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Testing Blog by Mail

I’m writing this blog entry in an email and sending it to my wordpress software via a secret mail account I’ve set up on my server.

I’m not sure why anyone would do this, since it seems less convenient than blogging by internet. The only place I can think of where I have email but not internet is on my cell phone, and how much blogging will I honestly do from my cell phone?

Nevertheless, I suppose this is an interesting feature.

Update @ 12:31 pm: Well, I thought I had email on my phone, but apparently I don’t. This feature is utterly useless to me.

  • 31 Mar 2005
  • 11:16 am

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1. A response from Winslow Oddfellow II:

To me, Blog by Mail is a security compromise â€  once someone finds that email address, he/she can post obscene entries!

  • 3 Apr 2005
  • 10:17 am

2. A response from James:

To Winslow:

It really depends. Wordpress will generate a random account name you can use (qnmfpa@bellsouth.net, anyone?).

Also if your webmail service is decent, it will have settings that allow you to filter all messages but ones from certain addresses to the trash.

  • 3 Apr 2005
  • 1:34 pm

3. A response from pierrebenoit:

please,
Do you really point me to a good tutorial online?

I’ve tried to blog by email without success

  • 20 Apr 2005
  • 12:58 am

4. A response from Joey:

Pierre, your comment sure looks like spam to me. The website you listed isn’t even a blog. I’ve removed the link so you won’t get any Google PageRank from me. My apologies if you are a legitimate commenter.

As for your question, blogging by mail is different depending on what blogging software you use. If you’re already using WordPress, here are some good instructions: how to blog by email.

  • 20 Apr 2005
  • 10:36 am

5. A response from Winslow Oddfellow II:

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

I recieved random statements like that from poker spammers when I first got spammed as well.

  • 22 Apr 2005
  • 9:57 pm

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