# Enable Replies via E-mail

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [February 14, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435 "2026-02-14T02:26:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/u/debtquity)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/1 "2026-02-14T02:26:16Z")

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I am probably one of the few people that use mailing list mode with discourse forums however it would be very nice to enable replies via e-mail.

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**Author:** ![Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/animosity022/32/451_2.png) [@Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Animosity022)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/2 "2026-02-14T11:44:00Z")

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That’s a neat idea, but I think @ncw or @Edcw would need to help out with something like that.

Docs are here → [Set up reply by email with POP3 polling - Documentation / Self-Hosting - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-reply-by-email-with-pop3-polling/14003)

With some examples.

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**Author:** ![Edcw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/edcw/32/15492_2.png) [@Edcw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Edcw)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/3 "2026-02-14T11:59:44Z")

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Thanks @Animosity022 @debtquity , we'll have a look at it this week 🙂

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**Author:** ![rclone-ui](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/rclone-ui/32/20430_2.png) [@rclone-ui](https://forum.rclone.org/u/rclone-ui)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/4 "2026-02-16T22:37:44Z")

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Would like to add my support/request for this too

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/6 "2026-02-20T15:36:21Z")

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@Edcw comment for you to reply to via email

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/7 "2026-02-20T15:58:35Z")

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Test reply via email!

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/8 "2026-02-20T16:05:08Z")

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Looks like reply by email is now working 🙂 @debtquity @rclone-ui

Feel free to test it on this thread.

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**Author:** ![rclone-ui](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/rclone-ui/32/20430_2.png) [@rclone-ui](https://forum.rclone.org/u/rclone-ui)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/9 "2026-02-20T16:25:03Z")

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Let's see 👀

(hopefully this reply is long enough)

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**Author:** ![debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/u/debtquity)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/10 "2026-02-20T17:26:35Z")

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@ncw yes, I see the option to reply via e-mail, thank you for implementing this so quickly!

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**Author:** ![debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@debtquity](https://forum.rclone.org/u/debtquity)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/11 "2026-02-20T17:56:52Z")

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@ncw I did observe this error in my mail server:

```auto
Feb 20 17:26:49 brumal stalwart[216807]: 2026-02-20T17:26:49Z INFO STARTTLS error (delivery.start-tls-error) ... domain = "forum.rclone.org", hostname = "mail.rclone.org", reason = SMTP error occurred (smtp.error) { details = "TLS Error", reason = "invalid peer certificate: certificate not valid for name "mail.rclone.org"; certificate is only valid for DnsName("box.craig-wood.com"), DnsName("craig-wood.com"), DnsName("mail.craig-wood.com"), DnsName("portisaacmill.co.uk"), DnsName("www.craig-wood.com") or DnsName("www.portisaacmill.co.uk")" }, elapsed = 6ms

```

```shell
# printf 'quit\n' | openssl s_client -connect mail.rclone.org:25 -starttls smtp | openssl x509 -text
...
            X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
                DNS:box.craig-wood.com, DNS:craig-wood.com, DNS:mail.craig-wood.com, DNS:portisaacmill.co.uk, DNS:www.craig-wood.com, DNS:www.portisaacmill.co.uk

```

You or administrator need to add `mail.rclone.org` as SAN on next ACME renewal.

Regardless, seems like my reply was eventually delivered on a subsequent attempt.

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/12 "2026-02-21T14:26:23Z")

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> [@debtquity](#):
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> You or administrator need to add `mail.rclone.org` as SAN on next ACME renewal.

Thanks @debtquity will do that.

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**Author:** ![ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/ncw/32/18_2.png) [@ncw](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ncw)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/13 "2026-02-24T12:30:40Z")

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@debtquity that should be all fixed now - thank you for pointing it out.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.rclone.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ad3235f6ffec76ccd0c81616bd55697b4c300d.png) [@system](https://forum.rclone.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/enable-replies-via-e-mail/53435/14 "2026-04-26T08:31:02Z")

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