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| author | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2015-10-02 08:46:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2015-10-02 08:46:39 +0000 |
| commit | f012e07c4ffe21bf5f2661b5a7837261cbe1106c (patch) | |
| tree | e883b0a635d15f6f71da039837a32bd76eb644c1 | |
| parent | b69b2520b10860f2d7762b2e8dd7830312db7cfd (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-f012e07c4ffe21bf5f2661b5a7837261cbe1106c.tar.gz | |
Document known issue with Reply by email and multiple application servers.
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diff --git a/doc/incoming_email/README.md b/doc/incoming_email/README.md index 01ab22321ed..dc5bfeb290d 100644 --- a/doc/incoming_email/README.md +++ b/doc/incoming_email/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GitLab can be set up to allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by replying to notification emails. +**Warning**: Do not enable Reply by email if you have **multiple GitLab application servers**. +Due to an issue with the way incoming emails are read from the mail server, every incoming reply-by-email email will result in as many comments being created as you have application servers. +A fix is being worked on. + ## Get a mailbox Reply by email requires an IMAP-enabled email account, with a provider or server that supports [email sub-addressing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Sub-addressing). Sub-addressing is a feature where any email to `user+some_arbitrary_tag@example.com` will end up in the mailbox for `user@example.com`, and is supported by providers such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com and iCloud, as well as the Postfix mail server which you can run on-premises. @@ -204,4 +208,4 @@ In this example, we'll use the Gmail address `gitlab-incoming@gmail.com`. bundle exec rake gitlab:incoming_email:check RAILS_ENV=development ``` -8. Reply by email should now be working. +8. Reply by email should now be working.
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