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.…

Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages

This guide explains how to set up incoming emails to create new topics or group messages in Discourse, including configuration of site settings and category or group-specific settings. Required user level: Administrator This guide covers: Enabling and configuring incoming emails Choosing between category and group for incoming emails Setting up incoming emails for a group Setting up incoming emails for a category Deciding how forwarded emails are handled …