Commit c23cee34 authored by Rachel Gottesman's avatar Rachel Gottesman Committed by Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski

Fix future tense issues

parent 83b25c71
......@@ -15,34 +15,40 @@ replying to notification emails.
Make sure [incoming email](incoming_email.md) is set up.
## How it works?
## How it works
### 1. GitLab sends a notification email
Replying by email happens in three steps:
1. GitLab sends a notification email.
1. You reply to the notification email.
1. GitLab receives your reply to the notification email.
### GitLab sends a notification email
When GitLab sends a notification and Reply by email is enabled, the `Reply-To`
header is set to the address defined in your GitLab configuration, with the
`%{key}` placeholder (if present) replaced by a specific "reply key". In
addition, this "reply key" is also added to the `References` header.
### 2. You reply to the notification email
### You reply to the notification email
When you reply to the notification email, your email client will:
When you reply to the notification email, your email client:
- send the email to the `Reply-To` address it got from the notification email
- set 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
- set 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.
### 3. GitLab receives your reply to the notification email
### GitLab receives your reply to the notification email
When GitLab receives your reply, it will look for the "reply key" in the
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
If it finds a reply key, it will be able to leave your reply as a comment on
If it finds a reply key, it leaves your reply as a comment on
the entity the notification was about (issue, merge request, commit...).
For more details about the `Message-ID`, `In-Reply-To`, and `References headers`,
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