# Best practice for reply by email address **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-reply-by-email-address/58687 **Category:** Support **Created:** [3월 9, 2017, 1:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-reply-by-email-address/58687 "2017-03-09T01:11:24Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![modius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/modius/32/108600_2.png) [@modius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/modius) #### Post date: [3월 9, 2017, 1:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-reply-by-email-address/58687/1 "2017-03-09T01:11:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Set up reply via email support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-reply-via-email-support/14003/85): Am in need of a sanity check 😱 I have set up a dedicated Google Apps account with aliases configured in Discourse in the following way: - `hello@gorgeous.com` → bound to a private group `hello` - _alias_ `dev@gorgeous.com` → bound to a category `dev` We’re merging in a mailing list, and the `dev` category will represent that traffic. To create a new post in the category you have to email the alias `dev@gorgeous.com` Everything is working as expected.. only when i look at my settings for `reply by email address` i have second thoughts: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/9/7966f09138f29bbfac20abe8da7a86dbc28f8702.jpg) All `reply-to` traffic is going to `hello@gorgeous.com` – would i be better off making all `reply-to` traffic go through `dev@gorgeous.com` instead? At this point it seems counter intuitive to be creating topics through an email address that is different to the `reply-to` address. Has anyone got any real world experience in this area? ---
### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig) #### Post date: [3월 9, 2017, 2:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-reply-by-email-address/58687/2 "2017-03-09T02:11:42Z")
I would create another alias for the replies: `reply@gorgeous.com`. Use that for the reply by address. Then you don’t have to worry about overlap from either one. ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [9월 28, 2022, 11:15오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-reply-by-email-address/58687/5 "2022-09-28T11:15:40Z")