[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":493},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7706915":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":5,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":71,"maker_in_thread":242,"shape":254,"grid":259,"attempts":455,"same_week":456,"maker_shows":39,"maker_hidden":486,"reader_version":487,"card":488},"7706915","mailpin","Turn an email to a web page","title","Show HN: Turn an email to a web page","http:\u002F\u002Fmailp.in\u002Fc8cN1BEb","mailp.in",1399408449,2014,197,74,103,2272,5,"notable","productivity","email to web page publishing","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"email to web page","private sharing","email blogging","photo gallery from email","debated",-0.001,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":30},12,16,2,42,{"privacy":35,"docs":38,"design":40,"idea":41,"performance":43},{"positive":36,"critical":37},0,7,{"positive":36,"critical":39},1,{"positive":32,"critical":32},{"positive":42,"critical":32},8,{"positive":36,"critical":36},[39,45,45,17,17,45,45,17,45,45,36,17,45,39,39,39,17,39,45,36,36,36,36,17,45,39,39,17,45,45,39,17,45,39,45,39,39,45,45,17],3,null,{"problem":48,"audience":58,"pricing":46,"motivation":64,"time_to_build":46,"stack":68,"openness":69,"stage":70,"team_size":69},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Turns emailed content into a shareable web page without needing an account","maker",[52,55],{"id":53,"by":5,"text":54},"7707516","We (as developers of mailpin) use the services ourselves: 1. Ad hoc image album. Put a bunch of images as attachments in an email and send to p@mailp.in to create a simple page.…",{"id":56,"by":5,"text":57},"7707746","Thanks! \"One question: how long are the URL and the content preserved?\" You decide. If you don't delete it yourself, it'll be there forever. And it's private. You decide who to…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"People who want to share email content without an account or app","inferred",[62,63],{"id":53,"by":5,"text":54},{"id":56,"by":5,"text":57},{"value":65,"source":50,"evidence":66},"Dead simple sharing of emailed content with no registration, no app and privacy",[67],{"id":53,"by":5,"text":54},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":72,"objections":100,"requests":142,"questions":182,"alternatives":209},[73,89],{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Useful idea for sharing email content, like photos, receipts and articles","commenter",[77,81,85],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"7707710","mooreds","Awesome! I blogged about people sending emails with content that didn't have an associated URL recently (and how that pained my heart):…",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"7708483","ChrisNorstrom","Sweet! 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…",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"7707421","zavi","This is great. One use case: my grandma who struggled to learn how to use email can now make websites.",{"value":90,"source":75,"evidence":91},"Simple, no-account design",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"7707160","scoj","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.",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"7708682","socrates1998","This is really cool!",[101,116,127,131],{"value":102,"source":75,"evidence":103},"Privacy concerns: pages were indexed by Google and scripts were not stripped",[104,108,112],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"7709246","mike-cardwell","So I tested this with https:\u002F\u002Femailprivacytester.com\u002F. I didn't get an automated response with a link. However, I noticed that somebody had viewed the email using an iPhone. So I…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"7720574","sudheendrach","This is bad https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.co.in\u002Fsearch?q=site%3Amailp.in",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"7708586","nickconfer","This 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…",{"value":117,"source":75,"evidence":118},"Unsubscribe links and email addresses left intact in rendered emails",[119,123],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"7708496","bgroins","Just a heads up, you left the unsubscribe active in the sample Costo email.",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"7707422","daviding","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…",{"value":128,"source":75,"evidence":129},"No clear privacy policy",[130],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},{"value":132,"source":75,"evidence":133},"Abuse and spam risk with no restrictions",[134,138],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"7708025","_asciiker_","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…",{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"7709192","stevekemp","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…",[143,150,157,168,175],{"value":144,"source":75,"evidence":145},"Add a time limit so pages expire",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"7709226","yitchelle","Great Idea. Can you add a time limit functions on the generated webpage? The generated webpage will be deleted after x number of days.",{"value":151,"source":75,"evidence":152},"Support subdomains per user",[153],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"7713083","bdirgo","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…",{"value":158,"source":75,"evidence":159},"Allow adding recipients or appending content to existing pages",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"7707136","stanmancan","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…",{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"7708335","tlogan","Can you add so that people can append their emails \u002F attachments to the existing page? Even SMS messages? You can add twitter message to it latter on...",{"value":169,"source":75,"evidence":170},"Allow JS or CSS attachments",[171],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"7707185","roryhughes","It would be handy if you could attach a js or css file to the email which would be used in the published page.",{"value":176,"source":75,"evidence":177},"Remove highlight-popup scripts",[178],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"7708976","techsupporter","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.",[183,187,198,202],{"value":184,"source":75,"evidence":185},"How long are pages preserved",[186],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},{"value":188,"source":75,"evidence":189},"Attachment size limits and storage costs",[190,194],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"7707655","bambax","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…",{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"7707833","hashbanged","What are the restrictions on attachment sizes?",{"value":199,"source":75,"evidence":200},"How porn and spam are handled",[201],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},{"value":203,"source":75,"evidence":204},"Which library converts mail to HTML",[205],{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"7709093","INTPenis","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…",[210,217,224,228,235],{"value":211,"source":75,"evidence":212},"Posterous",[213],{"id":214,"by":215,"text":216},"7707473","prawn","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.",{"value":218,"source":75,"evidence":219},"Thread.is",[220],{"id":221,"by":222,"text":223},"7707296","nathancahill","Thread.is tried to do this a couple years ago. Gone now. Not sure there's a good use case for it. Archive: http:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20121118205935\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbeta.thread.is\u002F…",{"value":225,"source":75,"evidence":226},"Urgeous",[227],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},{"value":229,"source":75,"evidence":230},"Imgur",[231],{"id":232,"by":233,"text":234},"7710423","funkyy","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…",{"value":236,"source":75,"evidence":237},"Jokund",[238],{"id":239,"by":240,"text":241},"7709008","Flolagale","Nice! We've been working on a similar project http:\u002F\u002Fjokund.com You just send an email and any Cc'ed people is subscribed to your blog. Would love some feedback. By the way, we…",{"comments":243,"answered":42,"key":244},14,[245,248,251],{"id":246,"text":247},"7727057","Thanks for your testing! We have fixed the script \u002F meta tag strip problem. We keep improving our code base, making sure emails are rendered correctly on web pages. We won't use…",{"id":249,"text":250},"7707708","Thanks for your 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.\"…",{"id":252,"text":253},"7708306","Thank for your insightful feedback! It's really really helpful! 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