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Show HN: Publishthis.email – Create a web page in seconds, by sending an email

23 points by nickdrewe 10y ago

fiatjaf 10y ago
Very nice. I would love to read a list of use-cases, but I'm ok if they don't exist, because this is just a nice hack. Reminds of https://github.com/fiatjaf/questo.email https://github.com/fiatjaf/questo.email
- nickdrewe 10y ago
  Thanks. The idea was simply - what if you could publish a page by sending an email, but several use cases have come to mind since: - The quickest way to create a simple web page. - Blogging without having to create an account. - Organisational email transparency - either within organisations, or publicly. - Archiving email threads. - Sharing long threads of correspondence without adding to the thread further.
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- mattway 10y ago
  Another creator here. We have no specific use cases, but the ideas floating around my head: 1) Leaking controversial conversations, whistleblowing, or simply sharing interesting emails. 2) Being one of the fastest ways to publish, could be a new blogging platform, especially for the older generation who is more comfortable with email. 3) Transparency for businesses/government through public archiving. I would love to hear other ideas.
  - cphoover 10y ago
    > 1) Leaking controversial conversations, whistleblowing, or simply sharing interesting emails. Hmmm if this is a goal you should support encryption. Perhaps provide a public key and have an auto decryption mechanism with your private key.
jtraffic 10y ago
Very cool. I like the idea enough that I want to find a reason to use it, but none comes to mind immediately. The real problem, it seems, is not being able to get something on the web, but getting anyone to look at it.
shanecleveland 10y ago
Maybe add the ability to purchase a domain name somehow to monetize? But this would likely take away the email-only aspect.
- nadermx 10y ago
  I think this would be a nifty way to monetize
wingerlang 10y ago
How are you dealing with email? I recently started looking at this and it was a bit more annoying than I hoped for. Currently it seems like I am settling down with Python + imaplib/email modules and a lot of stack overflow Q/A's.
wdekok 10y ago
Incredibly handy and awesome - especially when using it together with [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com https://ifttt.com)!

23 points by nickdrewe 10y ago

Very nice. I would love to read a list of use-cases, but I'm ok if they don't exist, because this is just a nice hack. Reminds of https://github.com/fiatjaf/questo.email https://github.com/fiatjaf/questo.email

nickdrewe 10y ago
Thanks. The idea was simply - what if you could publish a page by sending an email, but several use cases have come to mind since: - The quickest way to create a simple web page. - Blogging without having to create an account. - Organisational email transparency - either within organisations, or publicly. - Archiving email threads. - Sharing long threads of correspondence without adding to the thread further.
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mattway 10y ago
Another creator here. We have no specific use cases, but the ideas floating around my head: 1) Leaking controversial conversations, whistleblowing, or simply sharing interesting emails. 2) Being one of the fastest ways to publish, could be a new blogging platform, especially for the older generation who is more comfortable with email. 3) Transparency for businesses/government through public archiving. I would love to hear other ideas.
- cphoover 10y ago
  > 1) Leaking controversial conversations, whistleblowing, or simply sharing interesting emails. Hmmm if this is a goal you should support encryption. Perhaps provide a public key and have an auto decryption mechanism with your private key.

jtraffic 10y ago

Very cool. I like the idea enough that I want to find a reason to use it, but none comes to mind immediately. The real problem, it seems, is not being able to get something on the web, but getting anyone to look at it.

shanecleveland 10y ago

Maybe add the ability to purchase a domain name somehow to monetize? But this would likely take away the email-only aspect.

nadermx 10y ago
I think this would be a nifty way to monetize

wingerlang 10y ago

How are you dealing with email? I recently started looking at this and it was a bit more annoying than I hoped for. Currently it seems like I am settling down with Python + imaplib/email modules and a lot of stack overflow Q/A's.

wdekok 10y ago

Incredibly handy and awesome - especially when using it together with [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com https://ifttt.com)!