Bye is the first email service to automatically respond with an insult, and then delete every email sent to you

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/22/bye-is-the-first-email-service.html

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Is there a browser plug-in for forum/bbs ?

Because if so I just lost my job to automation.

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What I want is one that responds two days later with a “message undeliverable” error, and a slight typo in my address.

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If only there was a way to salt the Trump campaign db with a million of those…

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This is a brilliant idea.

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They’ve automated low-effort trolling and insults on the internet?

I wasn’t aware that this was something that was facing a labour shortage.

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I’m seeing it more as technological performance art. Especially with the cost being 69¢ per month.

And I’m trying to decide if I have a use for this.

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I feel like 80% sure that this is a joke and doesn’t actually exist.

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“69, dudes!”
frantic air guitaring

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For me, this looks like the only tool that would allow me to achieve Inbox Zero.

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Postfix, qmail or exim and procmail on a very minimal Linux server in the real internet (DNS, SPF and MX records required) can do that out of the box. Insult database not included. Might require help from somebody experienced running and setting up email servers.

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“Get less email by never receiving it in the first place. Nobody has time for it.”
Does it worth 69¢ per months for an nonexistent service?

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This is DevOps process applied to other phases of the trolling lifecycle.

Automation allows for integration earlier into the pipeline, and as a result you will see operational efficiencies. “Shift Left”.

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Do they have an iOS app? Will Apple let it into the App Store?

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