Title: wp-mail.php file
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp-mail.php file

 *  Resolved [metiqolman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metiqolman/)
 * (@metiqolman)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/)
 * Does anyone know why an emailed post would get stuck until the wp-mail.php file
   was touched.
 * If I email a post and wait it won’t post into my blog.
 * If I open another tab in my browser… point it at [http://www.mydomian.org/wp-mail.php](http://www.mydomian.org/wp-mail.php)
   and let it load the page it shows all my emailed posts.
 * Then I click on the other tab in my browser (that is displaying my blog page)
   and hit the refresh button the posts show up.
 * Anyone have any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [metiqolman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metiqolman/)
 * (@metiqolman)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304689)
 * Is there any chance this question could get moved to the advanced section of 
   support by one of the moderators?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304692)
 * well…that’s how it actually works…
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_Email](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_Email)
 * Further down the page it describes that….
    I read part of your previous thread,
   but don’t recall if you have the code inserted and functioning or what.
 * But wp-mail.php has to be visited to activate the action of actually posting 
   your email.
 * Personally, I would run a cron job….. not sure if that’s the best way, but it
   suits me best…. (I hate iframe stuff….)
 *  Thread Starter [metiqolman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metiqolman/)
 * (@metiqolman)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304695)
 * Hi RVoodoo… Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out. I meddled with a cron job
   about 5 years ago on a different platform but really don’t remember much about
   it at all.
 * If you have some time and can give me direction as to how to set up a cron job
   for this application that would be great.
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304697)
 * well…that link actually gives you more information than I could…. or maybe someone
   else here is knowledgeable?
 * I’m on godaddy, and cron jobs are as simple as putting in the url to the wp-mail.
   php file, and setting a time. I don’t have to do any command stuff….
 *  Thread Starter [metiqolman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metiqolman/)
 * (@metiqolman)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304698)
 * Ok I remember that article. I did read that before hand and have setup the automatic
   posting in my footer.php file as suggested. All of that has lead me to this posting.
   I’m starting to think that the autopost (at least for this theme) will not work.
 * So how did you setup the cron job?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304699)
 * Well, like I said, I’m on godaddy, and I’m sure this is host specific..but on
   godaddy, I log in and go to my hosting/manage account area
 * from there I go to my content menu, then to cron manager
 * from the manager, I name the job, and there is simply a browse function…I browse
   to the wp-mail.php file, then set my time up. Usually I just do hourly for my
   non-essential crons
 *  Thread Starter [metiqolman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metiqolman/)
 * (@metiqolman)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-mailphp-file/#post-1304700)
 * WHOO HOOO! Just figured it out. When using this codex in my footer.php file I
   had to remove the highlighted section of the code.
 * <iframe src=”[http://yourblogdomain/](http://yourblogdomain/)
 * > wordpressinstalldir/
 * wp-mail.php” name=”mailiframe” width=”0″ height=”0″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling
   =”no” title=””></iframe>
 * So my code now looks like this:
 * > <iframe src=”[http://www.mydomain.org/wp-mail.php&#8221](http://www.mydomain.org/wp-mail.php&#8221);
   > name=”mailiframe” width=”0″ height=”0″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” title
   > =””></iframe>
 * I’ve sent a few posts now and they’re working great. I think someone needs to
   write an article or post about this little hiccup in this Iframe code.

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