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Because we built the same inbox infrastructure as Gmail. Inboxes have threads, threads have messages, messages have attachments. You can search, label, filter,
by Haakam21 8mo ago
Because we built the same inbox infrastructure as Gmail. Inboxes have threads, threads have messages, messages have attachments. You can search, label, filter, reply, forward. None of this comes out of the box with SES.
- benswerd 8mo agoI didn't get it until you said this
- trollbridge 8mo agoCouldn't someone just ask Claude Code to make an email system with threads/messages and handle attachments? Doesn't seem like a particularly difficult problem to solve.
- themanmaran 8mo agoHarder than you would expect! Since we tried this ourselves before switching to Agentmail. Threads, attachments, ccing, DNS management, sending to gmail vs outlook vs yahoo, etc. It add up to be a major pain.
- petervandijck 8mo agoThe new HN “but why pay for this if I could build this in a weekend”!