","One very useful feature would be to add up to date filtering systems in report only mode (eg SpamAssassin), SPF \u002F DKIM \u002F DMARC checks, etc. Without having your own up to date…",{"value":161,"source":68,"evidence":162},"Fix site design and scrolling",[163,164],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"id":165,"by":11,"text":166},"14025697","Sorry, we didn't notice that. The design comes with this feature, but we will probably change it very soon.",[168,175],{"value":169,"source":68,"evidence":170},"Does it offer benefits over mailtrap?",[171],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"14026971","asadjb","I've used mailtrap with great success on a Django application that I used to work on. It really is great to just change the SMTP config for the mail sending service without…",{"value":176,"source":68,"evidence":177},"Can it track bounced mails to verify addresses?",[178],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"14023174","donmb","Is this able to track bounced mails? Then it could be used to verify emails :)",[183,194,205,216,223],{"value":184,"source":68,"evidence":185},"MailHog",[186,190],{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"14022836","weirdo1","You can just use MailHog for free, it works pretty good. https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmailhog\u002FMailHog",{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"14025521","hobarrera","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmailhog\u002FMailHog looks like a really nice alternative, where you can also test HTML mail, etc. Personally, my local SMTP actually sends email, because I DO want…",{"value":195,"source":68,"evidence":196},"Mailcatcher",[197,201],{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"14025472","xanderstrike","Mailcatcher is an even simpler solution (assuming you can install rubygems): https:\u002F\u002Fmailcatcher.me\u002F",{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"14023632","diamondo25","At my previous company we used mailcatcher[1]. Worked fine, but with lots of e-mails, the service might crash. 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