Merge branch 'docs-incoming-email-ce' into 'master'

Update incoming emails documents

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!17481

doc/administration/index.md

@@ -79,11 +79,19 @@ created in snippets, wikis, and repos.
 - [Sign-up restrictions](../user/admin_area/settings/sign_up_restrictions.md): block email addresses of specific domains, or whitelist only specific domains.
 - [Access restrictions](../user/admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#enabled-git-access-protocols): Define which Git access protocols can be used to talk to GitLab (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS).
 - [Authentication/Authorization](../topics/authentication/index.md#gitlab-administrators): Enforce 2FA, configure external authentication with LDAP, SAML, CAS and additional Omniauth providers.
-- [Reply by email](reply_by_email.md): Allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by replying to notification emails.
-  - [Postfix for Reply by email](reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md): Set up a basic Postfix mail
+- [Incoming email](incoming_email.md): Configure incoming emails to allow
+  users to [reply by email], create [issues by email] and
+  [merge requests by email], and to enable [Service Desk].
+  - [Postfix for incoming email](reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md): Set up a
+  basic Postfix mail server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu for incoming
+  emails.
 server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu, to be used with Reply by email.
 - [User Cohorts](../user/admin_area/user_cohorts.md): Display the monthly cohorts of new users and their activities over time.
 
+[reply by email]: reply_by_email.md
+[issues by email]: ../user/project/issues/create_new_issue.md#new-issue-via-email
+[merge requests by email]: ../user/project/merge_requests/index.md#create-new-merge-requests-by-email
+
 ## Project settings
 
 - [Container Registry](container_registry.md): Configure Container Registry with GitLab.

doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md

-# Set up Postfix for Reply by email
+# Set up Postfix for incoming email
 
 This document will take you through the steps of setting up a basic Postfix mail
-server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu, to be used with [Reply by email].
+server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu, to be used with [incoming email].
 
 The instructions make the assumption that you will be using the email address `incoming@gitlab.example.com`, that is, username `incoming` on host `gitlab.example.com`. Don't forget to change it to your actual host when executing the example code snippets.
 
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ Courier, which we will install later to add IMAP authentication, requires mailbo
     ```sh
     sudo apt-get install courier-imap
     ```
-    
+
     And start `imapd`:
     ```sh
     imapd start
     ```
-    
+
 1. The courier-authdaemon isn't started after installation. Without it, imap authentication will fail:
     ```sh
     sudo service courier-authdaemon start
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ Courier, which we will install later to add IMAP authentication, requires mailbo
 
 ## Done!
 
-If all the tests were successful, Postfix is all set up and ready to receive email! Continue with the [Reply by email](./reply_by_email.md) guide to configure GitLab.
+If all the tests were successful, Postfix is all set up and ready to receive email! Continue with the [incoming email] guide to configure GitLab.
 
 ---
 
 _This document was adapted from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto, by contributors to the Ubuntu documentation wiki._
 
-[reply by email]: reply_by_email.md
+[incoming email]: incoming_email.md

doc/development/emails.md

@@ -18,6 +18,68 @@ See the [Rails guides] for more info.
 [previews]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/spec/mailers/previews
 [Rails guides]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html#previewing-emails
 
+## Incoming email
+
+1. Go to the GitLab installation directory.
+
+1. Find the `incoming_email` section in `config/gitlab.yml`, enable the
+   feature and fill in the details for your specific IMAP server and email
+   account:
+
+    Configuration for Gmail / Google Apps, assumes mailbox gitlab-incoming@gmail.com
+
+    ```yaml
+    incoming_email:
+      enabled: true
+
+      # The email address including the `%{key}` placeholder that will be replaced to reference the item being replied to.
+      # The placeholder can be omitted but if present, it must appear in the "user" part of the address (before the `@`).
+      address: "gitlab-incoming+%{key}@gmail.com"
+
+      # Email account username
+      # With third party providers, this is usually the full email address.
+      # With self-hosted email servers, this is usually the user part of the email address.
+      user: "gitlab-incoming@gmail.com"
+      # Email account password
+      password: "[REDACTED]"
+
+      # IMAP server host
+      host: "imap.gmail.com"
+      # IMAP server port
+      port: 993
+      # Whether the IMAP server uses SSL
+      ssl: true
+      # Whether the IMAP server uses StartTLS
+      start_tls: false
+
+      # The mailbox where incoming mail will end up. Usually "inbox".
+      mailbox: "inbox"
+      # The IDLE command timeout.
+      idle_timeout: 60
+    ```
+
+    As mentioned, the part after `+` is ignored, and this will end up in the mailbox for `gitlab-incoming@gmail.com`.
+
+1. Uncomment the `mail_room` line in your `Procfile`:
+
+    ```yaml
+    mail_room: bundle exec mail_room -q -c config/mail_room.yml
+    ```
+
+1. Restart GitLab:
+
+    ```sh
+    bundle exec foreman start
+    ```
+
+1. Verify that everything is configured correctly:
+
+    ```sh
+    bundle exec rake gitlab:incoming_email:check RAILS_ENV=development
+    ```
+
+1. Reply by email should now be working.
+
 ---
 
 [Return to Development documentation](README.md)

doc/user/project/issues/create_new_issue.md

@@ -36,3 +36,25 @@ From an Issue Board, create a new issue by clicking on the plus sign (**+**) on
 It opens a new issue for that project labeled after its respective list.
 
 ![From the issue board](img/new_issue_from_issue_board.png)
+
+## New issue via email
+
+*This feature needs [incoming email](../../../administration/incoming_email.md)
+to be configured by a GitLab administrator to be available for CE/EE users, and
+it's available on GitLab.com.*
+
+At the bottom of a project's issue page, click
+**Email a new issue to this project**, and you will find an email address
+which belongs to you. You could add this address to your contact.
+
+This is a private email address, generated just for you.
+**Keep it to yourself** as anyone who gets ahold of it can create issues or
+merge requests as if they were you. You can add this address to your contact
+list for easy access.
+
+Sending an email to this address will create a new issue on your behalf for
+this project, where the email subject becomes the issue title, and the email
+body becomes the issue description. [Markdown] and [quick actions] are
+supported.
+
+![Bottom of a project issues page](img/new_issue_from_email.png)

doc/user/project/merge_requests/index.md

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ those conflicts in the GitLab UI.
 
 ## Create new merge requests by email
 
+*This feature needs [incoming email](../../../administration/incoming_email.md)
+to be configured by a GitLab administrator to be available for CE/EE users, and
+it's available on GitLab.com.*
+
 You can create a new merge request by sending an email to a user-specific email
 address. The address can be obtained on the merge requests page by clicking on
 a **Email a new merge request to this project** button.  The subject will be