- The “Mail” tab will appear in WebStorm setup (only in Challenge/WebStorm level, not Enterprise):

Submission:
- Administrators may define “mailboxes,” an email address that is linked to a specific category
- Emails to the defined address will submit to that category with the following information:
- The sender’s email address is submitter
- The email subject line is the title
- The email body is the description
- A hashtag followed by text will post as a tag (example: #innovation)
- Any email attachments will post as attachments on the submission, with the first attachment becoming the idea image
- Submission confirmation emails will send once a submission has been emailed into the WebStorm.
- Note: Additional submission questions on the submission form, including required questions, cannot be completed using Email Submission and will be left blank. The submitter can edit the submission afterward to fill any incomplete fields.

Comment Submission:
- Administrators may enable comments via email and define the email domain
- All users will then receive an email update that a comment has been made on their submission, or that another user has replied to their comment
- They may then send an email reply with their own comment

Important Notes:
- When the submission is posted, all necessary points (for the user and submission) are reflected as if it were submitted via the WebStorm interface.
- Custom domains are not supported for Mail Submission feature, the selected email domain must utilize "brightidea.com"
Do you know yet when this will come out of beta and be released?
Thanks
Hi Vicky -
This feature is still fairly new - I can however enable it it for you in your system, perhaps in a test WebStorm so you can check it out? Let us know!
We are hoping to push it to our normal setup area very soon, Thank you!
Best, Anthony
Hi,
two questions:
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Carmelo
Hi Carmelo,
This would still be considered a beta feature, it's not included in the out of the box software. If needed, please enable the "Mail Tab" under the WebStorm Beta tab in your Webstorm setup area.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Brightidea Support
Thanks Ron,
I have now enabled the beta feature.
thanks!
Hi Ron,
Is it possible for this functionality to exist without the Mail tab enabled?
Thanks,
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie,
The beta 'mail' tab should be enabled in order to configure the mail boxes for each category in your WebStorm.
Thanks,
Brightidea Support
Hi Ron,
Yes that makes sense. I guess my question was more directed at the comment submission portion and how the end user can respond via email to post a comment.
Hi Stephanie,
When the comment reply feature is enabled in the 'Mail' tab, a user who receives a comment notification email can reply to that email and their comment will be posted as a reply.
Let me know if that answers your question.
Thanks,
Brightidea Support
I have a scenario right now where a user responded to one of the system based emails. The email came into our team's mailbox and when I checked the idea, the comment was also posted there. So I'm trying to determine if the user only sent the email and it automatically posted his content as a comment or if the user did two separate actions, respond to the email and posted a comment on his idea.
Hi Stephanie,
That sounds like the user performed two different actions if the 'mail' tab was disabled and comment reply emails were never emailed before.
Thanks,
Brightidea Support
Okay thank you for the confirmation! (as always, very helpful)
Ron, I just did a test and replied to a system generated email that notified me someone had commented on my idea. The email reply DID show up on the idea comment feed as a response to the respective comment.... FYI :) I thought it was odd seeing your note above so I wanted to share with you.
Hi Stephanie,
It must be the case that you had or have the mail tab enabled where the comment reply was tested. If that was the case, it will indeed post the reply as a comment.
You can double check in WebStorm setup.
Thanks,
Brightidea Support