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1806 sats \ 16 comments \ @lnemail 16h privacy

LNemail just launched! - a private inbox that lasts 1 year for 1000 sats (renewable).

Features:

No personal info required
Plain text emails only (no HTML/attachments)
Access via web or API
Receive-only inbox

Perfect for account verification, 2FA, and newsletter subscriptions without the 10-minute limitation of other disposable services.

⚠️ Currently in BETA - use at your own risk

Try it: https://lnemail.net Feedback/support: npub1rkh3y6j0a64xyv5f89mpeh8ah68a9jcmjv5mwppc9kr4w9dplg9qpuxk76

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173 sats \ 2 replies \ @fiksn 15h

Cool thing, perhaps support HTTP 402 for account creation using API.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @lnemail OP 12h

Nice! I didn't know about it. Do you know any examples of sites that use it? I would like to try the UX.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiksn 12h

Well I know about https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture and that Lightning Labs uses something like that for their Loop service. I think they even wrote the LSAT standard which is now a bit extended in the form of L402. It is a clever reuse of the existing HTTP 402 status code with lightning micropayments. Then there is for instance FewSats which offer even more payment options (to make it more normie friendly).

167 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 15h

Finally... Thanks for sharing

147 sats \ 0 replies \ @_Bubble_2009 14h

Thank for sharing I'll try asap.

216 sats \ 1 reply \ @SwapMarket 11h

How do I know it is not a honeypot and you won't read my messages?

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @lnemail OP 3h

You can't. Same as with any other email provider.

“Not your keys not your coins” also apply to email. So think about it as a custodial email account. Whenever you use en email provider, you trade privacy for comfort and anonymity (in this case).

It's a bit better since if you only use it for 2FA, you will know the password, and your anonymous email will only know the one time code. So an evil administrator wouldn't be able to steal your account.

For receiving private emails, the same as with other providers apply, encrypt your emails E2E with GPG or similar. Otherwise the sender's provider and your provider will have access to the contents. This applies even if you self host your own mail server.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Alice_and_the_Wonderland 9h

Cool!!

But…

is it open source??
is it end to end encrypted?(I believe it is.., and should..)
u not fed?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lnemail OP 3h

Thanks!

It will be open sourced after the beta period. Now I also have a way myself to create an anonymous GitHub account to publish it :-)

Your connection to the server is E2E encrypted. The email contents are not encrypted by default, that's how the email protocol works... You can see some more details and countermeasures here: #983517

I'm not a fed and not looking to attract their attention. The server does not even keep a record of the IP addresses of the requests. It's also in my best interest to keep as little data as possible.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Riberet 8h

Cool, Thanks for sharing! I am going to check it out

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 10h

I need this!

Will check it out

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BITC0IN 11h

cool

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @avbpod 13h

tip: enable sending email, and ask 20 sats or whatever per email... would deter spammers and has a cool ring to it

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @lnemail OP 12h

Thanks for the suggestion!

The server is technically ready for sending emails, and a small sats payment per email would indeed deter spam.

It would shift LNemail from a disposable inbox to a more full-featured email service though, which wasn't the original focus.