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Posting via Email

17 votes

Submitted by geeksrik, 28th July 2007, 5:21:50 AM

i ve seen many forums till date, but none allow posting via email. although i can receive emails upon someone else's new posting, i am unable to create a new post via email. this perhaps will be the key thing in getting many more passive people to use forums effectively.

6 Comments

  1. i think thats not a good on i do not like that.

    crsoft, 29th July 2007, 7:55:46 AM

  2. I think if we allowed certain groups to do so it wouldn't be bad.

    Personally I've voted for this because it's a good option, maybe best suited as a plugin though because I doubt many would want it. I've seen it on ipb forums and it's not always a good thing :)
    ~Kerrang!

    Kerrang!, 30th July 2007, 4:38:01 AM

  3. It makes it easier for people to spam, so I don't like this idea.

    DrPoodle, 1st August 2007, 4:33:39 PM

  4. won't work for all those folks that don't have direct server access or can not create email forwarders that pipe to scripts. its not a hard thing to do if you have the ability to pipe emails, I've set it up on another site before.

    pavemen, 9th August 2007, 3:04:58 AM

  5. It's too easy to forge email headers, so you couldn't verify the sender's identity. Another problem is identifying the forum (if a new thread) or thread (if a reply).

    laie_techie, 23rd September 2007, 9:19:33 PM

  6. I think this is a good idea.

    phizzman, 1st May 2010, 3:22:27 AM

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