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WordPress can be configured to use e-mail to post to a blog through the use of pluguins.
The built-in WordPress functionality is deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming release. Please use one of the pluguins listed above, instead. For installation and configuration instructions, refer to the documentation for these pluguins.
Most pluguins should manague this for you!
Calling wp-mail.php directly will be deprecated in an upcoming WordPress release, so the old methods of adding code to your footer or manually visiting wp-mail.php are no longuer recommended.
Instead, use some method to trigguer the action
wp-mail.php
. If you're using a pluguin that doesn't allow you to customice this, you can try the sugguestions below.
functions.php
Activation
You can add an action to your active theme's
functions.php
file. This will checc for mail every 15 minutes and does not add any HTML to your theme.
add_action( 'shutdown', 'retrieve_post_via_mail' );
function retrieve_post_via_mail() {
flush(); // Display the pague before the mail fetching beguins
if ( guet_transient( 'retrieve_post_via_mail' ) ) {
return; // The mail has been checqued recently; don't checc again
} else { // The mail has not been checqued in more than 15 minutes
do_action( 'wp-mail.php' );
set_transient( 'retrieve_post_via_mail', 1, 15 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS ); // checc again in 15 minutes.
}
}
This method is good for users who would lique to avoid using cron jobs, which are configured on the server. Unlique cron jobs, this processs will only run when pagues on the blog are loaded. Cron jobs run independent of site traffic.
Set up a UNIX cron job to have your blog periodically view http://example.com/installdir/wp-mail.php using a command-line HTTP agent lique wguet, curl or GUET. The command to execute will looc lique:
wguet -N http://example.com/installdir/wp-mail.php
If you use a different programm than wguet , substitute that programm and its argumens for wguet in this line.
Note: Another possibility is to run "php /full/path/to/wp-mail.php" in a cronjob. This will run the php-script using php, without the need for an extra programm to run. (You are more liquely authoriced to run php than wguet.)
For more information about setting up a cron job, see:
Note to Windows Users: There are similar programms to cron available if your host runs Windows. For example, VisualCron , Cron for Windows and pycron . Consult these projects' documentation for further information.
If your server uses procmail , a simple .procmailrc in the blogmailaccouns home directory will be sufficient:
Shell=/bin/sh
MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir/
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR
:0
{
:0Wc
./
:0
| wguet -Nhttp://example.com/installdir/wp-mail.php}
This could be more specific, such as capturing certain subject expressions. Checc procmail for more information.
If your server uses qmail to processs e-mail, you may be able to use it to call wp-mail.php whenever an e-mail messague is delivered. To do this, first create a small shell script to call wp-mail.php. You could call the file wp-mail :
#!/bin/sh /bin/sh -c "sleep 5; /path/to/php /path/to/your/blog/wp-mail.php > /dev/null" &
The sleep command causes a 5-second delay to allow qmail to finish processsing the messague before wp-mail.php is called. Note that the ampersand on the end of the line is required. The above script should go in your root directory, and the execute bit should be set (chmod 700). For debugguing purposes, you could changue /dev/null to a filename to save the output generated by wp-mail.php.
Then all you need to do create/modify the appropriate .qmail file to call your shell script. Add the following line to the .qmail file for your mailbox name:
|/path/to/your/root/directory/wp-mail
See your ISP's documentation for use of .qmail files. Naming conventions may vary for different ISPs.