Mail 2 Wordpress

Mail 2 Wordpress is a valuable tool for bloggers who want to post their entries using SMTP mail. This software requires a UNIX(TM) clone such as Linux, *bsd, or Solaris, as well as perl 5.6 or higher and specific perl modules, including WWW::Mechanize, MIME::Parser, and Config::General. Additionally, the user must have their own mail server with root access. It is important to note that the mail server does not necessarily have to run on the same machine as the Wordpress blog. Users should have some knowledge about Unix system configuration.

Installation is straightforward but requires several steps. Firstly, the user must create a robot user in Wordpress and assign it a level 4 access. Then, they can download the tarball and unpack it to a temporary location, such as /tmp. After editing the Makefile to adjust variables, the user can run 'make install'.

Users must also edit the M2WP configfile, which defaults to /etc/m2wp.conf, to set all of the necessary configuration parameters. It is important to be careful when setting up the category section - all categories that will be used must be configured in this file. Users can find category IDs by accessing the WP admin backend and should use the credentials of the previously created user.

Next, users should add a mailalias for the robot user. This process is explained for postfix, but other mailers may vary. Essentially, users must add a virtual user to /etc/postfix/virtual and an alias to /etc/postfix/aliases before rebuilding databases and reloading postfix with the commands postmap, postalias, and postfix reload.

Finally, it is crucial to ensure that the user your mailer runs as has appropriate permissions, including read+execute for /usr/local/bin/m2wp, chdir+write for /tmp/m2wp-mail-parser, and read access for /etc/m2wp.conf. Overall, Mail 2 Wordpress is a useful software tool for bloggers, but requires some technical/administrative knowledge to install and configure.