Add photos by e-mail module

mandebooks

Joined: 2005-01-26
Posts: 5

Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 00:05

Are there any plans to develop a module for adding pictures to an album via e-mail? That way you can just sit down and e-mail a photo to your gallery and have it show up in either a specified gallery or a default one. There were several hacks (none of which I got to work) for G1 to do this. I know it can be done with blogs (I got it to work with my wordpress blog) so why not G2?

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 00:08

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1027317&group_id=7130&atid=357130

If anyone wants to write this we can provide guidance.

Out of curiosity, how would authentication work? Put your password in the email? PKE? hmm..
Or do you just hope no one finds the address you're using to add photos?

jmullan

Joined: 2002-07-28
Posts: 974

Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 01:12

What method did you use for wordpress?

What method did you try to use for gallery1?

azote

Joined: 2004-04-04
Posts: 3

Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 04:56

this would be nice to have... post by email .. nice...

mandebooks

Joined: 2005-01-26
Posts: 5

Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 15:33

this is what i use for wordpress. if verifies the from e-mail address against the e-mail address associated with registered users. If its not on that list then the post fails. check it out and see if it can be used for gallery2. I don't know how the API's relate.

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 15:58

checking the from field as authentication method?
you know that anyone can send an email with any address in the from field, right?

samokk

Joined: 2003-06-25
Posts: 33

Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:01

but not anyone may not the correct adress to send emails to ;-p or nobody may even know that they can send an email to publish pictures...
(security by obscurity...)

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:06

i like the idea of adding photos by email, not that i'd use it, but it's a cool feature. but i hope you find a better authentication method.

h0bbel

Joined: 2002-07-28
Posts: 13451

Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:16

http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=7457&highlight=ripmime - that should work with gallery2add.pl too...

mandebooks

Joined: 2005-01-26
Posts: 5

Posted: Sun, 2005-01-30 06:21

yeah, i tried using the perl script stuff with gallery1. I never had a way to see if the perl script was actually running and the documentation to run the perl script (variables, etc) sucked. I never got it to work. I would prefer something easy. Yeah, using the from address for verification sucks, but there isn't any reason why you couldn't require the first line of the e-mail to be a password - like on mfop. anyways - if anyone gets something like this built I would love to test it out (my php programming sucks).

mandebooks Joined: 2005-01-26 Posts: 5	Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 00:05
	Are there any plans to develop a module for adding pictures to an album via e-mail? That way you can just sit down and e-mail a photo to your gallery and have it show up in either a specified gallery or a default one. There were several hacks (none of which I got to work) for G1 to do this. I know it can be done with blogs (I got it to work with my wordpress blog) so why not G2?
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mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 00:08
	http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1027317&group_id=7130&atid=357130 If anyone wants to write this we can provide guidance. Out of curiosity, how would authentication work? Put your password in the email? PKE? hmm.. Or do you just hope no one finds the address you're using to add photos?

jmullan Joined: 2002-07-28 Posts: 974	Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 01:12
	What method did you use for wordpress? What method did you try to use for gallery1?

azote Joined: 2004-04-04 Posts: 3	Posted: Fri, 2005-01-28 04:56
	this would be nice to have... post by email .. nice...

mandebooks Joined: 2005-01-26 Posts: 5	Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 15:33
	this is what i use for wordpress. if verifies the from e-mail address against the e-mail address associated with registered users. If its not on that list then the post fails. check it out and see if it can be used for gallery2. I don't know how the API's relate.

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 15:58
	checking the from field as authentication method? you know that anyone can send an email with any address in the from field, right?

samokk Joined: 2003-06-25 Posts: 33	Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:01
	but not anyone may not the correct adress to send emails to ;-p or nobody may even know that they can send an email to publish pictures... (security by obscurity...)

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:06
	i like the idea of adding photos by email, not that i'd use it, but it's a cool feature. but i hope you find a better authentication method.

h0bbel Joined: 2002-07-28 Posts: 13451	Posted: Sat, 2005-01-29 23:16
	http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=7457&highlight=ripmime - that should work with gallery2add.pl too...

mandebooks Joined: 2005-01-26 Posts: 5	Posted: Sun, 2005-01-30 06:21
	yeah, i tried using the perl script stuff with gallery1. I never had a way to see if the perl script was actually running and the documentation to run the perl script (variables, etc) sucked. I never got it to work. I would prefer something easy. Yeah, using the from address for verification sucks, but there isn't any reason why you couldn't require the first line of the e-mail to be a password - like on mfop. anyways - if anyone gets something like this built I would love to test it out (my php programming sucks).

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