Post by Email on Connected

Post by Email on Connected is enabled via (Jive) "Advanced Email Feature".

Now you can post content to the Connected by sending, or replaying to, an email from your phone, tablet or PC when using your Commission email.

You have sent mail to a specific email address (of the "Connected").

Main features
Making easier on-the-go sharing via "Connected" by enabling to:
 * write and publish blog posts
 * start or reply to a discussion
 * upload files
 * create a new document

Posting in your own profile
So posting on your personal blog, private documents/discussions, status updates ...

Download and store the email address

NB You should only download ONE vCard at a time

Sending an email to this contact will post to the "Connected"
 * 1) Click on in the top right hand corner of any "Connected" page
 * 2) Under your profile picture, click the link 'Create content by email'
 * 3) Select the action which you wish to be able to execute via email (NB to blog you need to have activated your personal blog)
 * 4) Click 'Email vCards and Addresses to me'
 * 5) Open your email inbox on your mobile device, and open the email from "Connected" (Subject: Author by email for "Connected")
 * 6) Save the attached contact with a name that is useful for you e.g Blog on "Connected"

If your contacts sync automatically between your mobile device and Outlook then you can now post to the platform by sending an email to the saved contact from your mobile or desktop. If not, simply open the email on your desktop and save the vCard to your Outlook address book.

To post content in a group or space you need to download separate vCards.

To do so, visit the group/space where you wish to post via email and select 'Create by email' from the actions menu, usually on the right hand side and then follow the same process as above.

Structuring your email to posts properly

 * Subject line: this becomes the Title of your content
 * Body: this remains the body of your content (NB To add tags simply type 'Tags: tag1 tag2 tag3' etc, with each tag separated by a space and two word tags joined with an underscore)
 * Attachments: these files will be uploaded and attached to your post (NB Most common file types can be posted including: .jpg, .png, .pdf, .zip, and Office documents)

Known Issues
When forwarding an email you have received to the platform you must edit the body of the message for your content to be posted. The easiest thing to do is simply to delete the 'To, From, Date' header in the the forward. When posting attachments to the platform you must include some text in the message body for your content to be posted.