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by simple-login 7y ago
This version is more complete and contains more technical details on our decision: https://simplelogin.io/blog/we-left-aws/
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by simple-login 7y ago
The ses pricing does not match our pricing unfortunately. We do give instructions on how to use SimpleLogin with SES in our doc at https://github.com/simple-login/app/blob/master/docs/ses.md though.
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by simple-login 7y ago
Absolutely! We also feared that it’s going to be hard to scale without all the aws features like rds, load balancer, s3, etc but we discovered better & easier to use tools for each need since we left Aws.
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by simple-login 7y ago
We have studied that option but the price exceeds an early, bootstrapped startup budget unfortunately.
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by simple-login 7y ago
Another feature of SimpleLogin is self-hosting and we don’t want to be dependent on a specific cloud. The database does not have high i/o need and we don’t store much data so a self managing a database is doable.
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by simple-login 7y ago
ses pricing is not sustainable for our pricing model that offers unlimited forwards/replies. We should have pointed this out in the article. Btw we know pretty well aws.
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by simple-login 7y ago
SimpleLogin team here, this is actually another error due to the bounce email (note the <>). Do you remember where you created this alias? Would be great if you can send us details to hi@simplelogin.io or open up an issue on Github. T
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We Decided to Leave AWS(upcloud.com)
20 points by simple-login 7y ago|11 comments
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by simple-login 7y ago
Disclaimer: I'm the founder of this service. I wouldn't trust a closed-source solution to be the privacy-focused identity provider. And with "Apple Search Ads", Apple could also be considered as an advertising company. I
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Firefox extension to help you fight against spams(addons.mozilla.org)
10 points by simple-login 7y ago|0 comments
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by simple-login 7y ago
True. As soon as we start receiving spams on an email address, we would know immediately which website has sold our email address.
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We should have an email for each website(simplelogin.io)
15 points by simple-login 7y ago|2 comments
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by simple-login 7y ago
Good question! There are 2 reasons that you can count on SimpleLogin: - The running cost is low enough for us to keep the service running almost "forever". Even when SimpleLogin doesn't earn enough money to pay our salaries (
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by simple-login 7y ago
Thanks for letting us know. We just made some changes in our email server IP, the emails should not be put in Spam now.
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Beta testers needed for open-source email forwarding service
12 points by simple-login 7y ago|5 comments