Enable Story Creation via E-mail

With story creation via e-mail enabled, users can create Drupal, Facebook, Frankly, TownNews, and WordPress stories in an e-mail and send them to Inception to create the story. Users must have permission to create stories via e-mail.

At least one Upload Media Source must exist to enable e-mail story creation. For information about creating an Upload Media Source, refer to the section Add a Media Source.

Ross Video recommends creating a dedicated e-mail account with a descriptive name and e-mail address to receive story creation e-mails. Users will use the receiving e-mail address to send their story to Inception and they will see the e-mail when they receive a confirmation e-mail for the story.

The e-mail account used for story creation via e-mail must be different from the ones used for story approval or assignment notification.

Before you can configure story creation via e-mail you must create an account for the e-mail address that receives stories for creation. To create an e-mail account for story creation via email, refer to the section E-mail Account Configuration.

To enable story creation via e-mail

1.On the Configuration window toolbar, click the  System icon.

The System panel opens.

2.Click the Email Stories tab.

The Email Stories tab opens.

3.Select the Enable E-Mail Story Creation check box to create stories from the content of e-mails received from Inception users who have the permission to create stories via e-mail.

4.Use the Mail Account list to select the e-mail account that Inception uses to receive stories for creation and send story confirmation e-mails.

This list only contains the e-mail accounts defined on your Inception Server.

The e-mail account used for story creation via e-mail must be different from the ones used for story approval or assignment notification.

For More Information on...

•how to create an e-mail account, refer to the section E-mail Account Configuration.