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Nice work! Looks promising! Can you share how many people are using it?


It's been a few hours since i put this up and the logs show over 20 emails have been sent.


I don't think it's hand-driven. I quickly glanced over its source code and it seems to use "unfluff" to extract body content.


I still haven't had a reply ...


Did you make sure to put your own e-mail in the "to" field? The first time I used it, I CC'ed the right address and sent it to somebody but neglected to include my own e-mail.


I forwarded it - given that, where would I be supposed to put my email? The email comes from me - shouldn't the reply be sent to me?

I don't understand what rules they are using for where to send the reply. I'll go have another look.

Edit: Just checked - I think I followed their instructions. There was an incoming email with a link, so I forwarded it to them. Surely that should work. What should I do instead?


Hey Colin, please see my response to the other comment. I went and added more sophisticated error handling so that should fix it. Thanks again for trying it out!


It's not about how it looks, it's about what and how fast it does!


Its for an open-source project called Jasper, a voice controlled platform built on the raspberry pi. It allows you to check your google calendar for events and allows you to add an event to your calendar!


Find the potential market of your idea - who are the people which will use it. Find a good team (designers + programmers + marketers). Execution is everything - don't wait around long; if you have a good idea, make a small working prototype asap.


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