If you refer to the post by Pontius you will note that he has taken the trouble to quote:
"JAR-FCL 1.080(b)(4)(5) “Recording of flight time”, states:
A pilot may log as instrument flight time only that time during which he operates the aircraft solely by reference to instruments, under actual or simulated instrument flight conditions."
Flight by the use of instruments in IMC or simulated IMC is totaly different than flying by IFR, by all means record all your time under IFR but do not think that this contributes to instrument flight time. IFR is obeying rules, flight by the use of instruments in IMC, or simulated IMC, is a skill that needs to be practiced and maintained, anybody that confuses the two obviously does not quite understand that.