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email management
SHOW HN2020
118points
22comments
#550of 3,028 in 2020
Top 19%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works regardless of email client, unlike client-side approaches
From 1 comment
Oh that's a cool idea for my work mail - gotta try that. For personal email though I wanted this to work regardless of the client - got Thunderbird on my personal laptop, a…
charles_f on HN
Objections
Sender-based sorting may block wanted email
From 1 comment
It doesn't, however it's less of a security related thing than a sorting filter. I haven't received a spoofed email in a while so the need is not as high. Re: your mechanical…
charles_f on HN
Requests
Add a small example to explain how it works
From 1 comment
Nice. Can you add a small example to better understand how it works?
daitangio on HN
Work with Gmail filters
From 1 comment
Would there by any easy way to make this work in Gmail with filters?
Nick_vh on HN
Questions
Does it reclassify previously received email or only new incoming mail?
From 1 comment
Looks interesting does it reclassify previously received email or only incoming once I classify a sender?
pacifika on HN
How does it handle spoofed email addresses?
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. How does it handle spoofed email addresses? A feature I'd like along with this (although I realise this breaks the paradigm of only accepting email you…
nmstoker on HN
Alternatives named
SaneBox
From 1 comment
I use sanebox.com for approximately this behavior, and I'm happy with their service. Sanebox works by logging into my mail server, not replacing it. I have three "send"…
Syzygies on HN
Thunderbird SQLite querying
From 1 comment
Sort of related, this type of thing isn't difficult if you use Thunderbird. All your email is stored in a big sqlite file. You can query with all the power of SQL. A few things…
bachmeier on HN
Sieve filters
From 1 comment
Couldn’t this be done by Sieve filters already?
teddyh on HN
Gmail filters via Apps Script
From 1 comment
I recently looked around to see if this was possible in gmail and found the following: https://github.com/garyholeman/CreateGmailFilters It has some limitations but mostly it was…
rojoca on HN
BoxTrapper
From 1 comment
It doesn't, however it's less of a security related thing than a sorting filter. I haven't received a spoofed email in a while so the need is not as high. Re: your mechanical…
charles_f on HN