# Is there a way to get task offer \> acceptance functionality?

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**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-task-offer-acceptance-functionality/1634 "2021-02-03T11:13:11Z")\
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I used to use Sendgrid a few years ago, and it worked, for the most part. It was a pain to get setup, I remember that.

also used zapier for a bit, it too was kind of a pain in the bottom to setup, but it worked.

> [@Kanboard and Zapier](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/kanboard-and-zapier/441):
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> Simple tutorial on how to send API requests from Zapier: Purpose: To help basic users understand simple principles, like how to create a trigger and perform an action, e.g. send an email and create a task Step 1: Make a Zapier Account, it’s free. [https://zapier.com](https://zapier.com) Step 2: Make a Zap [image] Step 3: In this tutorial, we will choose to “Parse an Email” and then “POST” with a webhook Step 4: Choose “New Email” You will need a parser mailbox, again, free: [https://par…](https://parser.zapier.com/)

aside from that, I think a plugin to simplify the need to just send an email and interact with kanboard would be nice. I’m thinking PhpImap: [GitHub - barbushin/php-imap: Manage mailboxes, filter/get/delete emails in PHP (supports IMAP/POP3/NNTP)](https://github.com/barbushin/php-imap)

I just built a plugin to test it out, and it worked fine, in about 30 mins I was able to connect to an imap server (i just used a google account), check for mail, and get all the info in the mail, from, to, message, subject, even attachment.

probably wouldnt be to hard to build a fully functional plugin that could do a lot with emails using PhpImap. I’ll think about it.

Some screenshots:

Send an email to a task:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kanboard1/original/1X/51ff3b9e6aa5681c951bb1513ab2c96e0ecf23c6.png)

Email shows up on the task:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kanboard1/original/1X/6111f216fb454eb85e3c5bca719c50a182124c62.png)

Server setup:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kanboard1/original/1X/09c9e44b31134ebed182782fc3defee0a8f36687.png)

So, currently, how I set it up is, you connect it to a mail server, in this instance I made a google account. If you want to email a task you simply use `Task#` followed by the tasks number, and then the email address of the mail account. in this instance, `Task#1<cree231216@gmail.com>`

When you go into the task, and choose `Task Email` on the sidebar, it checks the mail server and displays the mails that relate to that task.

I didn’t do anything fancy, but it could be very fancy.

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