What is the cron for Postie using dreamhost

  • Hello, I am trying to post photos from my phone via email to my blog. I am using the plugin “Postie”. Everything works great when I send the email then go to my options>configure postie page and click on the “Run Postie” button. So my question is, is there a cron I can use to do this? I am using Dreamhost and they allow cron jobs, but I just don’t know what to type in the “Command to run:” box in my Dreamhost control Panel.

    Thanks for any help,
    Ryan

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

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    The Postie readme file would tell you if you read it:

    /usr/bin/lynx --source https://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/get_mail.php >/dev/null 2>&1

    Alternatively, this may also work:

    wget -q https://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/get_mail.php >/dev/null 2>&1

    You might want to ask dreamhost what would be best. Ideally, you want to ignore the output of the command (thus the dev null stuff) and you want it to not save the file it gets from the webpage anywhere. Tell them that.

    If you still need help with Postie and DreamHost check out my step by step guide -> https://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/how-to-set-up-postie-with-wordpress/

    Postie is a lot of fun once you get it working properly. Good luck and feel free to ask me any questions.

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