category¶

{category}3,News,7{/category}

<category>3,News,7</category>

You may override the default category selection and specify your own. You may specify either the category ID (the number) or the text name of the category. Multiple categories can be separated by commas (,), colons (:), or the pipe character (|).

The category override can be defined using either braces ({category}{/category}) or angle brackets (<category></category>).

entry_title¶

{entry_title}My Unique Title{/entry_title}

<entry_title>My Unique Title</entry_title>

You may override the standard entry title (which is determined from the subject of the email) and specify your own. The entry title override can be defined using either braces ({entry_title}{/entry_title}) or angle brackets (<entry_title></entry_title>).

field¶

{field:entry_body}food_images{/field:entry_body}

<field:entry_body>Food Images</field:entry_body>

You may override the default field into which the contents will be placed and specify your own. You must specify into which field the text should be placed and you may also specify more than one field. For instance, if you want some text placed in the “body” field and other text placed in the “summary” field then you could use:

{field:body}This is the body text.{/field:body}

{field:summary}This is a summary.{/field:summary}

Furthermore, you may specify the formatting to use for the field by adding a format parameter to the tag. For instance:

{field:body format="xhtml"}This is the body text.{/field:body}

Available choices for the format parameter are:

• none: sets the field to use no formatting
• br: sets the field to use “Auto <br />” formatting
• xhtml: sets the field to use “XHTML” formatting.
• If you have set up your entry field to use a particular Plugin for formatting then you may also specify that Plugin by name here.

The field override can be defined using either braces ({field}{/field}) or angle brackets (<field></field>).

You may only specify a field that is of the “textarea” type here. You cannot specify “text input” or “drop-down list” fields.

file_archive¶

{file_archive}yes{/file_archive}

<file_archive>yes</file_archive>

You may override the default file archive setting for the entry and specify manually that this email is a file archive (i.e. you are simply uploading a file and no corresponding entry should be made). Simply use either yes, true, or 1 to indicate that only the files of this email should be uploaded. Alternatively, use no, false, or 0 to indicate that an entry should be created using this email.

The file archive override can be defined using either braces ({file_archive}{/file_archive}) or angle brackets (<file_archive></file_archive>).

status¶

{status}pending{/status}

<status>Closed</status>

You may override the default status for the entry and specify your own. Simply use the name of the status.

The status override can be defined using either braces ({status}{/status}) or angle brackets (<status></status>).

sticky¶

{sticky}yes{/sticky}

<sticky>no</sticky>

You may override the default “sticky” setting for the entry and specify your own. Simply use the name of the status.

The sticky override can be defined using either braces ({sticky}{/sticky}) or angle brackets (<sticky></sticky>).

User Authorization¶

AUTH:johnsmith:mysecretword

You may override the default author for the entry and specify your own author. The syntax for this override is different from the others and follows the guide: AUTH:theusername:thepassword. “theusername” should be replaced by the username of the desired member and “thepassword” should be replaced by their password.

Place this authorization line as the first line in your email

Note that if you have the Authorization Required in Email? option turned on for this Moblog in the Control Panel then you must include this user authorization. If you do not include it or if the authorization fails, the entry will not be posted. The Delete Unauthorized Moblog Emails? setting will determine whether or not the email is deleted from the server in these cases.

Further, note that the member account being used must be part of a Member Group that has permission to post entries to this channel.

silent=¶

silent="yes"

You can specify whether or not you want messages about the Moblog Check to be seen. By default, this value is “yes”, which means that the check will be silent and no messages will be seen. If you set the parameter to “no”, then ExpressionEngine will output messages for errors and successes.

which=¶

which="cellphone"

Here you can specify which Moblog or Moblogs you wish to check. You specify the Moblog by using the “short name” from the Control Panel setup. You may also specify “all” so that all of your enabled Moblogs will be checked. Additionally, you can use the pipe character to separate multiple moblogs:

which="cellphone|moblog2|samsung"

Or you can add the word “not” (with a space after it) to exclude moblogs:

which="not moblog2|samsung"