Have this working with categories, but for some reason don’t see an option to set address for groups. Not sure why that may be, must have missed something. Is there some additional configuration for this to work with groups that isn’t required for categories? With this guide just see: [image] C…

Yeah for one of the automatic/default groups, from the guide thought that would be possible for an “exsting group”: [image] Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages If you are editing an existing group, click the group’s Manage tab, then click the Interaction link from t…

You can set it for the automatic groups, but it requires access to the Rails console and some bravery: [image] Allow email in for moderators, staff, and admins UX Well, since nobody told me that was completely stupid, I’ve gone and tested this rails command on…

Good to know, don’t understand what a “Rails” console is but that is accessed through the standard console? I don’t have a critical need for this to work, as the email-in for default categories of admin, moderators, and main/general category all works fine. Only advantage of using groups instead o…

[image] Architect: Good to know, don’t understand what a “Rails” console is but that is accessed through the standard console? Yup, it is. This topic explains it while addressing a different problem: [image] Rebake all posts matching a pattern Self-Hosting …

[image] Nathan Kershaw: I suspect that there was a good reason for it, but I’m not sure that there is any longer. The default groups don’t quite operate in a consistent manner as users/staff might expect. A lot of permissions and settings are tied to these default (I call them “special”) grou…

That could be good for new feature request to work with the default groups, at least for the administrator, staff, and moderator groups would make sense for this to work. Wouldn’t make too much sense for TL 0 / Everyone groups to have an e-mail-in address receiver, but there could be some use-cases…

Can’t set email-in for existing group?

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JammyDodger June 4, 2024, 9:21pm 2

Are you trying to set up email-in for an automatic group? (eg. Admins). If so, that is not currently supported in the UI.

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Can’t set email-in for existing group?

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