Adding resource section and an example for enabling on Multisite
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{{Warning|You cannot post by email using WordPress Multisite.}}
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WordPress can be configured to use e-mail to post to a blog. To enable this functionality, you need to:
WordPress can be configured to use e-mail to post to a blog. To enable this functionality, you need to:
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# Create a dedicated e-mail account to be used solely for posting to your blog,
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# Create a dedicated e-mail account to be used solely for posting to your blog
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# Configure WordPress to access that account, and
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# Configure WordPress to access that account via POP3
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# Configure WordPress to publish messages from the e-mail account
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# Configure WordPress to publish messages from that e-mail account
You can blog by e-mail using most standard e-mail software programs or a [[Weblog Client]] -- a program specifically designed to send posts via email.
You can blog by e-mail using most standard e-mail software programs or a [[Weblog Client]] -- a program specifically designed to send posts via email.
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# Log in to WordPress with the administration login you use to administer your WordPress blog.
# Log in to WordPress with the administration login you use to administer your WordPress blog.
# Go to Settings > Writing.
# Go to Settings > Writing.
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# Read the instructions under '''Post via e-mail''' at the bottom of the page. At the end of these instructions, WordPress will suggest three random strings of numbers you may want to use for the login name of the new e-mail account you'll create
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# Read the instructions under '''Post via e-mail''' at the bottom of the page. At the end of these instructions, WordPress will suggest three random strings of numbers you may want to use for the login name of the new e-mail account you'll create. For WordPress Multisite, see the [[#Multisite_Support|section below]].
# Create a new e-mail account on your web host's mail server or a separate e-mail server, using one of the suggested numeric strings (or your own secret word) for the username (also called a "login name"). A mail server receives e-mails on your behalf and stores them for retrieval. Do '''not''' use public, free e-mail servers like Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., for this account.
'''Note:''' It is strongly recommended that you use a "secret" address - that is, an e-mail account name that is very difficult to guess and known only to you, such as those suggested by WordPress. Any e-mail sent to this address will automatically be posted to your blog. Be aware, however, that some e-mail servers do not allow numbers-only e-mail accounts or accounts starting with a number. Please check with your web host.
# Create a new e-mail account on your web host's mail server or a separate e-mail server, using one of the suggested numeric strings (or your own secret word) for the username (also called a "login name"). A mail server receives e-mails on your behalf and stores them for retrieval. Do '''not''' use public, free e-mail servers like Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., for this account.
'''Note:''' It is strongly recommended that you use a "secret" address - that is, an e-mail account name that is very difficult to guess and known only to you, such as those suggested by WordPress. Any e-mail sent to this address will automatically be posted to your blog. Be aware, however, that some e-mail servers do not allow numbers-only e-mail accounts or accounts starting with a number. Please check with your web host.
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The e-mail server may be refusing connections that attempt to provide an unencrypted password - like POP3. If your webserver and e-mail server are on the same physical computer, you can specify localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the mail server. That traffic is assumed to be OK without encryption because it never traveled across the network.
The e-mail server may be refusing connections that attempt to provide an unencrypted password - like POP3. If your webserver and e-mail server are on the same physical computer, you can specify localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the mail server. That traffic is assumed to be OK without encryption because it never traveled across the network.
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==Multisite Support==
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By default, WordPress Multisite has this feature disabled. You need to enable it first before the options will appear. Add the following code to your wp-config.php file.
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==Extensions and Add-ons==
==Extensions and Add-ons==
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In Yahoo! Mail, the button for switching to plain text is just to the right of the SUBJECT field. In Gmail a similar button is located at the right end of the text formatting tool bar. Hotmail's is found next to the SPELL CHECK button in the email action bar which is located above the email message.
In Yahoo! Mail, the button for switching to plain text is just to the right of the SUBJECT field. In Gmail a similar button is located at the right end of the text formatting tool bar. Hotmail's is found next to the SPELL CHECK button in the email action bar which is located above the email message.
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== References ==
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*[http://docs.appthemes.com/tutorials/post-via-email-using-wordpress-multisite/ Enable "Post via email" on WordPress Multisite ]
[[Category:Getting Started]]
[[Category:Getting Started]]