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diff --git a/doc/administration/reply_by_email.md b/doc/administration/reply_by_email.md index ebb9e086cb7..c249f48b768 100644 --- a/doc/administration/reply_by_email.md +++ b/doc/administration/reply_by_email.md @@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ group: Certify info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- -# Reply by email - -> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/1173) in GitLab 8.0. +# Reply by email **(FREE SELF)** GitLab can be set up to allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by replying to notification emails. @@ -34,10 +32,10 @@ addition, this "reply key" is also added to the `References` header. When you reply to the notification email, your email client: -- sends the email to the `Reply-To` address it got from the notification email -- sets the `In-Reply-To` header to the value of the `Message-ID` header from the +- Sends the email to the `Reply-To` address it got from the notification email +- Sets the `In-Reply-To` header to the value of the `Message-ID` header from the notification email -- sets the `References` header to the value of the `Message-ID` plus the value of +- Sets the `References` header to the value of the `Message-ID` plus the value of the notification email's `References` header. ### GitLab receives your reply to the notification email @@ -45,8 +43,8 @@ When you reply to the notification email, your email client: When GitLab receives your reply, it looks for the "reply key" in the following headers, in this order: -1. the `To` header -1. the `References` header +1. `To` header +1. `References` header If it finds a reply key, it leaves your reply as a comment on the entity the notification was about (issue, merge request, commit...). |