Query about creating topics in a category using email

[joshwhit (Josh Whiteside)]

Hi all,

We are looking to replace our mailman mailing lists with a solution using Discourse.

Sending an email to create a topic in a category looks like it would be a good solution for us:

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_min_trust: the minimum trust level required for users to send an email to Discourse. enable_staged_users: create staged users for unkno…

We are also hoping to use this OAuth2 plugin to authenticate to our ‘Reply To’ email on Microsoft 365:

Microsoft Graph Mail Poller

Summary A mail poller plugin to enable polling emails from mailboxes on Exchange Online Repository Link GitHub - CERN/msgraph-poll-discourse-plugin: Discourse plugin to enable polling emails usign Microsoft Graph API Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Features This plugin adds the possibility to poll emails from a mailbox hosted on Exchange Online via OAuth token authentication. It uses the Microsoft Graph …

I was just wondering if anyone had any experience using this combination of features?

We are hoping to use 1 email mailbox on Microsoft365. For the custom incoming email addresses would we be able to set up aliases for the Microsoft365 mailbox to accommodate the various custom incoming email addresses needed for the categories?

Any knowledge or insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!