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Email Integration

Access Socialwok from Gmail

Access Socialwok from Gmail using the Socialwok Gmail Gadget. To install, see instructions here
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Directly Reply to Email Notifications

When other users comment on your updates, you will get email notifications as well as IM notifications as shown below.

To reply to a comment or a message, just click reply from any email client. 


Send direct messages for person or feed using emails


1) To post a message from any email client into a feed, send the message to:
[name of feed]+[name of domain]@socialwokmail.com

Example for Google Apps users: Socialwok user with Google Apps account alex@voiceroute.net trying to email into a feed with name "Ming Marketing Campaign". The email to be sent should be.
From: alex@voiceroute.net
To: mingmarketingcampaign+voiceroute.net@socialwokmail.com

Example for Gmail users: Socialwok user with Gmail address alex@gmail.com trying to email into a feed with name "Ming Marketing Campaign". The email to be sent should be.
From: alex@gmail.com 
To: mingmarketingcampaign+alex+gmail.com@socialwokmail.com

Example for Standard work email users: Socialwok user with valid work email address alex@acmeinc.com trying to email into a feed with name "Ming Marketing Campaign". The email to be sent should be.
From: alex@acmeinc.com 
To: mingmarketingcampaign+acmeinc.com@socialwokmail.com

2) To direct a message to an individual user, send the message to:
[1st part of email address without domain]+[name of domain]@socialwokmail.com

Example for Google Apps: Socialwok user with Google Apps account alex@voiceroute.net trying to direct mention a person called "Joe Smith" with email address joes@voiceroute.net. The email to be sent should be. 
From: alex@voiceroute.net 
To: 
joes+voiceroute.net@socialwokmail.com

Example for Gmail users: Socialwok user with Gmail address alex@gmail.com trying to direct mention a person called "Mary Sue" with email address marys@whitehouse.com.
From: alex@gmail.com 
To: marys+alex+gmail.com@socialwokmail.com
  • Note that you need to send the email with the from field having the email address that you signed up socialwok with.
  • Note that you need to send the email to domain @socialwokmail.com
  • You can attach files with the email and it will be attached with the update into the feed. The file size limit per file is 800kB.
  • When you forward a message using this address, the forwarded message will be attached as a note in the posted update.
  • For special characters in feed or person name. The special characters are neglected eg. "Logistics & finance" will have email address logisticsfinance+[domain]@socialwokmail.com