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orbitz
12-20-2007, 02:47 AM
Have you used any application with feature allowing user to send post to blogs, forums, via email?

I know Wordpress has this feature, but it seems to work with text only. I am looking for something that can allow text as well as file attachment.

Thanks!

Xeentech
12-20-2007, 04:29 AM
I've set this up for a client before.. you need to research either
"pipelining" for your SMTP MTA, this is where any emails delivered to a set address are passed to your application rather than stuffed into an Inbox, this is how I did it.
Using either an IMAP or POP3 email client library to check for and download email periodically.


Either way you'll need to deal with MIME formatting and base64 encoding.

Good luck, I remember Outlook was a pain in the neck.. :P

orbitz
12-20-2007, 09:10 PM
Thank you for the tips. I need more research indeed. :)