From d16df04c7666a435906cc31384b4c735e40d36ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:29:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove outdated doc This is out of date and should be on meta.discourse anyway --- docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md | 48 -------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 48 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md diff --git a/docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md b/docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md deleted file mode 100644 index 594abb0acf8..00000000000 --- a/docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -## App Setup - -Acting like a Mailing list is disabled per default in Discourse. This guide shows you through the way to enable and configure it. - -## Admin UI Setup - -First of, you need a POP3s enabled server receiving your email. Then make sure to enable "reply_by_email_enabled" and configured the server appropriately in your Admin-Settings under "Email": -![enable-reply-by-email](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2879972/2242953/97d5dd52-9d17-11e3-915e-037758cc68a7.png) - -Once that is in place, you can enable the "email_in"-feature globally in the same email-section. - -### Per category email address - -Once "email_in" is enabled globally a new configuration option appears in your category settings dialog allowing you to specify an email-address for that category. Emails going to the previously configured inbox to that email-address will be posted in this category. - -For spam protection only users of a high trust level can post via email per default. You can change this via the "email_in_min_trust" setting. Additionally, by checking the "accept non-user emails"-checkbox in the category settings, emails to the given email but from unknown email-addresses will be posted in the category by the System-User in a quoted fashion, showing the original email-address and content in the quotes. - -### Troubleshooting - -You might want to allow users to opt-in to receive all posts via email with the option on the bottom: -![enable-mailing-list-mode](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2879972/2242954/994ac2a6-9d17-11e3-8f1f-31e570905394.png) - -As there is no way to enforce subject lines, you might want to lower minimum topic length, too -![lower-min-topic-length](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2879972/2242956/9b20df84-9d17-11e3-917b-d91c17fd88c3.png) - -And as some emails may have the same subject, allow duplicate titles might be another option you want to look at -![allow-duplicate-titles](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2879972/2242957/9ce3ed70-9d17-11e3-88ae-b7f9b63145bf.png) - -## Suggested User Preferences -![suggested-user-prefs](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2879972/2242958/9e866356-9d17-11e3-815d-164c78794b01.png) - - -## FAQ - -**Q: Why is this needed?** - - >A: No matter how good a forum is, sometimes members need to ask a question and all they have is their mail client. - - -**Q: What if a message is received from an email address which doesn't belong to an approved, registered user?** - - >A: It will be rejected, and a notification email sent to the moderator. Check your POP mailbox to see the rejected email content. - - -**Q: Who did this?** - - >A: @therealx, @yesthatallen and @ligthyear -