Postie Features

Embedded Images: img1 is first included image.  img2 is second, etc.

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Some text on first line

#img1#
caption for img1

some more text some more text

#img2#
caption for img2
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Features List
» If you put in :start – the message processing won’t start until it sees that string
» Postie has a filter to make it easy to show full images on individual pages.
» Rotation – if you include the text

rotate:90

or any other # – all images in the message will be rotated for you.
» POP3,POP3-SSL,IMAP,IMAP-SSL now supported – last three require php-imap support
» If you put a category name in the subject with a : it will be used as the category for the post
» If you put a category id number in the subject with a : it will be used as the category for the post
» If you put the first part of a category name it will be posted in the first category that the system finds that matches – so if you put

Subject: Gen: New News

The system will post that in General.
» All of the above also applies if you put the category in brackets []
» Using [] or you can post to multiple categories at once

Subject: [1] [Mo] [Br] My Subject

On my blog it would post to General (Id 1), Moblog, and Brewing all at one time
» Using — or you can post to multiple categories at once

Subject: -1- -Mo- -Br- My Subject

On my blog it would post to General (Id 1), Moblog, and Brewing all at one time
» By putting comments:X in your message you can control if comments are allowed

comments:0 – means closed
comments:1 – means open
comments:2 – means registered only
» Allows you to attach images to your email and automatically post them to your blog
» Large images are automatically thumbnailed and linked to the larger image (Requires GD)
» You can publish images in the text of your message by using #img1# #img2# – each one will be replaced with the HTML for the image you attached
» You can set the starting characters for you signature so that it is removed from the posting message
» The program understands enough about mime to not duplicate post if you send an HTML and plain text message
» Posts can be delayed by adding a line with delayXdXhXm where X is a number.

delay:1d – 1 day
delay:1h – 1 hour
delay:1m – 1 minute
delay:1d2h4m – 1 day 2 hours 4m
» Images are renamed in a way that makes it impossible to accidentally overwrite images you have already posted
» You can set a list of banned file names so if you provider adds images to your post they don’t show up in the blog
» If you post from an email address that is not a valid author the email post will be forwarded to the admin
» If your mail client doesn’t support setting the subject (nokia) you can do so by putting #your title here# at the begining of your message
» You can control if you want HTML allowed in the body or subject of your post
» Automatically confirms that you are installed correctly
» Tells you if you have GD installed for resizing
» Lets you set a default subject when you don’t set one
» Defaults to posting to the default category you set in Word Press