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Show HN: Web app that lets you send email time capsules

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44 points walrussama | 4 comments | 08 Dec 25 11:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source

I had an issue where I would journal stuff, and then never look at what I wrote. So I thought it'll be cool to schedule something that will get sent to you at a later time (like a time capsule). Also, was inspired by futureme, where you can send yourself letters that'll arrive in the future.
1. Jach ◴[08 Dec 25 12:33 UTC] No.46191512[source]▶
This reminded me of a more whimsical old service that used real snails to send email at some indeterminate time. Looks like their home page is still up but it's totally defunct: http://www.realsnailmail.net/ The only message I sent with it (or at least that made it through, maybe I sent more that I don't remember) was initiated in June 2008, at last collected by a snail in May 2011, and the snail Marko delivered it in August 2011.
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2. walrussama ◴[08 Dec 25 13:23 UTC] No.46191928[source]▶
Wow that's such a delightful service, haha.
3. Grisu_FTP ◴[08 Dec 25 14:23 UTC] No.46192539[source]▶
THIS IS GREAT! Thank you for showing me :D
4. thenthenthen ◴[08 Dec 25 16:20 UTC] No.46194150[source]▶
Classic net.art piece, thanks for bringing it up. The artists homepage: https://boredomresearch.net/