Posting to WordPress via Email

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.