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diff --git a/docs/create-tasks-by-email.markdown b/docs/create-tasks-by-email.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 46dae480..00000000 --- a/docs/create-tasks-by-email.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -Create tasks by email -===================== - -You can create tasks directly by sending an email. - -At the moment, Kanboard is integrated with 3 external services: - -- [Mailgun](http://kanboard.net/documentation/mailgun) -- [Sendgrid](http://kanboard.net/documentation/sendgrid) -- [Postmark](http://kanboard.net/documentation/postmark) - -These services handle incoming emails without having to configure any SMTP server. - -When an email is received, Kanboard receive the message on a specific end-point. -All complicated works are already handled by those services. - -Incoming emails workflow ------------------------- - -1. You send an email to a specific address, by example **something+myproject@inbound.mydomain.tld** -2. Your email is forwarded to the third-party SMTP servers -3. The SMTP provider call the Kanboard webhook with the email in JSON or multipart/form-data formats -4. Kanboard parse the received email and create the task to the right project - -Note: New tasks are automatically created in the first column. - -Email format ------------- - -- The local part of the email address must use the plus separator, by example **kanboard+project123** -- The string defined after the plus sign must match a project identifier, by example **project123** is the identifier of the project **Project 123** -- The email subject becomes the task title -- The email body becomes the task description (Markdown format) - -Incoming emails can be written in text or HTML formats. -**Kanboard is able to convert simple HTML emails to Markdown**. - -Security and requirements -------------------------- - -- The Kanboard webhook is protected by a random token -- The sender email address must match a Kanboard user -- The Kanboard project must have a unique identifier, by example **MYPROJECT** -- The Kanboard user must be member of the project |