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August 10, 2004
Posting to MT via IM

This looks pretty interesting.

I've sort of figured out the details in my head - I could set up an IM bot on my webserver that could then post what it receives to MT. But then, that's some serious rigging - is there a simpler way?

Also, in my searches, I found someone who's managed to IM enable the comments on his site - not only can you post a comment through IM, but when others post comments, their comments are distributed to all users who posted comments to that entry previously. Instead of just witty comments in response to your entry, you get something sorely missed on most comment enabled entries - actual conversation.

UPDATE: Here's another

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It would be nice to be able to do it via SMS also, just a thought tho.

~Tony

Posted by: tony on August 11, 2004 10:41 AM

Zack over at http://www.zacker.org/ has got IM integrated with his weblog. I've tested it and it works well.

Posted by: Michael on August 11, 2004 11:54 AM

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