When you are moblogging, or posting blogs via email, you can only post a blog if:
| • | the email address to which you are sending the posting is authorized to receive blog entries |
| • | you are a valid sender, and have been included in the valid sender list as described in the topics Setting emaill addresses for email shortcuts and Adding article and photo email shortcuts |
To post an article or photo
Note: Posting of attachments in email messages is not currently supported; attachments will not be posted to your blog if you post via email.
| 1. | Start a new email message. |
| 2. | Enter the email address of the email shortcut into the To: field. This will appear in the blog as the title of the posting. Make sure to use the correct email address for article and photo postings (see Adding addresses to email shortcuts for details on the different email shortcuts). |
| 3. | Enter the article title or photo caption into the Subject field. This will be the blog entry content. |
| 4. | Type the article body or photo description as the main text of your email message. I |
| 5. | If you are posting a photo, attach the photo to the email. |
| 6. | Send the message. |
To edit
On your Publisher Control Panel, click the Settings and Security tab, then select Moblogging on the Publishing Defaults page. The Moblogging page opens:
There are two default email shortcut categories - Main and Photo. Main shortcuts are used to handle text-based blogs (articles, reviews, etc.), while Photo handle blogs that contain photos.
To add a shortcut, click the Add Article Shortcut link or the Add Photo Shortcut link.
The Default Email Shortcut for Posting Articles
Every new blog comes with a default email shortcut for posting articles called Main. It is initially set up so that it will accept messages only from the email address of the blog's owner (that is, the email address listed in the user account information for the owner) and post it to the Main Page category of your blog.
You can find out what the shortcut's email address is by going to the Moblogging page.
On the Publishing Defaults page, click the Moblogging link. This opens the Moblogging page which lists all the email shortcuts that have been defined for your blog and allows to you add, edit and delete email shortcuts.
You should have two email shortcuts by default: Main and Photo. The Main shortcut is for posting articles via email; articles sent to this email address are posted under the Main Page category.
Pictured below is a view of the Moblogging page for a new blog:
The entry in the Email Address column for the Main shortcut its email address. Sending an email to this address will post it as an entry to your blog's main page.
To get the default email address for articles:
| 1. | Click the Settings & Security tab on the Navigation Bar. |
| 2. | Click Publishing Defaults in the Options list. |
| 3. | Click Moblogging. |
| 4. | Copy the default email address for articles into your mobile device. |
Setting Your Mobile Email Address As a Valid Sender
In order to prevent unauthorized people from posting articles to your blog via email, email shortcuts check the sender's email address and accept only those emails from valid senders. You can define up to twenty valid senders' email addresses for each email shortcut.
By default, the only valid sender's email address is the email address of the blog's owner. In most cases, this will not be the same as the email address used by the mobile device you want to use. You can add a valid sender to an email shortcut by editing its settings, which you do by clicking on its name:
The Email Shortcut Settings page for that shortcut opens.
Make sure that the Require email confirmation checkbox in the Options sidebar is cleared:
Enter the email address of your mobile device into a new line in the Valid Sender Email Addresses field, located near the bottom of the page. For example, if the email address of your mobile device is mobiledevice@example.com, you would enter it on a new line as shown below:
Posting an Article
Once the email shortcut has been programmed into your mobile device and your mobile device's email address has been added to the list of valid senders, you can post articles via email.
Note: Posting of attachments in email messages is not currently supported; attachments will not be posted to your blog if you post via email.
To post an article to an email shortcut:
| 1. | Start a new email message. |
| 2. | Enter the email address of the email shortcut into the To: field. |
| 3. | Enter the title of the article into the Subject field. |
| 4. | Enter the body of the article as the main text of your email message. |
| 5. | Send the message. |
