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Since I've never heard of HEY, here's the site: https://hey.com/ https://hey.com/ It's basically an email provider, but with different features and interesting

Since I've never heard of HEY, here's the site: https://hey.com/ https://hey.com/ It's basically an email provider, but with different features and interesting ideas on how to manage emails. Don't understand why they can't provide an actual elevator pitch on the landing page, but have you read their long-winded message and then you still have to click on "How it works", scroll some more and read some paragraphs just to get an understanding of what it's all about...

AnonC 6y ago
I had an eye on this service once in a while from the time it was announced. Now I see that it’s still not open to the public (without an invitation), but I found the pricing information. It’s $99 a year! That’s huge for me for email (I consider Fastmail to be very expensive with its standard plan at $50 a year). There’s no information on if/when custom domain support will come to Hey. I don’t know if it supports aliases and how many are given at what price. I don’t know if it supports standard IMAP. The advertised features look nice, but all those are (obviously) dependent on a web browser or their upcoming apps. So it’s some stuff that I didn’t know I wanted in email (I do appreciate some of the features), with no information on what I’ve always wanted from email.
- juststeve 6y ago
  I’m pretty so IMAP is a confirmed “no” from DHH. I kind of understand that the IMAP protocol may hold back the design of Hey, but This is likely a non starter for me.
raspyberr 6y ago
I'm struggling a little to understand what HEY does. They're suggesting that they have "reinvented Email" but is it just client side management that they've changed? It sounds like they've brought spam management to the user, "reply later" which I'm not sure what the difference is between that and moving the email to a folder called "Reply Later". Maybe it's just that most users don't customise a personal workflow and this has interesting/sane ideas as defaults.

AnonC 6y ago

I had an eye on this service once in a while from the time it was announced. Now I see that it’s still not open to the public (without an invitation), but I found the pricing information. It’s $99 a year! That’s huge for me for email (I consider Fastmail to be very expensive with its standard plan at $50 a year). There’s no information on if/when custom domain support will come to Hey. I don’t know if it supports aliases and how many are given at what price. I don’t know if it supports standard IMAP. The advertised features look nice, but all those are (obviously) dependent on a web browser or their upcoming apps. So it’s some stuff that I didn’t know I wanted in email (I do appreciate some of the features), with no information on what I’ve always wanted from email.

juststeve 6y ago
I’m pretty so IMAP is a confirmed “no” from DHH. I kind of understand that the IMAP protocol may hold back the design of Hey, but This is likely a non starter for me.

raspyberr 6y ago

I'm struggling a little to understand what HEY does. They're suggesting that they have "reinvented Email" but is it just client side management that they've changed? It sounds like they've brought spam management to the user, "reply later" which I'm not sure what the difference is between that and moving the email to a folder called "Reply Later". Maybe it's just that most users don't customise a personal workflow and this has interesting/sane ideas as defaults.