Initiate Workflow on Item Creation using an Email Enabled List

  • 15 February 2022
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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.

 


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