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java-man
How do you plan to make money?
gummybuns
I didnt build this as a means to make money, it was more of a project to prove that i can. It is built using AWS' free tier services. Its my dream to keep this up while having it cost me as little as possible.
java-man
This is noble, but eventually a project like this will either die or be repurposed for a nefarious purpose (like harvesting email addresses).
gummybuns
Yea youre right - i still have a few unanswered questions about how to keep the application affordable with the way that it was built at a large scale. If those are your concerns it seems like you have more faith than I do that it could take off
achecouter
How it's different than SimpleLogin or 33mail?
gummybuns
I haven't seen those before but scanning over the home pages of both it seems like we all offer very similar services. SimpleLogin seems legit and looks like they offer a ton of cool features. It seems like something that I would aspire this project to become
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blcarson
Love the name - really surprised that URL wasn't taken.
gummybuns
Thank you! I had the domain for two years or so now just waiting for the right project to come along haha
Natfan
The site doesn't load at all without JS.

Maybe something simple in a <noscript> tag would help accessibility for those of us who don't enable JS on every site by default?

gummybuns
Thanks for the feedback. Given that this is a Single Page Application built in React, what would you expect to see? Just some sort of messaging that says javascript is required? I have never considered/tried to handle this problem before so i dont know what is best.
noahtallen
Yep! That sort of message is common in react apps I’ve worked with before.
kuesji
maybe i should create alternative on withoutjs.org without js but i don't know is it worth.

¯\_ (ツ) _/¯

( yes, i am owner of this domain )

forgotmypw17
Many sites I've tried to register on have rejected my attempts to sign up using services similar to yours.

Do you have any plans to address this issue somehow?

gummybuns
I dont know the challenges that others have faced but if i were to guess maybe certain websites begin blocking by domain name? It is hard to say, but its an interesting problem that i will have to address maybe as the product grows. At the moment I dont have an answer because it has yet to be a problem I have experienced personally.
forgotmypw17
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is by domain name.

One suggestion: custom domains for your users.

This could also help you "monetize", or at least help the service sustain itself.

Thank you for writing and sharing such a useful service.

People like you make the Internet better and offer hope for the future.

hiddentao
I launched Mailmask (https://msk.sh) recently, trying to solve the same problem. Welcome to the club!
gummybuns
> I built Mailmask in response to the frustrations of having to deal with spam, email addresses being sold to advertisers, and being unable to unsubscribe from or block certain senders.

Couldnt have said it better myself, its the exact same reason i built my own too.