This Post Might Be a Bit of Rant
I’ve been working on the design of this blog for the last few days (I probably should have been working on writing content, instead, but that’s beside the point). While I’ve finally gotten Wordpress working the way I want, it hasn’t been a fun process. I realize that I ask a lot of software, but sometimes I really wonder: is trying to use the fullest possible set of features so much to ask?
I’ve been trying to get posting via email to work, for quite a while. Well, actually I’m trying to get it working again. I migrated my domain tools to Google Apps and suddenly couldn’t post via email anymore. Why, you ask? Well, it turns out that Wordpress’s out of the box post via email doesn’t work with the SSL used on Gmail’s servers. Does it say this anywhere in the documentation? No. No it doesn’t. The only hint I had was this mention: “Postie supports posting to categories, automatic removal of email signatures, POP3/IMAL (sic) (+SSL) and more.” What does that mean?
