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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / comment_by_mail.mdwn

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--- a/doc/todo/comment_by_mail.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/comment_by_mail.mdwn
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ I have in mind something like
     [more details](http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/posts/encoding)         
    
   * on the mail receiving end, these messages are either deleted, or ran through
     [more details](http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/posts/encoding)         
    
   * on the mail receiving end, these messages are either deleted, or ran through

-    a filter to be turned into blog posts.
-
-    - I'm thinking about how the filter should work. Within a 
-    mail client, or as a batch tool to scan a mailbox? How to    interact with version control, if at all?
+    a filter to be turned into blog posts.  As a first step, I have
+[written](http://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git/?p=ikipostal.git;a=blob_plain;f=filters/postal-filer.pl;hb=010357a08e9)
+a filter that decodes the address and writes the message into an appropriate 
+mailbox. I would be interested in any ideas people have about security.

 
   * the same plugin can check for comments on a particular page next time the wiki 
     is generated, and add a link. (more or less done)
 
   * the same plugin can check for comments on a particular page next time the wiki 
     is generated, and add a link. (more or less done)


@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Any comments? Write them here or send them to [[DavidBremner]]
 >> as a "moderation" interface.  After I killed a debian BTS entry with 
 >> clumsy pseudoheader editing I think any 
 >> reference info should also be encoded into the address.
 >> as a "moderation" interface.  After I killed a debian BTS entry with 
 >> clumsy pseudoheader editing I think any 
 >> reference info should also be encoded into the address.

->>> Although it is in python, just from reading the Debian ITP, it 
->>> looks like 
->>> [mnemosyne-blog](http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/mnemosyne/)  
->>> might be an interesting backend to use or at least steal ideas 
->>> from :-)  --[[DavidBremner]]
+
+The current version of this plugin is now running on my home page. See for example
+[a recent post in my blog](http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/posts/can-i-haz-a-distributed-rss/).  
+Unfortunately although the [[mailbox|todo/mbox]] renderer supports threading, I haven't had 
+a chance to implement comments on comments yet. [[DavidBremner]]