Creating a topic via email without write access to the category?

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Troubleshoot reply by email

If your Discourse does not have incoming email set up, see these topics: Set up reply by email with POP3 polling Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver If you already have basic reply via email set up (which is common on hosting plans), and you want to add the ability to start a new topic via email, see this topic. Logging and Errors All incoming emails are logged and are visible in your admin panel at /admin/email/received.…

Configure incoming email to create new topics or group messages

If you have already set up reply via email, or you are on a hosting plan that pre-configures your incoming email, you’re now ready to set up Starting a New Topic via Email. Site Settings The incoming emails feature is globally controlled by these 3 site settings: email_in: this is the only setting that must be enabled for incoming emails to work. email in allowed groups: a user must belong to this group in order to send an email to Discourse. enable_staged_users: create staged users for u…