Pubmail.io

Productivity

public email communication

SHOW HN2015

54points
51comments
#524of 2,565 in 2015
Top 21%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

5 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea and execution for public transparency

    From 3 comments
    • Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
      deskglass on HN
    • Hey, thanks for making this! I've considered doing this as a pre-emptive for NSLs relating to geolocation (building GPS apps). Nice to see someone do it. Have you gotten any…
      hellbanner on HN
    • This is an excellent idea. I have no idea if this is already a feature, but it would be nice to see when the recipient has opened/read a mail. I really wish something like this…
      fapjacks on HN

Objections

  • Legal concerns about sharing private correspondence

    From 2 comments
    • Are there not legal ramifications for automatically sharing what is presumed to be private correspondence? For example a politician might well reply with information that is not…
      glomph on HN
    • Yes there is. Public disclosure of private facts but only if it's not in the public interest AND it needs to be offensive. But realistically this is the United States and you're…
      oceanplexian on HN
  • No legal jurisdiction defined for the 'legal purposes' checkbox

    From 2 comments
    • "I will not use Pubmail for spamming or any illegal purposes." Not checking that box until "illegal" is defined. Which jurisdiction? Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email…
      yellowapple on HN
    • Can you answer the initial question about legal jurisdiction, though? This is still not clear in the About page, and if you're including a checkbox (that's thankfully optional)…
      yellowapple on HN
  • Lack of standard SMTP/IMAP access

    From 2 comments
    • "I will not use Pubmail for spamming or any illegal purposes." Not checking that box until "illegal" is defined. Which jurisdiction? Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email…
      yellowapple on HN
    • > POP, SMTP and IMAP would seem contrary the whole idea of a public stream of email communication I disagree. I believe it would create for easier access to a public stream of…
      hnyc on HN

Requests

  • Search and filter function

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
      deskglass on HN
    • Would be great to see a search and/or filter function.
      albertpark on HN
  • Email signature disclosing public access

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome idea and execution! I'm reading through the featured emails and laughing at how unresponsive public officials are. I recommend adding a signature feature. If I were to…
      deskglass on HN
    • Yah, a signature feature would pretty much need to be essential. It's pretty essential you tell some one they're on speakerphone, let alone a permanent record.
      jszymborski on HN
  • Read/open receipts

    From 1 comment
    • This is an excellent idea. I have no idea if this is already a feature, but it would be nice to see when the recipient has opened/read a mail. I really wish something like this…
      fapjacks on HN
  • Flag as spam or inappropriate option

    From 2 comments
    • There should be an option to flag email as spam, or as unwanted email, or as scam, or just a general "flag" option (for other people's mailboxes, too).
      spoiler on HN
    • Ah, I was thinking more along the lines of generally inappropriate email that a spam filter wouldn't pick up. Like public shaming or flaming, for example.
      spoiler on HN

Questions

  • How is this different from blogging?

    From 1 comment
  • What is the stack and hosting?

    From 2 comments
    • Looks like a really cool idea! What’s your stack? It spoke Polish to me on your login page because of my IP :)
      pimpl on HN
    • Cool service, OP, where/how are you hosting this, btw? I ask because some years ago I built a ruby-based service very much like it for personal use, but the monthly aws costs…
      ffn on HN

Alternatives named

  • Mailinator

    From 1 comment
    • >Also, I'm not too keen on requiring an email address to create an email address. You can use a pubmail email address to sign up for pubmail, then check the public pubmail…
      Nadya on HN

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