Make sure you set the preferred text type to html
No.
No. Do not add an iframe in your footer to get postie to check mail periodically. To check e-mail periodically, either set-up a cron job, or use cronless postie. See installation instructions
You must have php-imap installed on your server for this to work. Ask your hosting provider about this.
Yes. You can use either pop3-ssl or imap-ssl with a gmail account. Before attempting to use with postie, make sure that you enable pop or imap in your gmail preferences.
If your admin account is linked to bar@gmail.com, and you send mail from bar@gmail.com, it will show up as being posted by admin. If you have a wordpress user named "John Doe", which is linked to johndoe@gmail.com, make sure that you send e-mails from johndoe@gmail.com. It doesn't matter which e-mail address postie is checking. That is, if you send mail from johndoe@gmail.com to foo@gmail.com, it gets posted as "John Doe".
If you send an e-mail to your postie address from an e-mail address that is no t linked to a wordpress user, it will get posted as admin.
There are a couple possible reasons for this. First, check to see if you can add an image through wordpress's normal posting mechanism. If not, then there is probably 1 or 2 problems: 1. Your server does not have the php-gd library installed. Ask your hosting provider about this.
If you have posts published already by older versions of postie, getting rid of those directories will delete any files you might have had associated with those old posts. If you don't have any such posts, then you can safely delete them.
To strip off stuff that they add at the beginning of a message, start your post with :start
To strip off stuff that they add at the end of a message, end your post with :end
Simply upload the icons you want to the postie/icons/custom directory. You must name the icons according to the following scheme: {filetype}-{size}.png
For example, for word documents, you could use:
doc-32.png
for a 32x32 pixel icon. (You can actually create any size icon you want, but if you name it 32, then it will only be used if you select to use size 32 icons)
See the other directories in icons for more examples.
Currently the following filetypes are supported:
Yes. You can create your own function, and use the postie_post filter Two short examples are included in the filterPostie.php file
Yes. You can create your own function, and use the postie_post filter Two short examples are included in the filterPostie.php file
The IMAP extension is not required, but it is strongly recommended, especially is you are using non-English text. There is more information on php.net about installing the IMAP extension. If you have control over your server, it is often not hard to install.
On Ubuntu, try sudo apt-get install php5-imap
On Fedora, try sudo yuminstall php-imap
The IMAP extension is known to be installed on the following popular webhosts: * Dreamhost