Mail-To-Blogger - July 2012

We have seen a significant number of reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, again mentioning inability to post to our blogs using EMail / Phone / SMS. The problem appears to have started several days ago - but was quiet for a while, and has been rather noticeable today.

Blogger Support posted last Thursday, acknowledging the problem - but since then, the problem appears to have gotten worse.

Oddly enough, I conducted my standard functionality test, and sent a message at 18:00 my time, which posted to my test blog at 18:16. Normal latency would be 1 - 2 minutes, not 16 minutes. Before posting, I was forced to update my MTB "secret word", as I examined my settings and found that the "secret word" had been previously cleared.

We have a rollup discussion where we are requesting diagnostic details, from blog owners observing the problem.

What is the URL of the blog?
When did you, initially, observe a problem?
When did you, most recently, observe a problem?
When did you, most recently, not observe a problem?
Do you receive an email refusal (aka "bounce back message"), or does the email / message simply disappear?
How long has it been since you last changed the MTB "secret word"?
Do you post using GMail based email, Non GMail based email, or Phone / SMS?

If you're able, please provide reports of your involvement with this problem.

(Update 7/30): Blogger Support has reported the problem as fixed.

Update, 7/30: This has been fixed.

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