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You can do most stuff by email (provided your email address is in the system which it should be). However, you'll need to vote in polls online or in the app. For mails to get through, they must be sent from the email address listed in your MT account.
[[Discourse|Discourse overview]]


== Receiving mails ==
You can do most things by email, provided your email address is in the system. For mail to get through, it must be sent from the address listed in your ModTools (MT) account. You'll still need the browser or app for one or two things, such as voting in polls.


# The suggested way to get mails is by "watching", "tracking" or "watching first post" of the categories you are interested in. In some cases you won't be mailed if you've already seen a post online.
== Receiving mail ==
# To receive emails for all unmuted categories, enable "mailing list mode" in Preferences+Email.
# You can instead opt for a digest by enabling Activity Summary in Preferences+Email. The time period is selected between 30 mins, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and six monthly. The description says it shows "popular topics and replies". It won't include categories that you've muted, so mute "Development" if you don't want to see this discussion.
# You will also normally receive a mail when someone mentions you in a post (as set in Preferences+Email).


Received mails follow a common pattern so you can set up filters if you wish, eg Tech emails look like this:
# The suggested way to get mail is by "watching", "tracking" or "watching first post" on the groups you're interested in. In some cases, you won't be mailed if you've already seen a post online.
# To receive email for all unmuted groups, enable "Mailing list mode" in Preferences -> Email.
# Alternatively, enable "Activity Summary" in Preferences -> Email for a digest. Choose a period of 30 minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or six-monthly. It covers "popular topics and replies" and won't include muted groups - mute "Development" if you don't want to see that discussion, for example.
# You'll normally also get a mail when someone mentions you in a post (set in Preferences -> Email).


[Freegle] [Tech] This is the subject line of a message
Mails follow a common pattern, so you can set up filters if you wish - Tech emails, for example, look like this:


To reply to a topic, simply reply to the message - the "Reply To" email address makes sure it gets to the right place. It should only take a minute or two to appear on the forum.
[Freegle] [Tech & ModTools] This is the subject line of a message


== Sending mails ==
Activity Summary mails simply have this subject line:


As mentioned above, any sent mail must come from the email address of your MT account; otherwise it is ignored. TO CHECK.
[Freegle] Summary


To start a new topic, you need to make sure you use the correct email address for the category.
== Sending mail ==
The email addresses are listed here: https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/categories
For example, to send to Tech, use this email: discoursereplies+Tech@ilovefreegle.org
Emails without a category are ignored (silently I think. CHECK).
You can attach photos in sent mails.


You should be able to reply to individual notification mails. Your reply should appear on the forum in a few minutes.
As above, any mail you send must come from your MT account's email address, or it will be rejected with a bounce reply.
 
To start a new topic, use the correct email address for that group - addresses are listed at https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/categories. For example, to post to Tech, email discoursereplies+Tech@ilovefreegle.org. Mail without a recognised group is rejected with a bounce reply. You can attach photos to your emails.
 
To reply to a topic, simply reply to the notification mail - the "Reply To" address makes sure it reaches the right place. It should appear on the forum within a few minutes. Replying to Activity Summary mails won't work.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 17 July 2026

Discourse overview

You can do most things by email, provided your email address is in the system. For mail to get through, it must be sent from the address listed in your ModTools (MT) account. You'll still need the browser or app for one or two things, such as voting in polls.

Receiving mail

  1. The suggested way to get mail is by "watching", "tracking" or "watching first post" on the groups you're interested in. In some cases, you won't be mailed if you've already seen a post online.
  2. To receive email for all unmuted groups, enable "Mailing list mode" in Preferences -> Email.
  3. Alternatively, enable "Activity Summary" in Preferences -> Email for a digest. Choose a period of 30 minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or six-monthly. It covers "popular topics and replies" and won't include muted groups - mute "Development" if you don't want to see that discussion, for example.
  4. You'll normally also get a mail when someone mentions you in a post (set in Preferences -> Email).

Mails follow a common pattern, so you can set up filters if you wish - Tech emails, for example, look like this: 

[Freegle] [Tech & ModTools] This is the subject line of a message

Activity Summary mails simply have this subject line: 

[Freegle] Summary

Sending mail

As above, any mail you send must come from your MT account's email address, or it will be rejected with a bounce reply.

To start a new topic, use the correct email address for that group - addresses are listed at https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/categories. For example, to post to Tech, email discoursereplies+Tech@ilovefreegle.org. Mail without a recognised group is rejected with a bounce reply. You can attach photos to your emails.

To reply to a topic, simply reply to the notification mail - the "Reply To" address makes sure it reaches the right place. It should appear on the forum within a few minutes. Replying to Activity Summary mails won't work.

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