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GMass Blog
Company blog · gmass.co/blogproductivitybusiness
GMass Blog is the company blog at gmass.co, writing about productivity and business. Since 2015, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “Live Updates on the Google OAuth Verification Process”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (13) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite GMass blog posts on Gmail mail merge, SMTP server setup, Gmail API changes and email deliverability, mostly as references in discussions of spam and Gmail domains.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 13 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
GMass allows you to easily schedule emails, send out mass emails and mail merge campaigns and more with Gmail! Click here to learn about more features!
Most-linked posts?
- Live Updates on the Google OAuth Verification Process3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-06-21
- WTF: Google’s OAuth verification process and security assessment2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-01-14
- Forced migration to Google Sheets API v42 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-01-15
What Hacker News says?
I set up my own mail server following the guide here: https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/mail-server-guide/ I also referred to https://www.gmass.co/blog/smtp-server-linux/ I also looked at OwnCloud, but ended up just syncing from my phone to local Mac and doing backups off that regularly. You could also rsync to other devices. A raspberry Pi with a SSD at home would work fine. If you have a VPN set up on your own network (…
Comment linking /blog/smtp-server-linux/
on “YouTube suspended my account for posting DeFi hackathon video”Submitted Forced migration to Google Sheets API v4 as a story · 162 points
HN discussionI addressed it in a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045670 > But once the data leaves the browser there is no way to know, wouldn't you consider to partner with Gmail(or others) and appear as an addon to an already trusted company in order to start off the business ? Also, I understand the concern and that Paul most likely will not trust their secrets to anyone. The problem is that's not a business,…
Comment linking /blog/google-oauth-verification-security-assessment/
on “Show HN: Write a private diary using good old email”Submitted Google’s Safe Browsing program made my week hell as a story · 39 points
HN discussionFrom your documentation: >We recommend that an unsubscribe link be added to all mass emails containing promotional or marketing content, but the decision is up to you. An unsubscribe link is a requirement of the CAN-SPAM Act and the GDPR. Your own docs effectively say "We advise you not to use our product to break federal and EU law, but the decision is up to you". I can't speak for anyone else, but that doesn't rea…
Comment linking /blog/unsubscribe-link/
on “I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement”Submitted WTF: Google’s OAuth verification process and security assessment as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis product lets people send up to 10,000 emails[1] at once to a cold list of contacts (ie, not opted in). Let's not kid ourselves: The use case is spamming. The reason it's making $115k/month is because most other ESPs (Mailchimp, etc) don't allow spamming, so spammers flock to (and pay for!) products that look the other way. To the creator: Good on you for creating a successful business. I hope you take these res…
Comment linking /blog/you-can-now-send-10000-emails-with-gmass-and-gmail/
on “I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement”Submitted Show HN: GMass – a super simple mass email system for Gmail as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> You have to be a true spammer And what exactly is a "true spammer," in your view? Your product allows people send 10,000[1] emails at once to people who never opted-in. You and your product enable spam. Shame on you. https://www.gmass.co/blog/you-can-now-send-10000-emails-with...
Comment linking /blog/you-can-now-send-10000-emails-with-gmass-and-gmail/
on “I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement”Submitted Gmail Attachment Limit: How to Send Files That Exceed the Limit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt might help to separate out business functions from the product itself. From your comment on the blog: > Like I’ve explained above, cancel@gmass.co is not an email address. To the average user, it certainly looks like an email address. Maybe just have it act like a normal email and list it under the support section of your website: https://www.gmass.co/#contact
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on “I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement”Submitted Live Updates on the Google OAuth Verification Process as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf that were my service, I'd be pretty embarrassed by the number of unhappy users who have commented on the blog posts about cancellation[1] and refunds[2]. Doesn't seem like a good look. [1] https://www.gmass.co/blog/how-to-cancel-your-paid-gmail-mail... [2] https://www.gmass.co/blog/request-a-refund/
Comment linking /blog/request-a-refund/
on “I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement”Submitted We’ve changed how click tracking works to avoid false phishing detection as a story · 2 points
HN discussionA little more information: So, it's called fakemail but there is a real SMTP server in there. Attachments should work fine. Getting the web app to create SMTP accounts was quite tricky, I'm sure there are better ways but I ended up implementing the unix crypt() algorithm in C#. Server is holding up fine so far (there was a rate-limiting bug which brought the site down yesterday). Logs show 37K unique IPs have access…
Comment linking /smtp-test
on “Show HN: A fake SMTP server for software integration testing”Submitted How to Check Your Spam Folder in Gmail and Outlook as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI have similar ones: PersonalLoanforYou (sent from Personal Loan Pro <pedrojoilmaantonio@gmail.com) 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡_𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐔𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 (sent from Personal Loan <xarthostalorr@gmail.com>) The common thread appears to be that they are sent from gmail addresses. It could be that they are using a tool like Gmass ( https://www.gmass.co/ ) that lets you send bulk email from Gm…
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on “Ask HN: Has Gmail spam blocking taken a sudden nosedive?”Submitted How to Build an Email List from Your Gmail Account as a story · 1 points
HN discussionVery interesting, this seems very related to them force-migrating everyone to the new Sheets API that has a number of missing features. https://www.gmass.co/blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/
Comment linking /blog/google-sheets-api-v4-bullshit/
on “Google acquires AppSheet”Submitted GMass Privacy Information: What data does our server store? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI went through this hell last year when trying to tell my customers I had to change payment processors. In my case it turns out I was victim of Google having a beef with afraid.org years ago (the DNS authoritative record for my domain). 100% of my emails to gmail were going to spam, as soon as I switched NS record to fastmail (with same zone file) I hit the inbox. I never would have caught it without using this site…
Comment linking /inbox
on “Email is tough: Major European Payment Processor's Emails aren't RFC-Compliant”Submitted Will the new Hey email service eat Gmail’s lunch? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://www.streak.com/ http://www.gmass.co/
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on “Ask HN: How do you build and monetize Chrome extensions?”Submitted Live Updates on the Google OAuth verification process and security audit as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMy understanding was that the two domains are equivalent. The following sites seem to confirm my understanding. Are you sure it isn't you? https://support.google.com/mail/thread/125577450/gmail-and-g... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-gmail.c... https://www.gmass.co/blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-a...
Comment linking /blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-and-google-com/
on “It's Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian”Submitted Beware! New Google Docs scam seeks to access your entire Gmail account as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThanks! We've really tried to keep Slimbox simple in every way. And yes, we went through Google's verification process and it was pretty rigorous. Because Slimbox is a relatively simple application, we came in under $50k, but laying out 5-figures pre-revenue was a tough pill to swallow. It's certainly a great test of how much you believe in what you're making – we were fortunate to have strong validation from early…
Comment linking /blog/live-updates-google-oauth-verification-security/
on “Show HN: Slimbox – a simple tool to declutter your inbox in seconds”Correct, if you're following CANSPAM in the US you must abide by its rules in order to remain legal, however explicit opt-in is not required. What is required is: - No deceptive information - Valid physical address - Must have an easy way to unsubscribe, most often an unsubscribe link but asking the recipient to reply to stop being sent emails is also sufficient - Promptly honor unsubscribe requests within ten days…
Comment linking /blog/is-cold-emailing-illegal/
on “Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?”
