Enable SMTP for sending notifications for group messages

[RBoy]

I’m seeing this option in the settings page and I see some commits around enable_smtp but I cannot find any information about what is settings is used for? Can anyone explain the purpose of this settings and why it’s disabled by default?

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

Please check this out:

IMAP support for group inboxes

We are happy to introduce an alpha version of IMAP support for group inboxes. This feature adds the ability to enter IMAP credentials and settings on a per-group basis to sync group inboxes with an email inbox. This is an alpha-stage feature, and as such it is not 100% complete and polished. Use at your own risk! Benefits Your group can hit the ground running with using Discourse inboxes, because all your existing mail will be synced! Your group ca…

[martin (Martin Brennan)]

@RBoy

Can anyone explain the purpose of this settings and why it’s disabled by default?

Along with what Bhanu said above, please note this feature is still very much in an alpha state, and may not work as expected.

[RBoy]

Thanks. I would only suggest that the setting description be updated to be clearer as it’s can be a little confusing.