# Query about creating topics in a category using email

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-about-creating-topics-in-a-category-using-email/284935 "2023-11-09T12:26:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-about-creating-topics-in-a-category-using-email/284935/1 "2023-11-09T12:26:48Z")

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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:

> [@Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-incoming-email-to-create-new-topics-or-group-messages/62977):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to configure Discourse to create new topics or group messages from incoming emails. It covers site settings, group configuration, and category settings. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Configure incoming email to create new topics or group messages Discourse allows you to send emails to a special address to automatically create new topics in a category or new group messages. This feature is useful for integrating Discourse with ext…

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

> [@Microsoft Graph Mail Poller](https://meta.discourse.org/t/microsoft-graph-mail-poller/268611):
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> information_sourceSummary A mail poller plugin to enable polling emails from mailboxes on Exchange Onlinehammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [GitHub - CERN/msgraph-poll-discourse-plugin: Discourse plugin to enable polling emails usign Microsoft Graph API · GitHub](https://github.com/CERN/msgraph-poll-discourse-plugin)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features This plugin adds the possibility to poll emails from a mailbox hosted on Exchange Online via OAuth token authentication. It uses the Microso…

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!

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