Topic
Starting a list workflow by sending an email to a SharePoint list.
Instructions
- Configure a SharePoint list or library to receive incoming email and create a new item upon receipt.
- Run the following PowerShell command on one of your SharePoint servers:
$spWebService = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService $spWebService.DeclarativeWorkflowAutoStartOnEmailEnabled = $true $spWebService.Update()
- Configure the list workflow to initiate on item creation with no additional conditions.
- Send an email to the email address for the SharePoint list.
- Once the email is received and processed by the Incoming E-mail Service, a new item is created and the workflow will start.