Hello, I have a question. I’d like to create an email address for my forum such as support@example.com, however, I know that Discourse has a feature for you to set an email address for a group, such as admins. How would I go about setting this up? This would be convenient as I can have support emails visible inside the group mailbox for all group members. If anybody knows documentation regarding this, please forward it to me, thanks.

Would this guide help? [image] Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to configure Discourse to create new topics or group messages from incoming emails. It covers site settings, group configuration, and category settings. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Configure incoming email to create new topics or group messages Discourse allows you to send emails to a special address to automatically create new topics in a category or new group messages. This feature is useful for integrating Discourse with ext…

Not sure if this is a feature, haven’t ever seen it. Can you link it/explain it/send a post link about it?

Here you go: [image] How to configure group email address Support I’m trying to configure the email address of a group in Discourse and I cannot find where. I’ve seen in Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages that there was an option at group configuration that was called “Custom incoming email address”. I’m using an updated instance of Discourse and there is nothing like that and the page is a little different than the screenshot. How is this configured now? Article just says to specify an email address and enable the setting, but I’m not sure if those are all the required steps.

Thanks, that solves my question. :smiley:

Wow, never heard of this before/never used it - very useful - thanks for your help!

Whoa; that’s a neat trick to keep in mind-thank you-I found the guide you linked very helpful

How do I set up group email addresses?

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KhoiUSA June 2, 2024, 9:55pm 5

Thanks, that solves my question.

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How do I set up group email addresses?

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