# Reply to forum threads by email

**URL:** <https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37>\
**Category:** Fault reporting\
**Tags:** time-now, tech\
**Created:** [27 May 2020 05:42 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37 "2020-05-27T05:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![chris](https://forum.meet.coop/user_avatar/forum.meet.coop/chris/32/3_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.meet.coop/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2020 05:42 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37/1 "2020-05-27T05:42:48Z")

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This Discourse server was installed using [Ansible that was written a long time ago](https://git.coop/webarch/discourse) and I’m afraid that there is [a problem with incoming email](https://git.coop/webarch/discourse/-/issues/4) that needs fixing before replying to threads by email is going to work.

**This is now fixed!** 🙂

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**Author:** ![chris](https://forum.meet.coop/user_avatar/forum.meet.coop/chris/32/3_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.meet.coop/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [28 May 2020 07:00 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37/2 "2020-05-28T07:00:17Z")

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This should now be fixed and this post should trigger an email for me to reply to as a test as I have [mailing list mode enabled](https://forum.meet.coop/t/23)…

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**Author:** ![chris](https://forum.meet.coop/user_avatar/forum.meet.coop/chris/32/3_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.meet.coop/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [28 May 2020 07:42 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37/3 "2020-05-28T07:42:58Z")

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Oops there was a Discourse setting that needed changing first, it should now be working…?

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**Author:** ![chris](https://forum.meet.coop/user_avatar/forum.meet.coop/chris/32/3_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.meet.coop/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [28 May 2020 08:10 UTC](https://forum.meet.coop/t/reply-to-forum-threads-by-email/37/4 "2020-05-28T08:10:05Z")

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This is a test of the reply-by-email feature of Discourse — some people will prefer to enable mailing list mode and only interface with this site via email and this should now be an option 🙂