Comment by metafunctor | Hacker News Reader

Comment by metafunctor | Hacker News Reader

I wonder why they don't collect email addresses for people using their service. It would open all sorts of opportunities for marketing, soliciting donations, and also service announcements. I mean, I heard about this campaign on Hacker News, not directly from Let's Encrypt.

Also, I'd probably sign up for a small recurring donation if it was possible. Recurring donations could become a significant and reliable source of funding.

Edit: I am not suggesting they start spamming everyone and ask for money. An opt-in email list for topics not strictly related to service would be good.

We have a lot of email addresses provided for certificate accounts but we'd prefer to use them only when necessary, because that's what people had in mind when they gave them to us. When we collect email addresses via marketing efforts we may use them for future marketing efforts (with the appropriate opt-out options, of course).

Of course. Is there a (low volume) mailing list somewhere I can sign up to get announcements for things like this?

P.S. Let's Encrypt rocks! I just donated.

They do have my email address, but I'm glad they did not (yet) use it to ask for money.

  If you provide an email address to Let’s Encrypt when
  you create your account, we’ll automatically send you
  expiry notices when your certificate is coming up for
  renewal. We send the first notice at 20 days before
  your certificate expires, and more notices at 10 days
  and 1 day before it expires.

Luckily they have better things to do than sending SPAM.

I wouldn't ant another service begging me for money every month. I'd rather them just figure out a long term solution. I'd happily pay for it, I just hate marketing emails.

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