# Configure mailbox in Google Apps for user-friendly incoming email addresses for discourse categories (with screenshots) **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-mailbox-in-google-apps-for-user-friendly-incoming-email-addresses-for-discourse-categories-with-screenshots/15374 **Category:** Self-Hosting **Tags:** email, how-to **Created:** [07.Май.2014 00:43:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-mailbox-in-google-apps-for-user-friendly-incoming-email-addresses-for-discourse-categories-with-screenshots/15374 "2014-05-07T00:43:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse) #### Post date: [07.Май.2014 00:43:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-mailbox-in-google-apps-for-user-friendly-incoming-email-addresses-for-discourse-categories-with-screenshots/15374/1 "2014-05-07T00:43:45Z")
I had a bit of trouble figuring out how to set up the mailbox in google apps to work with Discourse so that there is a user-friendly incoming email address for each category. Here are some screenshots that show how I did it. Tested and it seems to be working well. In summary: assuming the domain name is [foo.com](http://foo.com), there’s an email mailbox [discourse@foo.com](mailto:discourse@foo.com) for handling all discourse-bound mail, using [discourse+replykey@foo.com](mailto:discourse+replykey@foo.com) to handle matching replies to topics and aliases for the mailbox to handle incoming mail for eg categoryname matched with nice email address [categoryname@foo.com](mailto:categoryname@foo.com). **Google Apps settings from “Manage this Domain”** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/2/204affa03adebffffad327e24cdcd04827b77d25.png) **Discourse email settings** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/8/844fad9e0dd9c53b22b2d828afeed66da833a67f.png) **Discourse category settings** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/1/15482a1f051a4b4a32c8a17ec2c7d75451cd03a4.png) > Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-05-28T18:48:52Z > > > **Check document** > > > > Perform check on document: