Straight2Spam
Productivity
email tool
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Funny, clever take on spam filters and the GTUBE test string
From 4 comments
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moscovium on HNI know we're not supposed to comment on voting, but... this has got to be the spammiest-looking comment to ever gain this many legitimate upvotes without being removed. ...Well…
zeta0134 on HNI run loads of small business email systems and have done for decades, in the UK. That thing has GTUBE at the end of it, which doesn't look quite as dodgy as EICAR to humans.…
gerdesj on HNI love the Nathan for You reference in here. One of my all time favorite shows.
asimpletune on HN
Objections
Including the GTUBE string may cause the email to be rejected outright rather than filed as spam
From 3 comments
Since it has the GTUBE you are intentionally making an email that will get bounced almost everywhere so you may as well not send it.
patchtopic on HNMy selfhosted mailcow (https://mailcow.email) instance blocked me from sending it (the SMTP server actually rejected it), and then blocked the one I sent from Gmail to it with…
mynameisvlad on HNBecause EICAR might get the email straight blocked instead of marked as spam.
joombaga on HN
Keyword-based spam triggers are a myth for modern filters; Gmail delivered a test to the inbox
From 3 comments
I know this is the myth that'll never die when it comes to email, but keywords aren't a big trigger for modern spam filters.
iamacyborg on HNI just sent an email from my gmail to my Gsuite backed mailbox with the gtube text, didn't work :( the email landed in my inbox.
gauravphoenix on HNI sent an email from ProtonMail to Gmail and it is right there at the top of my inbox. I even put spam in subject line. Maybe Gmail knows I emailed myself? That is a scary…
mcny on HN
Questions
Does the test actually land in the spam folder for major providers?
From 2 comments
I just sent an email from my gmail to my Gsuite backed mailbox with the gtube text, didn't work :( the email landed in my inbox.
gauravphoenix on HNdoesn't work. lol
blattinum on HN
Alternatives named
Self-hosted mail servers such as mailinabox or maddy
From 2 comments
Better advice, Don't attempt email manually. Use something like mailinabox and have everything configured for you and it just works. Been running my own mail server with…
Polylactic_acid on HNI recently discovered: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy It takes a lot of the legwork out. Obviously you're referring to the likelihood of a major email provider marking you as…
saym on HN
EICAR test email or raw SMTP test strings
From 1 comment
Cute, but you could also just include the eicar text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
sprior on HN