HACKER Q&A
📣 KhuzdulK

Transparent Email Client?


Hey folks- Is there any service/app that enables to create a “public” email service?

I want to run an experiment to apply to the same jobs using two different email addresses (let’s think male and female) with very similar CVs and then see response rate for screenings.

To make the experiment 100% transparent I need to be able to provide “view access” to the Sent and Inbox of both accounts.

Is this crazy? Is someone doing this?


  👤 frogulis Accepted Answer ✓
There are temporary email services that have a publicly visible inbox, if you have the link, but I suspect that's not what you want. To throw out an idea, could you set up some sort of proxy address that forwards to both you and an independent third party? It's not public but it adds an element of transparency.

👤 mattl
* Post everything to a Mailman type mailing list

* rsync the relevant Maildir/mbox files somewhere public every x minutes


👤 LinuxBender
I have not tested it, still using smtp-sink from postfix tools but there is Mailpit [1] which may fit your needs assuming that you BCC each account from the sending address to accomplish the "Sent" aspect of your requirements.

[1] - https://github.com/axllent/mailpit