Difference between "reply by email address" and "alternative reply by email addresses"

[RBoy]

So the short answer is yes, it does work. You don’t need the reply_key to get it to accept email responses to messages. However I did find a bug as without the reply_key it doesn’t use the email specified in the reply by email address. I’ve reported that separately here.

Reply by email address broken

Build 2.9.0.beta4 (82ac698d4f) In the Admin → Settings → Email page Discourse ignores the Reply by email address if the email address does not contain %{reply_key} and instead will use the default email address in the to and reply-to headers of the emails it sends out. Here are the steps to replicate the issue and also what works: BROKEN Assuming the default email address set in discourse is forum@domain.com reply by email enabled → checked reply by email address → community.forum@domai…