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authorDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2015-10-02 08:46:39 +0000
committerDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2015-10-02 08:46:39 +0000
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Document known issue with Reply by email and multiple application servers.
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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. \ No newline at end of file