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Show HN: Weejur – micro-blog from your email account

17 points by npilk 4y ago

altilunium 4y ago
I've tried to post from email. But somehow it doesnt work. Also, welcome! We also made markdown-based blogging platform over here : https://rtnf.my.id/markdown_blog https://rtnf.my.id/markdown_blog Also, apparently Weejur still dont support markdown table. Take a look here https://www.weejur.com/rtnf/#41 https://www.weejur.com/rtnf/#41 When properly rendered, it should be looking like this https://altilunium.my.id/p/WEE https://altilunium.my.id/p/WEE I recommended MarkedJS for basic, proper markdown compiler.
- npilk 4y ago
  I like the simplicity of your platform! Thanks for the bug report. I've used python-markdown [0] for the markdown parsing–I'll have to double-check the implementation. [0]: https://python-markdown.github.io/ https://python-markdown.github.io/
saasxyz 4y ago
nice, but how it is different from working on an editor? honestly I don't get the difference. As a fellow maker, I am curious to hear your thoughts.
- npilk 4y ago
  My thinking was that this would be good for faster/easier posting. E.g.: someone making a travel blog for friends and family who wants to post from their phone on the train to the next city, or someone who wants to quickly share or save links that they run across "in the wild". I agree that for someone posting long-form content there's no benefit over working in an editor.
benstopics 4y ago
Does it just post to the correct page based on the from email? If so, how do you protect against email spoofing?
- npilk 4y ago
  Yes, it parses based on the from email. The short answer is that it doesn't protect against email spoofing. I do have some filtering set up, but it hasn't been effective in my testing. However, you do receive a confirmation email after every new post. So if someone spoofed your email to make a post, you would get a notification email about that post. In the notification, you'd see what had been posted and could easily delete it. (Note that the email address associated with an account isn't made public anywhere, so someone would need to have doxxed you in this scenario.) Of course, it would be pretty easy for a determined attacker to set up a mailbomb that flooded someone's page with hundreds of spoofed posts. At that point I would have to disable email posting for that account to stop the attack. I'd be interested if you have any suggestions!
  - benstopics 4y ago
    I think a pin number might be an easy solution. Just sign with #1234 at the bottom of the email.

17 points by npilk 4y ago

I've tried to post from email. But somehow it doesnt work. Also, welcome! We also made markdown-based blogging platform over here : https://rtnf.my.id/markdown_blog https://rtnf.my.id/markdown_blog Also, apparently Weejur still dont support markdown table. Take a look here https://www.weejur.com/rtnf/#41 https://www.weejur.com/rtnf/#41 When properly rendered, it should be looking like this https://altilunium.my.id/p/WEE https://altilunium.my.id/p/WEE I recommended MarkedJS for basic, proper markdown compiler.

npilk 4y ago
I like the simplicity of your platform! Thanks for the bug report. I've used python-markdown [0] for the markdown parsing–I'll have to double-check the implementation. [0]: https://python-markdown.github.io/ https://python-markdown.github.io/

saasxyz 4y ago

nice, but how it is different from working on an editor? honestly I don't get the difference. As a fellow maker, I am curious to hear your thoughts.

npilk 4y ago
My thinking was that this would be good for faster/easier posting. E.g.: someone making a travel blog for friends and family who wants to post from their phone on the train to the next city, or someone who wants to quickly share or save links that they run across "in the wild". I agree that for someone posting long-form content there's no benefit over working in an editor.

benstopics 4y ago

Does it just post to the correct page based on the from email? If so, how do you protect against email spoofing?

npilk 4y ago
Yes, it parses based on the from email. The short answer is that it doesn't protect against email spoofing. I do have some filtering set up, but it hasn't been effective in my testing. However, you do receive a confirmation email after every new post. So if someone spoofed your email to make a post, you would get a notification email about that post. In the notification, you'd see what had been posted and could easily delete it. (Note that the email address associated with an account isn't made public anywhere, so someone would need to have doxxed you in this scenario.) Of course, it would be pretty easy for a determined attacker to set up a mailbomb that flooded someone's page with hundreds of spoofed posts. At that point I would have to disable email posting for that account to stop the attack. I'd be interested if you have any suggestions!
- benstopics 4y ago
  I think a pin number might be an easy solution. Just sign with #1234 at the bottom of the email.