Show HN: We made a CLI and API to automate inbound email

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5 years ago

Hi HN! We're a 5 person team working on simplifying the creation of email apps. Right now, most email services focus on outbound emails (newsletters, transactional, delivery), but that doesn't solve the fact that we all hate receiving them. You can try it at https://mailscript.com

Mailscript lets you create programmable email addresses. It works headless, via the CLI, API (we use Swagger to support most languages). You can even run it as a daemon on a server (to run functions when emails arrive).

Once you get [email protected], you can create as many aliases as you'd like (including on the fly support for *@username.mailscript.com). Just like in Gmail, we support adding . or +. Every address gets an SMTP key as well, so you can use your favourite email client e.g. Gmail...

We've been working hard on making the CLI and API easy to understand, and take a trigger/actions approach. We even have parsers for GitHub emails (so you can automate Issues, PRs, Actions). You can see what the code looks like in our templates: https://github.com/mailscript/cli/tree/main/packages/templates

Example use cases: - send Zabbix alerts to SMS if 2 messages in one minute! - post Github releases to Discord - save pdf attachments to Google Drive - create shared email addresses You can even collaborate on your email infrastructure on GitHub by exporting it as a YAML file.

If you'd like to learn more: Docs: https://docs.mailscript.com API playground: https://api.mailscript.com

We'd really like to hear your feedback, especially the harsh criticism. If you'd like any help with building automations, we'll take the time to help you code them. Feel free to ask for help on our Discord (https://discord.gg/US24HAVYq2) or at [email protected]!

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