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| author | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2015-08-24 11:23:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Douwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com> | 2015-08-24 11:23:24 -0700 |
| commit | fbf9462a2ce89ea11faae1cf0ac938349e577574 (patch) | |
| tree | a532e427a3f2481c70037977d6b4d4f6810f46d4 | |
| parent | 208888038375d48cc91cf481a3f8509d63d8e1ad (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-reply-by-email-improvements.tar.gz | |
Tweak Reply by email docs.reply-by-email-improvements
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/reply_by_email/README.md | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/reply_by_email/README.md b/doc/reply_by_email/README.md index 5d36f5121d1..5b3fa58fb34 100644 --- a/doc/reply_by_email/README.md +++ b/doc/reply_by_email/README.md @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ GitLab can be set up to allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by r In order to do this, you need access to 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](http://www.postfix.org/) mail server which you can run on-premises. +If you want to use a Gmail with Reply by email, make sure you have [IMAP access enabled](https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en#ts=1665018) and [allow less secure apps to access the account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255). + +To set up a basic Postfix mail server with IMAP access on Ubuntu, follow [these instructions](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto). + ## Set it up -In this example, we'll use the Gmail address `gitlab-replies@gmail.com`. If you're actually using Gmail with Reply by email, make sure you have [IMAP access enabled](https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en#ts=1665018) and [allow less secure apps to access the account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255). +In this example, we'll use the Gmail address `gitlab-replies@gmail.com`. ### Installations from source |