Inviting CC'd users to a topic (or add)

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jordan1909 requested the functionality to invite CC’d users to a public topic in Discourse. Currently, when an email is forwarded to a topic, CC’d users are not automatically invited. jordan1909 discovered that staged users are created, but not invited to the topic.

gerhard clarified that this functionality only works for private messages (groups) and not for public topics. jordan1909 confirmed that a plugin would be necessary to achieve this for public topics. gerhard provided a link to the relevant code, indicating that invites are only created for private messages. jordan1909 decided to create a plugin to implement this functionality for public topics.

1

In our installation we have a need to include CC’d users on a topic.

Our sales team frequently forwards emails to our inbox which includes the forwarder but does not include the CC’d users. Now it does appear that a staged user is created unless I am mistaken.

Looking at the receiver.rb src it appears this functionality is pretty much there but doesn’t appear to be inviting the staged users as I would expect.

  1. User forwards email in with abc@defg.com in CC.
  2. If abc@defg.com is a user → Invite to topic
  3. If abc@defg.com is not a user → Create staged users → Invite staged user to topic so abc gets all subsequent posts.

Is this not the intended functionality? Will I need to make a plugin for this? If a plugin is needed, is the raw email content accessible?

2

Are those topics group messages (PMs) or topics posted within a category? It definitely should work for groups.

3

This would be a public topic not a group private message.

4

@gerhard

For topics within a category, should I just make a plugin for that? I just want to ensure I’m not reinventing the wheel :wink:

5

Yes, you’ll need to write a plugin for that. Invites to a topic are only created when it’s a private message and that’s the intended behavior.

6

@gerhard

Ah misread it.

Thanks, I’ll “pluginirize” it!