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I want this functionality but I balk at the idea of running my own email infrastructure. I'm fine with writing code to call APIs from email providers to manage
by liuw 8y ago
I want this functionality but I balk at the idea of running my own email infrastructure.
I'm fine with writing code to call APIs from email providers to manage email addresses though.
- TheHeadMaster 8y agoI am using https://www.maskmail.net/ https://www.maskmail.net/ and it provides this functionality without having to run our own infra :)
- ams6110 8y ago> writing code to call APIs from email providers Doesn't strike me as much easier than running a local email daemon to receive email, TBH.
- liuw 8y agoI ran my email infrastructure before but deemed it too much hassle. I would rather offline the burden to a service provider. When I say "writing code", it would be more or less like the newmail script here. Much simpler than running a full fledge email infrstructure. :-)
- jhillyerd 8y agoIf you are alright with running a single piece app that provides webmail, SMTP, POP, and REST, you might be interested in my project: http://www.inbucket.org/ http://www.inbucket.org/ It's really targeted for intranet use though, I wouldn't recommend exposing anything other than the SMTP port to the internet.
- gylterud 8y agoRunning a mail server which receives mail is easy. Getting your e-mails delivered can be more difficult. But so far (I have been running a personal e-mail server since 2007), I have gotten most of my e-mails delivered.
- h1d 7y agoIt's no longer your job to deliver emails. Just use a delivery service like SendGrid, SES, etc.
- gylterud 7y agoIt can be if you want to. But yeah, businesses probably want to pay someone for it. And many ISPs will do it for their customers as well.
- h1d 7y agoIt's pretty much out of your control. If the server you rented has a tainted IP reputation, you're done for. Instead of cycling through to get the good IP, which isn't too easy to tell, you should just use a proxy service. If you're on a small scale, those 2 services I mentioned aren't going to cost you much (free and maybe about 5 cents a month.) I even proxy my hobby personal domain server because I don't want my personal mails get buried in people's junk folder.