Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> An honest list of drawbacks I appreciate putting up a list like this. That said, I want to comment on one of the listed drawbacks: > Occasionally, obscure email servers will block emails sent through us I have a few years of experience running my own email server and I can tell you this is a major pain in the ass. When you send your email via a small email server (a server that sends a low volume of…
I also use this. Pros: super cheap. <$2/mo for all my custom email addresses and routing rules. Nothing else came close - everything else I found would make me pay per email address even if that address receives an average of 0 emails per month. The wildcard suffixes are really nice as well - they use _ instead of gmail's + (I've had issues with gmail's version as it sometimes is transparently removed, or sometimes the form doesn't consider +…
I have recently moved from Gmail. So far, so good. A little more spam coming through compared to Gmail. Pricing is fantastic for small users. IP is not on any blacklists. Delivery looks good even considering all methods the likes of Google deploy today such as various inboxes, etc. Roundcube is not something that I like. There is a bus risk, obviously. :)
Hi HN! Creator here. I've been working on Purelymail for the past few months because the state of paid email services bothered me. Relative to what they offer, they tend to be pretty expensive. $5 a month adds up. I think it's important to have mail cheap enough that people won't be tempted to sell their personal lives to Gmail instead. Purelymail only offers custom domain hosting to start with, which has the benefit of keeping final ownership of email…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 936
- Total comments
- 524
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-11 | Show HN: Purelymail (Beta) – extremely cheap custom domain email | Felz | 3 | 1 |
| 2020-06-18 | Purelymail: Cheap email with custom domains, 2FA | xamlhacker | 2 | 1 |
| 2021-03-07 | Purelymail: No-Nonsense Email | kome | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-07-02 | Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense emailFirst breakout · Best thread | pwrplus1 | 606 | 307 |
| 2022-10-02 | Purelymail: Cheap, No-Nonsense Email | d4a | 10 | 4 |
| 2023-03-26 | Purelymail – Cheap Email for Everyone | sealeck | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-01-27 | Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense emailHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | LorenDB | 310 | 211 |
