Email clients for reading or participating Physicsforums?

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Using email clients to read or post on Physics Forums is theoretically possible, but no existing solutions are available. A user speculated that gateway software could be created to format emails for posting via HTTP requests. This concept is similar to software previously developed for moderating Usenet newsgroups. While the development of such a tool is feasible, it has not yet been implemented. Overall, the discussion highlights a gap in current functionalities for email integration with Physics Forums.
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Is this possible, using any email client software to read or post on physicsforums? I do not need to do this. I am only wondering if possible.
 
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I suppose in principle someone could write gateway software that receives a suitably-formatted email and posts it to PF via an HTTP request. I've never heard of anybody doing it.

Once upon a time I wrote software to help with moderating a Usenet newsgroup. It received postings via email and posted them to the group via an NNTP server. What you're looking for would be very similar.
 
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