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author | Robert Speicher <robert@gitlab.com> | 2015-10-05 15:54:04 +0000 |
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committer | Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com> | 2015-10-05 14:00:48 -0400 |
commit | 28bf9824bcce95baa9cd02bde1f9fe79956224d0 (patch) | |
tree | 94a6fddf7764f2c1797363763c164f89e914126c | |
parent | ea554f92c03a78a6ddad969f086e3adaf425da97 (diff) | |
download | gitlab-ce-28bf9824bcce95baa9cd02bde1f9fe79956224d0.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'reply-by-email-known-issue' into 'master'
Document known issue with Reply by email and multiple application servers.
See merge request !1499
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diff --git a/doc/incoming_email/README.md b/doc/incoming_email/README.md index 01ab22321ed..316746ab54d 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.](https://github.com/tpitale/mail_room/issues/46) + ## 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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