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Show HN: Extract email attachments into shareable links

6 points by saimiam ↗ HN
Link = https://moogle.cc/nirvaancms.html

After having to upload images/json files one too many times to S3, I decided to build a process which allowed me to email files to a set email address and have the files appear in s3 with a shareable link.

I can see a product like this being useful as a headless CMS, sharing a files outside Dropbox/GDrive, config files for web and IoT projects, and general backup.

Let me know what you think, HN.

Link = https://moogle.cc/nirvaancms.html

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gus_massa
clicky: https://moogle.cc/nirvaancms.html

How long are the files retained? [Yes, it's in the FAQ, but it should be in the main page.]

How can I delete a file? Why do you not send two links: One with the public url of the file and one with a delete page. What happens if Google indexes one file and keeps checking it weekly?

Beware Gmail sometimes send big attachments as links to Google Drive. It's very confusing for end users.

About who can read my emails: I don't understand why you explain they are encrypted. I'd prefer a policy like mailinator, but perhaps you should ask a lawyer.

saimiam
Thanks for the feedback. Will update once I’m back online.
jasong
This is super cool. I would only consider using a self hosted open-source version of this since I am sending you sensitive info via email. Enterprise or business users will probably be in the same boat.
saimiam
True that these may not be the most appropriate for corporate emails.

If there’s sufficient interest in this, I could enforce login on emails sent to a different email inbox such as private@moogle.cc. That way, only the sender would be able to see the attachments. I’ll have to think this thru though.

hammock
Cool idea.

Would be nice if I could just right click attachments in Outlook and copy a sharable link to them.

saimiam
I’ve also been working on a moogle inbox (for you domain). There, you definitely can right click and link to an attachment.

Maybe the moogle inbox can be a standalone read-only inbox (i.e., no reply, no forwarding) for things like linking to attachments and making private notes about emails?

I believe Zoho Mail does something similar for private notes but I don’t think they give you links to attachments.

jamjamjamjamjam
So to not attach a file to an email, you first have to attach the file to an email and send it? Seems to defeat the point.
saimiam
Good point though, to be fair, email is just a way to safely and with enforced limits on size (10MB), bring files into the CMS.

I wouldn't get too hung up on the messaging.

(Safety: mail providers like SES will verify incoming mails for viruses and spam Size limits: SES limits email sizes to 10MB.)

Using email as a delivery mechanism let me focus on building the backend plumbing and not on virus checks/File Upload UI.