Thanks for your reply. I’m confused though, as this page seems to indicate its possible to post images via email:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
Attachments
Image attachments will be included in your published post as follows:
Single images will be displayed inline (a single image is defined as an image without an image immediately following it).
Multiple images will be displayed as a gallery.
I’m noticing that all “<” brackets are wiped out when I post from an email, import posts from my blogger account and even post from the word press iPhone app. This seems to be a bigger issue?