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I'm probably the perfect fit for this service, but I have a few concerns. 1) Reliability Your site is sparse and I have no idea who you are. I don't have a l

I'm probably the perfect fit for this service, but I have a few concerns. 1) Reliability Your site is sparse and I have no idea who you are. I don't have a lot of confidence at this point that I can use this service reliably for my company. Also, your site says I can try it now at http://api.maskedmail.net/beta http://api.maskedmail.net/beta which gives a 404. Not good. 2) Attention to detail. "Thanks for your interest maskedmail we'll let you know when you we are ready for you." One too many you's. 3) I thought when I signed up I could start to use it and the "We'll let you know" was a let down. 4) I assumed I would have to roll me own in a day or two and I probably will. I'm not sure the pain point here is strong enough to make a business. I would open-source it as a rails plugin since it seems to be in ruby. You'll probably get some interest and side work out of it. Even though it would be extremely useful for me, the price point would have to be pretty low and the reliability extremely high for me to not just roll my own. Sorry if I'm being overly negative, but I do hope that helps you.

bobbywilson0 16y ago
1.) good point, I need to have a redirect for a get reqeuest on api.maskedmail.net. Right now it only accepts posts to test the service. 2.) thanks for noticing I will change that. 3.) I am going to provide sign ups with an API key to with a few more features. If you do want to give it a shot now just send a post request with a JSON body of the email address you want to test. 4.) Rolling your own has more to do with setting up a mail server than writing any code. The example is in ruby but it is just an example of consuming the service. Rolling your own at this point might be fine for you, I think the value is the convenience of not configuring a mail server, or if you don't have a mail server as part of your hosting (like heroku). The critical review is definitely helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to give such thorough feedback.

bobbywilson0 16y ago

1.) good point, I need to have a redirect for a get reqeuest on api.maskedmail.net. Right now it only accepts posts to test the service. 2.) thanks for noticing I will change that. 3.) I am going to provide sign ups with an API key to with a few more features. If you do want to give it a shot now just send a post request with a JSON body of the email address you want to test. 4.) Rolling your own has more to do with setting up a mail server than writing any code. The example is in ruby but it is just an example of consuming the service. Rolling your own at this point might be fine for you, I think the value is the convenience of not configuring a mail server, or if you don't have a mail server as part of your hosting (like heroku). The critical review is definitely helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to give such thorough feedback.