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=== BuddyPress Reply By Email  ===
Contributors: r-a-y, cuny-academic-commons
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=V9AUZCMECZEQJ
Tags: buddypress, email, basecamp
Requires at least: WordPress 3.4.x, BuddyPress 1.5.6
Tested up to: WordPress 3.4.x, BuddyPress 1.6-RC1
Stable tag: trunk
 
Reply to BuddyPress items from the comfort of your email inbox.

== Description ==

BuddyPress Reply By Email is a plugin for [BuddyPress](http://buddypress.org) that allows you to reply to various email notifications from the comfort of your email inbox.

You can reply to the following items from your inbox:

* @mentions
* Activity replies
* Private messages
* Group forum topics / posts (requires [BP Group Email Subscription Plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-email-subscription/))

You can also create new group forum topics from your email inbox as well.

**Minimum Requirements**
* WordPress 3.4.1, BuddyPress 1.5.6
* [IMAP module enabled in PHP](https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/wiki/Quick-Setup-with-GMail#wiki-server)
* An email address that supports IMAP and [address tags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Address_tags)

**Wiki**
Check out the [BP Reply By Email wiki](https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/wiki) for more information!


== Installation ==

**Quick Setup with Gmail**
[Check out the guide here.](https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/wiki/Quick-Setup-with-GMail)

**Upgrading manually**

If you already have the plugin activated, but you choose to upgrade the plugin manually via FTP, you must deactivate the plugin and reactivate it again.


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

[Check out the FAQ here.](https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions)

Also check out the [BP Reply By Email wiki](https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-reply-by-email/wiki) for more information!


== Special Thanks ==

* Jim Wigginton - for his `Crypt_AES` class from the [PHP Secure Communications Library](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/). Licensed under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html).
* Jevon Wright - for his [html2text](https://code.google.com/p/iaml/source/browse/trunk/org.openiaml.model.runtime/src/include/html2text/html2text.php) functions from the [IAML Modelling Platform](http://openiaml.org/).  Licensed under the [Eclipse Public License v1.0](http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html).


== Screenshots ==

1. An incoming email manipulated by BP Reply By Email.
2. Instructions to post a new forum topic via email.  Hooked to the new topic form.
3. An activity reply made via email posted on BuddyPress.


== Changelog ==

= 1.0-beta =
* Initial public release