Is there an existing service that will take an incoming mail (npub@domain) and forward as a DM?
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👀 Sounds like a great idea
Yeah but it's a secondary feature of a NIP-05 focused thing that I don't want to associate myself with by giving any further details
We need more nostr email services imo
I believe nostrplebs.com still offers this with their NIP-05 addresses. It would use a human-readable handle @nostrplebs.com rather than the user's npub, though.
The tough part is being able to go the other direction, so you can send a Nostr DM and it would convert it to an outgoing email. I am not aware of any services that allow both directions.
Elaborate? I'll eventually get around to building an email thing but nostr based, though are we talking purely nostr (npub to npub)? in which case it's easy, or are you talking about having a bridge (ftc@nostrdev.com receives an email from freak@proton.me , then that email gets converted to a nostr event/dm sent by the npub of ftc@nostrdev.com (nip-05 from .well-known) to itself with reference of the sender email (being freak@proton.me)? then things got a whole lot complex x3
So ya, expand on the specifics of the request if possible.
Talking about an alternative to mailinator for website signups. Service (abc.com) converts email (npub1xxx@abc.com) to DM
That's it
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