# To allow Reply by Email to Work do you need to populate the reply by email address field:

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [2016年二月9日 11:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280 "2016-02-09T11:58:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![gokeeffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gokeeffe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gokeeffe)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 11:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280/1 "2016-02-09T11:58:42Z")

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Hello

To allow Reply by Email to Work do you need to populate the reply by email address field:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/6/66c592884e723d5a5016e1d6fd3c66a85d7596db.png)

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280/2 "2016-02-09T14:41:23Z")

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Not only you do, but there are others settings you need to populate before enabling reply by email. I’ll make sure we ensure that before activating that setting.

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**Author:** ![gokeeffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gokeeffe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gokeeffe)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280/3 "2016-02-09T15:12:48Z")

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Great thank you…this is an important feature for us.

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 22:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280/4 "2016-02-09T22:39:26Z")

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Validator added 🍒

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8944d62aa69eb3be11e1ef6b80216dc02e6d9edf](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8944d62aa69eb3be11e1ef6b80216dc02e6d9edf)

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2016年二月9日 22:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-allow-reply-by-email-to-work-do-you-need-to-populate-the-reply-by-email-address-field/39280/5 "2016-02-09T22:39:28Z")

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