Hacker News with Generative AI: Email

Ask HN: How to turn off Gemini crap in Gmail? (ycombinator.com)
After months of saying no to gemini popup, Evil google has finally shown it on my mailbox. I don't like it. Anyone has found how to turn it off?
Gmail, Google, User Experience, Email
12 points by nancyp 8 hours ago | 6 comments
Phishing with Gmail's Gemini Summarize via prompt injection (twitter.com)
Security, AI, Email, Google, Prompt Injection
3 points by k5hp 14 hours ago | 1 comments
Building an offline-first, cross-platform IMAP client (marcoapp.io)
When we set out to build Marco, we knew we were committing to two very difficult requirements: (1) IMAP-based, not API-based, and (2) cross-platform – web, Mac, Windows, Android, iOS.
Email, Software Development, Cross-Platform Development
17 points by isaachinman 1 day ago | 8 comments
I deleted all of my email filters (coryd.dev)
Gmail's long had a segmented/tabbed inbox and Apple added their own (to iOS) recently. I've long used manual mail rules to label and sort inbound messages into different folders.
Email, Productivity, Gmail, Apple Mail
3 points by cdme 3 days ago | 2 comments
Protonmail is down (Proton Services Status) (archive.org)
We are currently experiencing intermittent network issues affecting some of our users. We are working to fully restore services as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Protonmail, Email, Downtime, Network Issues, Service Outage
11 points by DyslexicAtheist 9 days ago | 3 comments
Proton(mail) Is Down (proton.me)
We are currently experiencing intermittent network issues affecting some of our users. We are working to fully restore services as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Service Disruptions, Email, ProtonMail
17 points by tempaccount420 9 days ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: Is Proton Mail Down? (ycombinator.com)
Getting this error for a while now but their status page (https://status.proton.me/) doesn't show any issue so far:"<p>"Something went wrong We couldn't load this page. Please refresh the page or check your internet connection. Error: Servers are unreachable. Please try again in a few minutes"
Email, ProtonMail, Downtime, Technical Issues
15 points by pythux 9 days ago | 13 comments
Pagecord: Publish your writing effortlessly from your inbox (github.com/lylo)
Publish your writing effortlessly by sending an email.
Publishing, Email, Productivity, Software
23 points by Kerrick 10 days ago | 13 comments
Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option (recyclebin.zip)
The term “Magic Links” once meant a futuristic PDA. Nowdays, companies like Auth0 use it to refer to the slightly-magical feat of including a login link in an email.
Security, Email, User Experience, Authentication
706 points by gepeto42 10 days ago | 504 comments
Ask HN: Is it a bad idea to make an email domain with an uncommon TLD? (ycombinator.com)
I want to make a lifelong email domain, but don't want to pay an enormous amount for a .com.
Email, Domain Names, TLDs
29 points by hackerbabz 12 days ago | 91 comments
RAG a 40GB Outlook inbox – Long term Staff member leaving, keeping knowledge (reddit.com)
I've been fascinated by this concept since the early days of AI, and using ChatGPT has made it feel incredibly achievable and only just understood the concept of RAG. The idea is to leverage a local LLM paired with an open web UI to create vector or other databases of the inbox
Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Email
13 points by miles 16 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Decentralized Email and Storage (privacyeverywhere.net)
Decentralization, Email, Storage, Privacy
10 points by userisatester 18 days ago | 6 comments
Orbit by Mozilla (orbitbymozilla.com)
Easily summarize emails, docs, articles, and videos across the web — without sacrificing your privacy
Web Browsing, Privacy, Productivity, Mozilla, Email
498 points by blinky88 18 days ago | 397 comments
Personal Mail Server on OpenBSD (2019) (nicolascarpi.github.io)
It’s time to host your email yourself!
OpenBSD, Email, Servers, Self-Hosting
124 points by likeabatterycar 20 days ago | 78 comments
Show HN: I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch (github.com/ThReinecke)
This project automates the daily delivery of an email containing three C1-level Dutch words, their English translations, and example sentences.
Language Learning, Automation, Email, Dutch, Open Source
157 points by tr97 22 days ago | 104 comments
Operational PGP (2015) (github.com)
This is a guide on how to email securely.
Security, Email, PGP
43 points by gone35 24 days ago | 32 comments
Ten Years of JMAP (fastmail.com)
Exactly 10 years ago, we announced JMAP on our blog, along with a video by baby-faced Bron and Neil!
Email, Software, History, JMAP
103 points by wycx 26 days ago | 80 comments
Why we use our own hardware (fastmail.com)
Fastmail has a long history of using our own hardware. We have over two decades of experience running and optimising our systems to use our own bare metal servers efficiently.
Hardware, Email, Hosting, Infrastructure, Cloud Computing
933 points by nmjenkins 27 days ago | 529 comments
Out-of-office emails are getting a refresh – employees set work-life boundaries (cbc.ca)
Rather than a copy-and-paste message, employees have given the humble out-of-office reply a revamp.
Work-Life Balance, Email, Workplace Culture
8 points by Bluestein 27 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Do you backup your Emails? (ycombinator.com)
Email, Backup, Data Security
32 points by michidk 28 days ago | 76 comments
Jason from Basecamp doesn't have an assistant (world.hey.com)
No I don't have an assistant.No I don't have anyone (or AI) reading or answering my emails or posts on my behalf.Yes, my email address is very public.Yes I get as many emails as you do, probably more.Yes I have time to get back to people who write me. Not instantly, but eventually within reason.
Productivity, Email, Personal Life, Work-Life Balance
4 points by Liriel 37 days ago | 0 comments
Himalaya: CLI to Manage Emails (github.com/pimalaya)
Email, Tools
349 points by xparadigm 40 days ago | 97 comments
Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address? (ycombinator.com)
After a recent story about how someone lost access to their email address after using it for 10 years, I began thinking how I could prevent this kind of nightmare in my life.
Security, Email, Accounts, User Experience
41 points by eminent101 42 days ago | 32 comments
Show HN: I combined spaced repetition with emails so you can remember anything (ginkgonotes.com)
Add some notes and we'll email them to you on specific days using spaced repetition. This personalized schedule ensures you remember.
Learning, Productivity, Email, Spaced Repetition, Memory
244 points by iskrataa 45 days ago | 93 comments
Show HN: Book and change flights with one email (bonbook.co)
Send the email below, OR write your own. Responses in 15 seconds.
Travel, Software, Productivity, Email
128 points by themagyar 46 days ago | 85 comments
DMARCbis is around the corner: what's changing (dmarcwise.io)
The DMARC protocol (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance), first published in 2015 as RFC 7489, is about to change.
Security, Email, Standards
10 points by matteocontrini 48 days ago | 6 comments
Freedom to run 3rd party clients (borretti.me)
Client freedom, by analogy to the four freedoms, is the freedom to operate a third-party client to an API. Email, IRC, and RSS are open protocols with client freedom. You can read email through a native GUI app, a spartan text-only client, and even an Emacs mode.
Client Freedom, Open Protocols, Software, Email, IRC
7 points by xelxebar 51 days ago | 0 comments
Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (2014) (mako.cc)
For almost 15 years, I have run my own email server which I use for all of my non-work correspondence.
Email, Privacy, Google
12 points by Gedxx 52 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Drafting AI – Human-in-the-loop AI automation for ops teams' email (getdrafting.com)
Hallucination-free AI isn't coming any time soon, so rather than take actions itself, our AI pre-fills tools for your team to use.
AI, Automation, Operations, Email, Software
29 points by jpochtar 53 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: Is Gmail's unsubscribe feature safe? (ycombinator.com)
Got a spam email today. It had an unsubscribe link pointing to a random Azure blob. I click "Mark as Spam" and it offers me to unsubscribe instead?
Email, Spam, Security, Google
12 points by usbsea 54 days ago | 4 comments