mailpin
Productivity
email to web page publishing
SHOW HN2014
197points
74comments
#103of 2,272 in 2014
Top 5%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
12 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.00.
Idea: 8 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for sharing email content, like photos, receipts and articles
From 3 comments
Awesome! I blogged about people sending emails with content that didn't have an associated URL recently (and how that pained my heart):…
mooreds on HNSweet! Thank you. I just used your service apply for PIEPDX Startup Incubator just a few seconds ago. I needed a quick way to create an online photo gallery and just emailed the…
ChrisNorstrom on HNThis is great. One use case: my grandma who struggled to learn how to use email can now make websites.
zavi on HN
Simple, no-account design
From 2 comments
I like the idea. I can't think of a specific use-case for me yet, but email integrated apps are often pretty cool and make for easier adoption.
scoj on HNThis is really cool!
socrates1998 on HN
Objections
Privacy concerns: pages were indexed by Google and scripts were not stripped
From 3 comments
So I tested this with https://emailprivacytester.com/. I didn't get an automated response with a link. However, I noticed that somebody had viewed the email using an iPhone. So I…
mike-cardwell on HNThis is bad https://www.google.co.in/search?q=site%3Amailp.in
sudheendrach on HNThis is not correct. With Google now having Chrome and other tools, there are many ways for Google to find out a URL exists. You may want to send a follow up email with a quick…
nickconfer on HN
Unsubscribe links and email addresses left intact in rendered emails
From 2 comments
Just a heads up, you left the unsubscribe active in the sample Costo email.
bgroins on HNNicely done. Feedback: - Where's your privacy policy detailed? With the nature of the service (gathering email addresses etc) you could head-off lots of questions with that. - A…
daviding on HN
No clear privacy policy
From 1 comment
Nicely done. Feedback: - Where's your privacy policy detailed? With the nature of the service (gathering email addresses etc) you could head-off lots of questions with that. - A…
daviding on HN
Abuse and spam risk with no restrictions
From 2 comments
Very good idea, I'll use it. just a heads up though. Abusers will abuse, and it seems that you are only going to consider restrictions and security overall after it happens. Set…
_asciiker_ on HNI'd be curious what your approach is to handling porn submissions, be they legal or not? (i.e. I don't see anything about reporting illegal images, like most gallery-hosting…
stevekemp on HN
Requests
Add a time limit so pages expire
From 1 comment
Great Idea. Can you add a time limit functions on the generated webpage? The generated webpage will be deleted after x number of days.
yitchelle on HN
Support subdomains per user
From 1 comment
I know not logging in is the basic premise of your website, but I'd also like to be able to read more than just the one post I found written by that author. Rather than search…
bdirgo on HN
Allow adding recipients or appending content to existing pages
From 2 comments
This is a neat idea. It would be cool to somehow allow you to add a list of recipients that should receive the link once it's pinned, but I guess that takes away from the…
stanmancan on HNCan you add so that people can append their emails / attachments to the existing page? Even SMS messages? You can add twitter message to it latter on...
tlogan on HN
Allow JS or CSS attachments
From 1 comment
It would be handy if you could attach a js or css file to the email which would be used in the published page.
roryhughes on HN
Remove highlight-popup scripts
From 1 comment
One request: PLEASE don't use highlighting-pops-up-text add-ins. They immediately get blocked on my end and are an annoying user experience.
techsupporter on HN
Questions
How long are pages preserved
From 1 comment
Awesome! I blogged about people sending emails with content that didn't have an associated URL recently (and how that pained my heart):…
mooreds on HN
Attachment size limits and storage costs
From 2 comments
Good! I created a similar thing last year when Posterous died; it sill exists and although it never got any traction I still use it for my blog; it's called urgeous.com and has…
bambax on HNWhat are the restrictions on attachment sizes?
hashbanged on HN
How porn and spam are handled
From 1 comment
I'd be curious what your approach is to handling porn submissions, be they legal or not? (i.e. I don't see anything about reporting illegal images, like most gallery-hosting…
stevekemp on HN
Which library converts mail to HTML
From 1 comment
Does anyone know which library this uses to convert mails to HTML? I'm wondering because I need something for a devops project that can show spam inline in a webpage. Obviously…
INTPenis on HN
Alternatives named
Posterous
From 1 comment
I used Posterous a fair bit to do blogging by email when abroad. Attach photos from my phone and it auto-created a gallery. Saved a lot of time.
prawn on HN
Thread.is
From 1 comment
Thread.is tried to do this a couple years ago. Gone now. Not sure there's a good use case for it. Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20121118205935/https://beta.thread.is/…
nathancahill on HN
Urgeous
From 1 comment
Good! I created a similar thing last year when Posterous died; it sill exists and although it never got any traction I still use it for my blog; it's called urgeous.com and has…
bambax on HN
Imgur
From 1 comment
Imgur says exactly the same - your Images are private and its up to you if share them. I cannot imagine situation where someone shares a link and expect the content to be private…
funkyy on HN
Jokund
From 1 comment
Nice! We've been working on a similar project http://jokund.com You just send an email and any Cc'ed people is subscribed to your blog. Would love some feedback. By the way, we…
Flolagale on HN