news: Post by email

Brad Fitzpatrick (

bradfitz) wrote in

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@ 2003-10-24 16:06:00

Post by email
We have a new feature available for users with paid accounts: posting by email.

Check out the configuration and instructions for more info.

We also made this feature available to early adopters, because I've been wanting to do this since the beginning, and the early adopters should have had it then. :-)

In the coming weeks we plan to improve this feature with new authentication options and attachment support (so you can post pictures from camera phones).

Oh, and props to our new code monkey

mahlon for most the work on this new toy.

Enjoy!

Update: Many people are asking about the delayed comment notifications over the last few days.

We used to have 2 email servers, even though we only needed 1. Then 1 blew up the other day, and the 1 surviving one wasn't enough to keep up with all the email and got behind.... so now we have 3 mail servers online, but that one burdened one is still catching up, sending out many-day-old mail. You'll continue to get old mail for a while, but it should catch up soon. We're going to be redoing our mail architecture, though, after seeing how easily our existing setup died.

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	jette 2003-10-24 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oooh. That means I can post from my phone. Suhweet. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	hailebop 2003-10-24 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Damn I want a paid accout. That's a really neat feature. :) Hailey (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	without_me 2003-10-24 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	Posting by email sounds nifty, but are we ever going to get our option to purchase extra icons? Please? (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	dustin_soper 2003-10-24 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome! I can't wait to start posting from my phone. Thanks guys!!!!! :) Dustin http://dustin.sogd.com (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	dianna_wills 2003-10-24 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. Now get UK Vodafone SMS thingy work!! (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	spacegirllost 2003-10-24 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	speaking of e-mail... anyone have clues as to when that will be fixed? (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	codetoad 2003-10-24 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Whoot, now I don't have to use the silly script I wrote for that :P (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	jessyta 2003-10-24 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks you for giving us paid users a feature to replace the 'fast servers' that is no longer a benefit of having a paid account. I can't help but wonder how LJ is able to implement this, but can't get out reply notification emails the same day that the reply is made. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	luis_mw 2003-10-24 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	Excellent - been wanting to be able to do that for ages - from my cell phone and from places where I can get to email, but full web access isn't convenient. Go mahlon! (Reply to this)

	_melissa_ 2003-10-24 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	cool-- but how does it help? (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	noelleleithe 2003-10-24 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	Great feature! Small gripe: I use two hyhens (the -- thing) for long dashes in my posts all the time and see lots of other people who do the same. Any way to change that to three or four instead so we don't all have to remember not to use the -- in the middle of a post so we don't lose everything after it? Yeah, I'll quit whining now. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

	chrissmari 2003-10-24 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	whoa. ... whoa. I can't complain. Jesus Christ, you've done it. (Reply to this)(Thread)(Expand)

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