Hacker News with Generative AI: Email

Microsoft blocks emails that contain 'Palestine' after employee protests (theverge.com)
Microsoft employees have discovered that any emails they send with the terms “Palestine” or “Gaza” are getting temporarily blocked from being sent to recipients inside and outside the company.
Microsoft, Censorship, Palestine, Email, Protests
52 points by cebert 1 day ago | 24 comments
Verizon is sharing customers email addresses (verizon.com)
Our Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how it is used and disclosed, your choices about uses and disclosure and your rights under certain privacy laws.
Privacy, Verizon, Data Security, Email
12 points by wys2wyg 3 days ago | 2 comments
Working with Git Patches in Apple Mail (2023) (btxx.org)
I recently covered how to work with git email patches in Evolution on Linux, so I thought it would make sense to walk through a similar workflow for those using Apple Mail on MacOS. The idea is essentially the same, with just a little extra work involved.
Git, Email, Apple Mail, MacOS, Workflow
50 points by todsacerdoti 5 days ago | 25 comments
Outlook stores email in Microsoft Cloud – what you need to know (runbox.com)
Many of our users have long relied on Outlook as their email client, but recent changes to how data is managed raise important privacy and control concerns.
Email, Privacy, Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Data Management
17 points by Sami_Lehtinen 6 days ago | 1 comments
Letsencrypt will kill SMTP server auth following Chrome CA policy change (wildeboer.net)
Security, Email, Technology, Web Development, Chrome
61 points by Aissen 7 days ago | 60 comments
Ask HN: Email Provider for Main Account? (ycombinator.com)
Which email provider would you recommend for your main account? (Banking, government + other important stuff)
Email, Recommendations, Online Security, Privacy
27 points by agent008t 8 days ago | 27 comments
E-COM: The $40M USPS project to send email on paper (buttondown.com)
Email, for just under three years, came in a blue-and-white envelope from the United States Postal Service.
Email, Technology, Business
120 points by rfarley04 9 days ago | 125 comments
Email Forwarding for Your Domain (mailwip.com)
Receive and send emails using unlimited addresses from your own domain
Email, Domains, Web Services
60 points by codazoda 13 days ago | 45 comments
Gmail to SQLite (github.com/marcboeker)
This is a script to download emails from Gmail and store them in a SQLite database for further analysis.
Email, Database, Python, Software, Data Analysis
338 points by tehlike 13 days ago | 114 comments
From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." (hayman.net)
Now that I’ve been retired for a couple of days, I think I can finally tell this story of how I was – very briefly – steve@next.com
Steve Jobs, Apple, Email, Anecdotes
1209 points by mattl 15 days ago | 293 comments
Gmail will soon stop support for the 3DES encryption cipher for incoming SMTP (googleblog.com)
Starting May 30, 2025, we will no longer support the Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) for incoming SMTP connections.
Security, Email, Encryption, Google
48 points by gnabgib 15 days ago | 57 comments
Ever wondered why Gmail search fails to find text you're sure is present? (emaildiscussions.com)
Ever wondered why Gmail search fails to find text you're sure is present?
Email, Search, Gmail
26 points by chrisjj 18 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: Zero (YC X25) – AI native email client that manages your inbox (0.email)
Zero is an AI native email client that manages your inbox, so you don't have to.
AI, Email, Productivity, Startups, Software
11 points by nizzyabizaher 22 days ago | 1 comments
Using Trusted Protocols Against You: Gmail as a C2 Mechanism (socket.dev)
Socket’s Threat Research Team uncovered malicious Python packages designed to create a tunnel via Gmail.
Security, Email, Python, Malware, Gmail
5 points by feross 23 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Prettier Email Headers (emailheaders.dev)
From the makers of Jelly
Web Development, Email, User Experience, Tools
11 points by bjhess 23 days ago | 0 comments
ART·E: how we built an email research agent that beats o3 (openpipe.ai)
Artificial Intelligence, Email, Research, Tools
3 points by kcorbitt 24 days ago | 2 comments
Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail (techcrunch.com)
A court in India has ordered the blocking of encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country.
India, Encryption, Email, Law, Proton Mail
420 points by impish9208 24 days ago | 226 comments
Ask HN: Is there hope for Microsoft 365 support? (ycombinator.com)
The company I work for (25friday.com) has been hit with what seems to be a keyword blacklist on Microsoft 365 email.
Microsoft 365, Email, Support, Spam
63 points by joaopbnogueira 24 days ago | 56 comments
Show HN: Rplyr – send emails to AI (rplyr.com)
Say goodbye to repetitive email tasks. Rplyr lets you access AI over email — so you can automate workflows and focus on what matters
AI, Email, Automation, Tools
7 points by kvalrani 26 days ago | 3 comments
The NNCPNET Email Network (complete.org)
From 1995 to 2019, I ran my own mail server. It began with a UUCP link, an expensive long-distance call for me then. Later, I ran a mail server in my apartment, then ran it as a VPS at various places.
Email, Networking, History, Technology
35 points by pabs3 27 days ago | 4 comments
I Do Not Recommend Proton Mail (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
A review of my experience from using a paid Proton Mail account over the past years and why I decided to leave the service after broken promises, technical failures, and ethical disappointments.
Email, Security, Reviews, Privacy
17 points by meatstick 33 days ago | 4 comments
AMP and why emails are not (and should never be) interactive (buttondown.com)
“Email has largely stayed the same,” wrote Gmail product manager Aakash Shaney in 2019, while the web rapidly evolved around it.
Email, Web Development, AMP
222 points by maguay 35 days ago | 165 comments
Notion's Lies Sunsetting Skiff Mail (ycombinator.com)
With the announcement of "Notion Mail", here's a reminder that after Notion acquired Skiff Mail in early 2024, their entire product line was sunset and, despite promising[1][2] email forwarding and support would remain functional until 2025 for trapped users that couldn't immediately access their accounts, both turned out to be complete lies.
Notion, Email, Privacy, Acquisitions, Software
24 points by notioned 38 days ago | 2 comments
Notion Mail is out (notion.com)
Meet Notion Mail, the inbox that organizes itself, drafts emails, and schedules meetings any way you'd like.
Email, Productivity, Software, Notion
101 points by jasperr1 38 days ago | 132 comments
Apple's plan to train AI on your emails (neowin.net)
According to a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is quietly shifting gears on its AI game, and it hopes to do it in a way that stays true to its privacy-first philosophy.
Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Apple, Email
9 points by bundie 39 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Magic links are bad UX and make people's lives worse. Change my mind (ycombinator.com)
Click login, get sent an email link that you have to first wait to be delivered (sometimes takes a full minute, sometimes you have to resend the link).<p>Sometimes the link goes to spam, sometimes you have to search for it like a needle in a haystack of other notifications.<p>Sometimes you are not logged into your email on that device, or it's a small screen that makes it a pain.<p>Maybe it's my mother, and she now has to go find where
Email, Authentication
51 points by figassis 39 days ago | 40 comments
Forward Email: Technical Whitepaper [pdf] (forwardemail.net)
Email, Technical Documents, White Papers
13 points by skeptrune 42 days ago | 0 comments
DigitalOcean blocks SMTP ports 465 and 587 since last month (digitalocean.com)
SMTP ports 25, 465, and 587 are blocked on Droplets to prevent spam and other abuses of our platform.
DigitalOcean, Security, Email, Spam
26 points by leni536 45 days ago | 17 comments
Gmail E2E is as terrible as expected (sapka.pl)
Google announced that end-to-end encryption would be coming to Gmail.
Google, Email, Privacy, Encryption
186 points by HypnoticOcelot 47 days ago | 66 comments
AT&T Email-to-Text Gateway Service Ending June 17 (att.com)
Starting June 17, 2025, you won’t be able to send or receive texts using email.
AT&T, Email, Text Messaging, Service Discontinuation
132 points by m463 49 days ago | 102 comments