i can put a switch in there, to disable it, that’s easy.
Good idea! Maybe it’s better when optional.
ok so i have installed it, this is what doesnt make sense to me still… what email address should i be using? I was under the impression, by entering the mailbox details, i would get an inbox of the email… obviously i was wrong.
so in the imap settings, if i set my incoming mailbox address, but then which email address? should the setting not be per project?
am I being really thick about this?!
or are we saying, ONE DEDICATED EMAIL ADDDRESS in the settings… then all emails should be sent to that address in the format specified?
yes, only need 1 email. below is an example using GMX email.
in this example, if I want to convert an email to a task in Project#1, i would send an email to Project#1<myemail@gmx.com> and so forth.
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so the plugin will parse/process the Project#1 from the email address?
so there is no INBOX as such, the email will be process through actions and cronjobs… or if picked up through the email address Project1#myemail@gmx.com then will be available for action under Task Email side menu.
Am I thinking correctly?
you are close, im not sure why you are having such a tought time understanding how it works. read the examples in the screenshot above, its very descriptive. and then play with it.
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Write it as
Project#1 <myemail@gmx.com>
Doesn’t work on mobile, fails in the outbox. I don’t think every mail client accepts email addresses outside the <>
I use BlackBerry Hub for android.
They must, its a standard. (RFC 5322)
Normally, a mailbox is composed of two parts: (1) an optional display
name that indicates the name of the recipient (which can be a person
or a system) that could be displayed to the user of a mail
application, and (2) an addr-spec address enclosed in angle brackets
(“<” and “>”). There is an alternate simple form of a mailbox where
the addr-spec address appears alone, without the recipient’s name or
the angle brackets.
i would say, if you actually found a mail client that doesnt conform, then oh well. its better than mailgun. 99% of mail clients will still work.
Before I start switching my mobile mail client and going through all that…
This plugin, needs to have the mail server settings applicable per project, or i don’t think its very useful for most cases.
Example,
Project 1 is a business
Project 2 is a personal project
Project 3 is for a server for the business
right now, the plugin will just check the mail server for one mailbox… so projects 1+2 will be fine for a mailbox to do with the business, but if project 3 is personal, it should be looking into my hotmail/gmail inbox for example
where are the buttons? there seems no way to manually process the email without actions
nothing you asked for is complicated to add. but personally, i would never in a million years mix business with personal, and i dont see any differnces in any of your scenarios, or why i would personally ever do this. seems like you just want to use an infinite number of email accounts unique to each projects. its doable.
also, i feel like you havent followed the conversation at all, if your asking where the buttons are. its hard to have dialog if alfred and i are the only ones reading.
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I have followed the conversation, and my comments are after installing the plugin - from a user perspective. I will read again about buttons in case I missed something. But after i installed and got my email into the task email menu, i didnt know what to do with it (without setting up actions). I would never disable the task email feature personally, as there would be some emails from clients (or in my case donors for the charity) which would need to be manually added.
I mix business with personal because I am a one-man band but the business front is neutral to personal, therefore custom domains and emails are used. On top of that I run a charity using the same kanboard, which has a completely different domain for its email address - this one has public tasks and users etc.
exactly, so I read this as ‘if we add the buttons’ so no buttons have been added yet. I uunderstand what alfredb is saying but my use case would be manual and through actions - hence why i keep looking for buttons as i thought i woud test that before setting up actions.
now you got it. adding buttons, plausible and doable as well, havent done it as of yet, other than delete. im not saying they wouldn’t benefit from buttons, but i guess the question would be, what buttons do they need, what to do with email after, etc…im falling more with alfred on it though on the task email feature, but im mixed. so, ill let you propose those ideas.
well if the email is showing in the task/project via the side menu then…
each email should have
- delete email (from task and server, or option)
- convert email to task description (prompt for task id and/or project id)
- convert email into comment (prompt for task id)
- convert email into project description (prompt for project id)
5.download attachments from email into task (prompt for task id)
I think the above would allow the emails to be processed manually without actions.