Issue getting the utility

[roshanjonah]

root@chat-srv1:/home/chat# go get github.com/uflare/smtp2http

# github.com/uflare/smtp2http
/root/work/src/github.com/uflare/smtp2http/handler.go:25:33: cannot use req.Message (type *mail.Message) as type io.Reader in argument to parsemail.Parse:
    *mail.Message does not implement io.Reader (missing Read method)
/root/work/src/github.com/uflare/smtp2http/handler.go:30:8: undefined: resty.R

[skorokithakis]

You can get the resty dependency by changing the import, but I don't know how to fix the first one.

[skorokithakis]

I managed to fix this on my fork: https://github.com/skorokithakis/smtp2http

[roshanjonah]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[alash3al]

@skorokithakis @roshanjonah

sorry guys for the late reply, I did update the deps and fixed the mentioned issues

[skorokithakis]

Fantastic, thank you! Would it be possible for you to add an HTTP parameter for the rest of the headers? Eg I sometimes need In-Reply-To, and a single JSON object holding everything else suits me fine.

[alash3al]

@skorokithakis No problem, I pushed an update with all possible headers I can fetch,

I'm thinking of making a SaaS version of this software with a dashboard featuring the following:

• simply create webhooks with a click!
• ability to view logs of all webhook requests
• ability to help the developer to create webhooks via an API

...

what is your opinion, will it be good or not, I just want to remove any setup & management related hassle?

[skorokithakis]

Personally, I migrated from MailGun (which does the same) to this utility because of how simple and easy it was to set up, and because MailGun made it really hard for me to contain the cost. It was also pretty expensive for such a simple operation.

Depending on how much you charged, I might use it. I currently use it to run https://spa.mnesty.com/, and it's really good for that purpose. I have a few features I'd like to see, but since this is a side project I run in my spare time for free, I couldn't really pay anything more than a few dollars a month, and even that's a stretch, since the functionality is so simple.

[alash3al]

Great,

Can I know how much mailgun charge for a service like this?

[skorokithakis]

They charge per incoming email, which was crazy, because it meant that a spammer can just send me a million emails and I'd have to pay tens of thousands of dollars. I'm not sure exactly how much, you can find the pricing on their site.

[alash3al]

hmmmm, what do you think about a better pricing model from your point of view? and if there were some features like spam-fighting, could it be ok?

[skorokithakis]

The problem with Mailgun is that they charge the same for incoming vs outgoing emails, when outgoing emails are a much more valuable service than incoming. If there were spam fighting, I wouldn't want this, since I explicitly only want the spam :)

[alash3al]

I understood, so the main problem is "inbound emails are same pricing as outgoing" and you're expecting that it should be about +60% less than the outbound right?

[skorokithakis]

In price? I'd expect to have a fixed-price tier, so from 1 to X emails, it's $10, then it's $30, and so on.

[alash3al]

how about something like this: 20k or 30k email = 10$? Sorry if I'm asking a lot

[skorokithakis]

Nah no problem. I think I'm unlikely to switch right now because running the utility works fine for me. I would like something like stripping of HTML to plain text, but I implemented it myself, so my needs are currently met. That sounds like fair pricing, though.

[alash3al]

Thank you for that great discussion, if I launched the service, I would send you a coupon code with a great discount for months

[skorokithakis]

That'd be great, thanks!