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36894780
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36894780
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Dec 03, 2020
by
Rachel Gottesman
Committed by
Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski
Dec 03, 2020
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@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ GitLab has several features based on receiving incoming emails:
## Requirements
NOTE:
**Note:**
It is
**not**
recommended to use an email address that receives or will receive any
It is
**not**
recommended to use an email address that receives any
messages not intended for the GitLab instance. Any incoming emails not intended
for GitLab
will
receive a reject notice.
for GitLab receive a reject notice.
Handling incoming emails requires an
[
IMAP
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol
)
-enabled
email account. GitLab requires one of the following three strategies:
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@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ Let's walk through each of these options.
### Email sub-addressing
[
Sub-addressing
](
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Sub-addressing
)
is
a mail server feature where any email to
`user+arbitrary_tag@example.com`
will end
up
a mail server feature where any email to
`user+arbitrary_tag@example.com`
ends
up
in the mailbox for
`user@example.com`
. It is supported by providers such as
Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, and iCloud, as well as the
[
Postfix mail server
](
reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md
)
, which you can run on-premises.
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@@ -117,9 +116,9 @@ CAUTION: **Caution:**
Use a mail server that has been configured to reduce
spam.
A Postfix mail server that is running on a default configuration, for example,
can result in abuse. All messages received on the configured mailbox
will b
e processed
and messages that are not intended for the GitLab instance
will
receive a reject notice.
If the sender's address is spoofed, the reject notice
will be
delivered to the spoofed
can result in abuse. All messages received on the configured mailbox
ar
e processed
and messages that are not intended for the GitLab instance receive a reject notice.
If the sender's address is spoofed, the reject notice
is
delivered to the spoofed
`FROM`
address, which can cause the mail server's IP or domain to appear on a block
list.
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@@ -453,8 +452,8 @@ at the organization level in Office 365. This allows all mailboxes in the organi
to receive sub-addressed mail:
NOTE:
**Note:**
This series of commands
will enable
sub-addressing at the organization
level in Office 365. This
will allow
all mailboxes in the organization
This series of commands
enables
sub-addressing at the organization
level in Office 365. This
allows
all mailboxes in the organization
to receive sub-addressed mail.
```
powershell
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