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r-a-y edited this page Feb 26, 2016 · 2 revisions

As of commit 12f2782, RBE supports Postmark as an inbound provider.

For more on inbound email, read the corresponding ticket - https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/issues/46.

Things we're going to do:

  1. Create an account at postmarkapp.com.
  2. Set up a new subdomain that is used exclusively by Postmark. eg. reply.example.com.
  3. Add Postmark's MX records to this subdomain.
  4. In Postmark, register the subdomain and set the webhook.
  5. Install the master branch of RBE and add the subdomain to RBE's settings page.

Installation instructions:

1) Create an account at postmarkapp.com

Self-explanatory.

2) Create a subdomain at your domain registrar's dashboard

Login to your domain registrar's dashboard and create a new subdomain.

Let's say example.com is your WordPress site, you'll want to create a dedicated subdomain used only by Mandrill. eg. reply.example.com. Change reply to whatever suits your fancy. This will be used in emails for the Reply-To email header - [email protected] - so choose carefully.

3) Add Postmark's MX records for your new subdomain

Postmark requires the following MX record to be set for your subdomain:

In your DNS configuration, create an MX record that points to inbound.postmarkapp.com and give it a value of 10.

Quoted from http://developer.postmarkapp.com/developer-process-domain.html.

Configure your subdomain to use this record in your domain registrar's dashboard.

4) In Postmark, register the subdomain and set the webhook.

Read step 2 of this document: http://developer.postmarkapp.com/developer-process-domain.html

  1. Login to Postmark and click on your server that you created during account creation.
  2. Next, click on "Settings", followed by "Inbound".
  3. Under "Inbound Domain Forwarding", enter the subdomain you created in step 2 (eg. reply.example.com)
  4. Under "Webhook", type in the URL to your WordPress install.
  5. Save.
5) Install and configure RBE on your WordPress site
  1. Download the latest master branch of RBE - https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/archive/master.zip
  2. Extract the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Login to the WP admin dashboard and activate RBE. Next, navigate to BuddyPress > BP Reply By Email.
  4. Do the following:
    • For Mode, select Inbound Email.
    • For Provider, select Postmark.
    • For Inbound Domain, type in the subdomain you set up in Postmark. Save the settings.
  5. Now test out RBE! At-mention someone on the frontend and try to reply to that person via email. See if a reply is sent back. If you are able to reply to one another, RBE is working!
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