Posting to WordPress via Email
October 23, 2009
Configuring WordPress to accept posts via email took some effort to get working. This is my first post sent via email.
Generally I am very happy with WP but was surprised handling posts via email was not a simpler process. The bottom line was WP works best with plain-jane POP3 email connections.
My primary problem was using GMail which requires SSL (secure socket layer) for authentication. By default WordPress is not setup handle SSL connections. Ultimately I ended up setting it up with a regular POP3 that used port 110.
One post I found said to use ssl://pop.gmail.com as the server name instead of pop.gmail.com. That only seems to work after recompiling WP with SSL. I don’t know how to do that, if you do, more power to you.
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