Outlook Email reply feature

[Caleb_Thomas1]

I set up a rule to integrate the outlook email function. It would be helpful if the email address that the email function came from would be customizable.

[Jan-Rienk]

@Caleb_Thomas1 Don’t forget to vote for your own feedback

[Phil_Seeman]

@Caleb_Thomas1 FYI this really isn’t technically possible; see

Changing sender email address in External sending emails rules

FYI there’s really no way technically that Asana can do what this thread is asking for. Because the email is being sent from the actual Outlook (or Gmail) account of the authenticated user and Asana doesn’t have control of the user’s email domain, Asana can’t send it from someone’s else’s account or email address, as Microsoft (or Google) would not allow that. Otherwise I could send an email from, say, beyonce@gmail.com (just kidding, I don’t know if that’s a valid address or not). Even if it w…

[Nathan_Clubb]

Phil,

Why could it not just have me authenticate an email specifically for the rule?

[Phil_Seeman]

I suppose theoretically it could, but that would be a complete departure from the current architecture of Asana rules, where the authentication is at the external app level. I think a more practical solution - still requires more development effort but not a big architecture change - would be the solution @Daniel_Wiser and I discussed in that other thread.