Commit 14f00cbb authored by Suzanne Selhorn's avatar Suzanne Selhorn

Merge branch 'bishopolis-master-patch-97746' into 'master'

Avoid popular confusion over collective nouns.

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!64561
parents b1b688c7 aa7a6b1b
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# Incoming email **(FREE SELF)**
GitLab has several features based on receiving incoming emails:
GitLab has several features based on receiving incoming email messages:
- [Reply by Email](reply_by_email.md): allow GitLab users to comment on issues
and merge requests by replying to notification emails.
and merge requests by replying to notification email.
- [New issue by email](../user/project/issues/managing_issues.md#new-issue-via-email):
allow GitLab users to create a new issue by sending an email to a
user-specific email address.
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## Requirements
We recommend using an email address that receives **only** messages that are intended for
the GitLab instance. Any incoming emails not intended for GitLab receive a reject notice.
the GitLab instance. Any incoming email messages not intended for GitLab receive a reject notice.
Handling incoming emails requires an [IMAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol)-enabled
Handling incoming email messages requires an [IMAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol)-enabled
email account. GitLab requires one of the following three strategies:
- Email sub-addressing (recommended)
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### Catch-all mailbox
A [catch-all mailbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-all) for a domain
receives all emails addressed to the domain that do not match any addresses that
receives all email messages addressed to the domain that do not match any addresses that
exist on the mail server.
As of GitLab 11.7, catch-all mailboxes support the same features as
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## Set it up
If you want to use Gmail / Google Apps for incoming emails, make sure you have
If you want to use Gmail / Google Apps for incoming email, make sure you have
[IMAP access enabled](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229)
and [allowed less secure apps to access the account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255)
or [turn-on 2-step validation](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185839)
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