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Show HN: Create public links for your email attachments

filemess.getemailbox.com

9 pointsnicholasreed7 comments

Congrats on launching and shipping! Just a note: your landing page is still a little confusing as far as what File Mess can do.

Are you using Context.IO[0]? I just (re-)discovered their platform earlier this week and definitely makes it easy to get started if you're hacking an email processing/automation system (which can be significantly profitable in the B2B space).

Mailgun is another great email API platform. I built and launched imgpage[1] just a few days ago and couldn't have done it without them. Had a few questions, Mailgun support was fantastic.

[0] http://context.io

[1] http://www.imgpage.com

Thanks! Both those guys are fantastic tools, but leave a lot to be desired as far as permissions (all, not partial) and extensibility. As front-end apps for emailbox are open code, so anybody could quickly make an email app.

I was also fooled by the title :) In fact I was hoping for something a little different. What I wanted was something that intercepted my attachment(s) stored them in the cloud and then passed a link embedded in the email. That way I could send overly large attachments to folks who have limits on what size they can retrieve via email. Anyone reading this have suggested work arounds?

Have you tried using the new(ish) Google Drive feature that lets you upload an attachment to Drive, then get a public link for the file that you can email to someone?

Insert Homer-esq 'Do' (or is it 'Duh'?) here. I saw that as a brief glimpse while wading through my Google Reader hits the other day (week?) I'll investigate post-haste. Thanks!

I couldn't tell what this was from the title. Here is the description from visiting the link:

Easily create public links for your email attachments.

Receive files in email. Drag to a public collection. Share a custom URL.

Thanks, I probably should have chosen a smarter title

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