Posting By E-mail

Using Jetpack, users can post to their SB You blogs by e-mail. This is especially useful on mobile devices who’s in browser WordPress experience might be degraded. Its great for simple publishing on the go.

Step 1: Authorize Jetpack
Log in to your blog, access the dashboard, click on the Jetpack menu item, click the authorize button.

Step 2: Create or use existing wordpress account
You’ll need to setup a wordpress account in order to complete the JetPack authorization. To do this you’ll need to enter your e-mail address, choose a unique username and password (this is not related to your NetID credentials and best practices would dictate that you should use a different password than your NetID Password.)

Step 3: Activate Post By E-mail Under JetPack
Once authorized, you can turn on different JetPack settings, in this example we want to activate the Post By E-mail Setting

Step 4: Enable Post by E-mail Under User Profile
Under your user profile you should now see an enable post by e-mail configuration option. By enabling it, WordPress.Com will create you a unique e-mail address that is tied to your blog.

Step 5: Happy Blogging