[Mediawiki-l] email

[Platonides]

Dr Ime Asangansi wrote:
> The issue is that email and mailing lists have remained the cornerstone of online collaboration. They have a bottom-up approach and require the least effort.
>    
>   I think that many open and active wikis will greatly benefit from this.
>   For example, many blogs are beginning to adopt the mail-to-blog feature.
>    
>   Is it possible to also have a mail-to-wiki feature?
>   And have a wiki mail back changes on it to the editors, seamlessly integrated?
>    
>   Regards,
>   Ime

Quite interesting approach. But... how would you ensure posting emails 
doesn't have a spoofed sender?[1] Would you use a challenge on each post?


1-Answer is of course, cryptography, but setting it, and requiring 
everybody signing the mail seems the hardest.