# Can I start a new topic by sending an email message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-start-a-new-topic-by-sending-an-email-message/62975>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [18.Май.2017 20:02:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-start-a-new-topic-by-sending-an-email-message/62975 "2017-05-18T20:02:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [22.Июнь.2017 21:43:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-start-a-new-topic-by-sending-an-email-message/62975/8 "2017-06-22T21:43:47Z")

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Simple “reply via email” is configured automatically out of the box on our hosting.

Starting a new topic via email requires additional configuration as indicated [in this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-new-topic-via-email-e-mail/62977).

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