Message a stream by email
This feature is not available on self-hosted OneHash Connect servers where the incoming email gateway has not been configured by a system administrator.
You can send emails to OneHash Connect streams. This can be useful:
• If you have an email that you want to discuss on OneHash Connect
• For mirroring mailing list traffic
• For integrating a third-party app that can send emails, but which does not easily lend itself to a more direct integration
If you're planning on doing this in an automated way, and have some programming experience, another option is to use our send message API.
Message a stream by email
Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.
Click Manage streams.
Select a stream.
Select the General tab on the right.
Click Generate email address under Email address.
Toggle the configuration options as desired.
Click Copy address to add the stream email address to your clipboard.
Send an email to that address.
The email subject will become the OneHash Connect topic, and the email body will become the OneHash Connect message.
Note that it may take up to one minute for the message to show up in OneHash Connect.
Configuration options
The options below control which parts of the email are included in the OneHash Connect message.
• The sender's email address: Adds From: <Sender email address> to the top of the OneHash Connect message.
• Email footers: By default, OneHash Connect tries to automatically remove some footer text (like signatures). With this option enabled, OneHash Connect will include all footers.
• Quoted original email: In many email clients, when you reply to a message (e.g. a message notification email), a copy of the original message is automatically added to the bottom of your reply. By default, OneHash Connect tries to remove that copied message. With this option enabled, OneHash Connect will include it.
• Use html encoding: The body of an email is typically encoded using one or both of two common formats: plain text (text/plain) and HTML (text/html). OneHash Connect supports constructing the OneHash Connect message content using either (converting HTML to Markdown for the HTML format). By default, OneHash Connect will prefer using the plain text version of an email over the converted HTML version if both are present. Enabling this option overrides that behavior to prefer the HTML version instead.
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You can send emails to OneHash Connect streams. This can be useful:
• If you have an email that you want to discuss on OneHash Connect
• For mirroring mailing list traffic
• For integrating a third-party app that can send emails, but which does not easily lend itself to a more direct integration
If you're planning on doing this in an automated way, and have some programming experience, another option is to use our send message API.
Message a stream by email
Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.
Click Manage streams.
Select a stream.
Select the General tab on the right.
Click Generate email address under Email address.
Toggle the configuration options as desired.
Click Copy address to add the stream email address to your clipboard.
Send an email to that address.
The email subject will become the OneHash Connect topic, and the email body will become the OneHash Connect message.
Note that it may take up to one minute for the message to show up in OneHash Connect.
Configuration options
The options below control which parts of the email are included in the OneHash Connect message.
• The sender's email address: Adds From: <Sender email address> to the top of the OneHash Connect message.
• Email footers: By default, OneHash Connect tries to automatically remove some footer text (like signatures). With this option enabled, OneHash Connect will include all footers.
• Quoted original email: In many email clients, when you reply to a message (e.g. a message notification email), a copy of the original message is automatically added to the bottom of your reply. By default, OneHash Connect tries to remove that copied message. With this option enabled, OneHash Connect will include it.
• Use html encoding: The body of an email is typically encoded using one or both of two common formats: plain text (text/plain) and HTML (text/html). OneHash Connect supports constructing the OneHash Connect message content using either (converting HTML to Markdown for the HTML format). By default, OneHash Connect will prefer using the plain text version of an email over the converted HTML version if both are present. Enabling this option overrides that behavior to prefer the HTML version instead.
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Updated on: 30/10/2023
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