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@@ -6,22 +6,14 @@ I have in mind something like
   * add a mailto: url to each page matching some pagespec
     (currently every page gets a comment footer)
   * this mailto url goes to an address identifying the page  (something like
   * add a mailto: url to each page matching some pagespec
     (currently every page gets a comment footer)
   * this mailto url goes to an address identifying the page  (something like

-    user-iki-FE653b@host.fqdn.tld).  (DONE) 
-    > I wonder if it would be more or less natural to put an encoded form
-    > of the page name in the email address? I'm thinking about something
-    > like `wikiname+index@host` or `wikiname+todo+comment_by_mail@host`.
-    > The basic transformation would be to call `titlepage($page)` (in the
-    > C locale), followed by replacing "/" with "+" (since "/" is not
-    > valid in mails). --[[Joey]]
-    >> I guess you are right, there is no point being more obscure 
-    >> than necessary.  I am leaning towards   [something](http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/posts/encoding) not        
-   >> calling titlepage but in the same spirit. --[[DavidBremner]]
-
+    user-iki-blog~I\_hate\_markdown@host.fqdn.tld).  (DONE) 
+    [more details](http://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/posts/encoding)         
+   

   * on the mail receiving end, these messages are either deleted, or ran through
   * 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)


@@ -36,3 +28,26 @@ I have in mind something like
 
 Any comments? Write them here or send them to [[DavidBremner]]
 
 
 Any comments? Write them here or send them to [[DavidBremner]]
 

+> I don't want to derail this with too much blue-skying, but I was thinking
+> earlier that it would be nice if ikiwiki could do something sensible with
+> mailbox files, such as turning them into a (threaded?) blog display.
+> 
+> One reason I was thinking about that was just that it would be nice to 
+> be able to use ikiwiki for mailing list archives. But another reason was
+> that it would be nice to solve the problem described in
+> [[discussion_page_as_blog]]. For that you really want a threaded system,
+> and mailbox file formats already have threading.
+> 
+> If that were done, it would tie into what you're working on in an
+> interesting way, since the incoming mail would only need to be committed to
+> the appropriate mailbox file, with ikiwiki then running to process it.
+> --[[Joey]]
+>> It is an interesting idea.  I like that it uses an arbitrary MUA 
+>> 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.
+
+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]]