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title: "Writing Blog Posts by E-mail"
date: 2007-02-09
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# Writing Blog Posts by E-mail
Follow the steps in each of the sections below to post to your blog via e-mail:

**Set Up a Secret E-mail Account**

First you must set up a special e-mail account that you will use to post to your blog. The email must be kept secret because if anyone else starts sending mail to that address, the email will appear on your blog.

- Log in to your host's cpanel, and go to the Mail feature (whatever tool you use to create a new e-mail address with your host).

- Create a new email address that has a non-obvious name. Remember the login and password settings.

- You can test that you set up your email correctly in Outlook by adding the e-mail account. In Outlook, go to **Tools > E-mail accounts** and add a new e-mail account.

- Remove or disable the e-mail account from your Outlook; otherwise it will intercept messages that you plan to post to your blog.

**Configure WordPress's Post Via Email Section to Match Your Secret Email Account:**

- In your WordPress Dashboard, go to **Options > Writing**.

- Under the Post Via E-mail section, enter details about the secret e-mail that you will use to post with.

- Type the same login name and password you would use if setting up the e-mail in Outlook.

- Select the default category for the posts.

- Click the **Update Options** button at the bottom.