AnonAddy
Productivity
email aliasing
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
24 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 70 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 6 for, 6 againstPricing: 6 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Open source with privacy at its core
From 2 comments
Hey, been using this for a few weeks now. Been an absolute game-changer. So refreshing to have something open-source with privacy at the heart of it. Super user friendly, great…
missmadeleine on HNHi all, creator here. I've been working on AnonAddy (short for anonymous email address) for the past few months with the vision of creating a privacy friendly, transparent and…
willbrowning on HN
Good value pricing
From 1 comment
Fantastic looking product, and the first year of service for the price of a beer is a great value. Just hooked it up with my own domain to track spam offenders and eventually…
baggachipz on HN
Easy to use dashboard
From 1 comment
Hey, been using this for a few weeks now. Been an absolute game-changer. So refreshing to have something open-source with privacy at the heart of it. Super user friendly, great…
missmadeleine on HN
Objections
Domains may get blacklisted by websites that block disposable email
From 2 comments
Awesome idea! I've been doing this exact same thing since march this year with my own domain using MailGun (Free) and custom forwarding rules. Really amazing to see someone turn…
Fabricio20 on HNDo you have a plan for when the anonaddy.com domain is added to the blacklisted emails? For example, I know on some websites will just straight up reject addresses from…
mrchess on HN
Pricing margins may be too low to sustain the service
From 1 comment
This looks great! The only note would be pricing? Margins look too low for the tech product? You need to sustainably acquire and maintain a very large user base in order to make…
rinchik on HN
Abuse and backscatter spam could get the IP blacklisted
From 1 comment
Delivering mail services on the Internet is hard. Really hard. It's even harder to do correctly, and harder yet to prevent abuse. It is quite likely that you're going to end up…
geocrasher on HN
Name 'anonymous email forwarding' suggests spam use
From 1 comment
"Anonymous email forwarding" is probably a bad way to describe this service, since it is likely to make many people think (as it made me think) "isn't this just a more efficient…
pdonis on HN
Requests
Automatic sender grouping and per-alias blacklists
From 2 comments
One feature I'd love to see is automatic grouping, combined with the functionality you offer already. So for example if you have an email (using a custom domain):…
newfeatureok on HNThat's a really good suggestion! I agree it would be great to be able to create a per alias blacklist of senders who the alias will block emails from. That way like you said you…
willbrowning on HN
Random word aliases
From 1 comment
Nice! I also plan to add random word aliases soon e.g. yellow.biker57@anonaddy.me etc. just because some people think UUID aliases stick out a bit and look odd. To be honest the…
willbrowning on HN
Docker image for self-hosting
From 1 comment
Thanks, I do have a small number of instructions for self hosting[1] they're still a work in progress and you'll need to know how to manage a server from the command line etc. A…
willbrowning on HN
Password manager integration
From 1 comment
Yes a few other users have mentioned integration with password managers. I agree that would be extremely convenient, but this would obviously be up to the password manager to…
willbrowning on HN
Questions
What happens to aliases if the service shuts down?
From 1 comment
Love the idea. However, what happens if the anonymous email forwarding service disappears (e.g. shuts down)? Does it mean users won't be able to access any online service they…
acoomans on HN
Is silently dropping emails legal?
From 1 comment
> Our system will then silently discard any further emails and you won't be forwarded anything else for that alias. Be careful you don't run into legal issues here. I remember…
mehrdadn on HN
Alternatives named
SimpleLogin-style services and Mailinator-like disposable email
From 2 comments
Do you have a plan for when the anonaddy.com domain is added to the blacklisted emails? For example, I know on some websites will just straight up reject addresses from…
mrchess on HNAwesome idea! I've been doing this exact same thing since march this year with my own domain using MailGun (Free) and custom forwarding rules. Really amazing to see someone turn…
Fabricio20 on HN
Privacy.com
From 1 comment
I haven't used it myself but I think Privacy.com[1] does this. [1] https://privacy.com/
willbrowning on HN
Tutanota and Posteo
From 1 comment
That's an interesting story and has some good points. My main concern would be the fact that complete email solutions such as Tutanota, Posteo are very cheap at 1 euro a month or…
willbrowning on HN