willbrowning

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Working on anonaddy.com

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Comment · 7 years ago
I apologise if there has been some sort of misunderstanding. When I first launched the site I publicised the fact that it was in open beta whilst I was ironing out any obvious bugs and testing things out. I also had a banner message in the settings page stating this.

The message stated: "You are currently on a Free Pro Subscription as a thank you for being a beta tester. This free subscription will come to an end on 5th December 2019. You can still start a subscription now if you wish to support AnonAddy."

When the site's open beta came to an end I sent an email to all those who had signed up. As a thank you, this email let all users know that they would have an additional 3 months to continue using all the Pro features of the site for free.

I then sent 2 more emails shortly before this free subscription came to an end which is shown in your screenshot, giving users the choice to update their emails if they didn't wish to subscribe.

I have also offered all beta users a discount on both Lite and Pro plans.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Best, Will

Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
I actually use the database to store all the different aliases, then Postfix does a database lookup to see if they exist or not.
Comment · 7 years ago
I'll do my best to prevent spam being sent by the service and therefore avoid being placed on a blacklist in the first place. I know it may be difficult to avoid landing on any blacklists but the server does currently have some reasonably strict anti-spam measures in place and I'm constantly looking for ways to reduce any spam to a bare minimum.

All forwarding addresses (recipients) on the site must be verified in order to receive forwarded emails.

Comment · 7 years ago
Not at the moment I'm afraid. It would be cool to set up an .onion address, I'll have to look into this.
Comment · 7 years ago
Fair point, I'll try to emphasise the ease of alias creation instead going forward.
Comment · 7 years ago
That's a really good point, I often fall into the trap of assuming things like this, thanks.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Great stuff! Let me know if you have any questions.
Comment · 7 years ago
I'll have to do some further reading on this. Do you vaguely remember where you read this and why it was not allowed?
Comment · 7 years ago
Yes that's true you could be linked if using a custom domain and someone can determine that nobody else is sharing that domain with you.

That's why I added the additional username feature to compartmentalise aliases and also the UUID aliases.

The UUID aliases all share the same domain e.g anonaddy.me so it is not possible to link ownership of these to any particular user.

Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
I agree there may well be some challenges along the way but I'll do my best to prepare and prevent them. I'm always reading and learning more about the best measures to have in place for the server.

Thank you, hopefully I'll be able to stay sane!

Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Yes a few other users have mentioned integration with password managers. I agree that would be extremely convenient, but this would obviously be up to the password manager to integrate it using the API.

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