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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,025 stories
iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com↗ developer.apple.com · HN · 206 comments · 607 points · Aug 24, 2026
Fastmail offers EU data region↗ fastmail.com · HN · 296 comments · 518 points · Aug 08, 2026
Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message↗ discuss.privacyguides.net · HN · 517 comments · 637 points · May 11, 2026
Help Keep Thunderbird Alive↗ updates.thunderbird.net · HN · 392 comments · 579 points · Apr 09, 2026
We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)↗ web.mit.edu · HN · 113 comments · 683 points · Jan 29, 2026
2025911 stories
Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files↗ jmail.world · HN · 363 comments · 1557 points · Dec 20, 2025
Cloudflare Email Service: private beta↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 563 comments · 674 points · Sep 25, 2025
Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords↗ blog.danielh.cc · HN · 789 comments · 995 points · Aug 07, 2025
Mox – modern, secure, all-in-one email server↗ xmox.nl · HN · 308 comments · 564 points · Mar 05, 2025
Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option↗ recyclebin.zip · HN · 504 comments · 706 points · Jan 07, 2025
2024985 stories
Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter↗ ContinueAndPersist.org · HN · 224 comments · 1414 points · Nov 28, 2024
Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 90 comments · 429 points · Jul 19, 2024
Stop Microsoft users sending 'reactions' to email by adding a postfix header↗ neilzone.co.uk · HN · 354 comments · 436 points · Jul 16, 2024
Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide↗ github.com · HN · 119 comments · 443 points · Jun 17, 2024
Caniemail.com – like caniuse but for email content↗ caniemail.com · HN · 250 comments · 755 points · May 06, 2024
20231,063 stories
Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts↗ utcc.utoronto.ca · HN · 440 comments · 332 points · Dec 31, 2023
Show HN: Inbox Zero – open-source email assistant↗ getinboxzero.com · HN · 143 comments · 167 points · Dec 29, 2023
Outlook/Hotmail is no longer blocking my mail server↗ taoshu.in · HN · 250 comments · 196 points · Dec 28, 2023
SMTP Smuggling – Spoofing Emails Worldwide↗ sec-consult.com · HN · 73 comments · 289 points · Dec 21, 2023
New Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft↗ mailbox.org · HN · 18 comments · 133 points · Nov 11, 2023
20221,090 stories
Integrating with Fastmail↗ fastmail.com · HN · 307 comments · 566 points · Sep 27, 2022
After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel↗ cfenollosa.com · HN · 728 comments · 1887 points · Sep 04, 2022
SMS phishing is way too easy↗ bejarano.io · HN · 294 comments · 637 points · Jun 24, 2022
Outhorse Your Email↗ visiticeland.com · HN · 122 comments · 729 points · May 19, 2022
Microsoft Exchange stops passing mail due to bug on 1/1/22↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 358 comments · 711 points · Jan 01, 2022
20211,023 stories
Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choice, not a practical one↗ utcc.utoronto.ca · HN · 510 comments · 664 points · Dec 24, 2021
Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 281 comments · 574 points · Sep 23, 2021
Intuit to Acquire Mailchimp for $12B↗ investors.intuit.com · HN · 399 comments · 582 points · Sep 13, 2021
Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email↗ purelymail.com · HN · 307 comments · 606 points · Jul 02, 2021
Can I Email?↗ caniemail.com · HN · 273 comments · 682 points · May 11, 2021
20201,301 stories
Email a Dumpster Fire↗ hey.science · HN · 326 comments · 1049 points · Nov 24, 2020
[email protected]↗ bar.com · HN · 281 comments · 852 points · Sep 27, 2020
We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)↗ web.mit.edu · HN · 135 comments · 1034 points · Jul 08, 2020
How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work?↗ blog.leavemealone.app · HN · 261 comments · 466 points · May 29, 2020
Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email↗ diaryemail.com · HN · 284 comments · 515 points · Jan 14, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel↗ reddit.com · HN · 104 comments · 394 points · Sep 23, 2026
Notes on gotchas while migrating 35kb preprompts from Opus to self-hosted Ollama↗ patrickmccanna.net · HN · 76 comments · 140 points · Sep 14, 2026
iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com↗ developer.apple.com · HN · 206 comments · 607 points · Aug 24, 2026
The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle↗ tedium.co · HN · 56 comments · 127 points · Sep 12, 2026
Gmail to end support for "Send as" for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com↗ support.google.com · HN · 135 comments · 193 points · Sep 04, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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Highest rated · the last 30 days

Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel↗ reddit.com · HN · 104 comments · 394 points · Sep 23, 2026
Gmail to end support for "Send as" for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com↗ support.google.com · HN · 135 comments · 193 points · Sep 04, 2026
Notes on gotchas while migrating 35kb preprompts from Opus to self-hosted Ollama↗ patrickmccanna.net · HN · 76 comments · 140 points · Sep 14, 2026
The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle↗ tedium.co · HN · 56 comments · 127 points · Sep 12, 2026
Don't Use a gmail.com Address↗ crookedtimber.org · HN · 57 comments · 67 points · Sep 06, 2026
Using Cloudflare Workers and reCAPTCHA v3 for a Static Site Contact Form↗ nooshu.com · HN · 10 comments · 39 points · Sep 02, 2026
Leaving Proton Mail↗ runarcn.no · HN · 34 comments · 32 points · Sep 15, 2026
Google to discontinue allowing send as an external account in Jan. 2027↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 8 comments · 21 points · Sep 10, 2026
Show HN: Ive Sent It – online courier for files, with signed proof of delivery↗ ivesentit.com · HN · 22 comments · 18 points · Sep 23, 2026
Google Messages has a weird bug that's sending old texts to random people↗ androidauthority.com · HN · 5 comments · 11 points · Sep 02, 2026

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