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Hi all, I’m hoping to change the default identifier from `from` to `reply-to` on an inbound email. We have a form that sends an email when the user submits however it comes from no-reply@company.com and we attach a `reply-to` with the user’s email address. In the intercom conversations, everything is working except that the conversation is linked to no-reply@company.com instead of the user’s submitted email address that comes from the `reply-to` This means we cannot view the correct contact in the conversation. I was going to attempt to detach the contact using the API however it is quite risky to try an wait for the conversation to be created before I detach / attach new contacts. Do you know of any way I can set the default contact for an email inbound to use the reply-to address?
When I receive a support email from a customer, I would like to respond the customers inquiry while also cc’ing the support email that goes to our intercom team inbox for visibility. This is working, however every time I do this the conversation goes in my name instead of only the customer’s. Looking for some ideas here on how to make sure my name is not placed in the conversation field. As you can see from the email below, it is treating me like a lead even though I have an account in intercom with the email address I replied from.
This doesn’t happen with any other view, just the mentions tab.
Hello I’m new to Intercom and I’m familiarizing myself with Series.I’m trying to create a series for on-boarding new users in our app. I’ll run you through the Series and any help would be appreciated. Entry: User Signs Up → When Matched → Welcome Email / In-app Carousel (Wait up to 30d)The carousel highlights “How to get started. This is important for the user to see. my confusion is around the Wait period of 30 days. My concern is if the app is not opened in 30 days, they leave the series. I’ve added in a Push Message after the carousel but that won;t send until after the 30 day period, and at that stage, they won’t see the carousel. Is it there a simple solution to drive them to the app within 30 days to ensure they see the Welcome Carousel?Any help would be appreciated!CheersRay
Intercom gives me the ability to create multiple Help Centers. However in the Messenger settings I can only specify one Help Center, with no way to apply any sort of audience rule on which one gets used? What am I missing? Is there a programmatic way to specify which Help Center a User is directed to?
We want to engage customers better and make them feel like they been cared for by a real human being once they sign up for our system. Optimally we’d love to open up a conversation where we ask them 3 questions so we get some basic information about them, but also showing that there’s a person taking care of them.Any ideas on how to use the power of intercom to achieve this?
hiding the sidebars stretches the image, but it should just be the correct locked aspect ratio the entire time so that I can view and read it as it was intended
The Whatsapp has the feature to reply an specific message. Intercom has this feature working in Whatsapp channel?
I am trying to add double braces into a pointer inside of Product Tours. Unfortunately it appears this may already have been used as an internal method to show personalised data, as when I test the tour the value within the double braces does not show. See the two images below.Is there a way to escape these characters? It’s quite important for the functioning of our application to show to correct way to add variables into your app, and without us being able to use these characters it becomes difficult to effectively showcase how our application work.Product Tour ConfigurationProduct Tour Test
Can we automate the sending of meeting invitation emails based on customer responses to specific data attributes? For instance, if the customer specifies the meeting mode (virtual or in-person), their preferred meeting date (dd/mm/yyyy), and preferred meeting time slots (e.g., 10 AM to 12 PM, 12 PM to 2 PM, 2 PM to 4:30 PM), I'd like to automatically send them an email invitation accordingly.I have tried using Google Calendar for appointment booking, but it doesn't seem to work for my particular case.
We want the full name of the sender to appear instead of "sender_first_name from company_name"
Is it feasible to have separate bots for each page or URL of my website, including articles and news? If this is achievable, should I create separate bots, articles, and news sections for each part of my website, or are there alternative methods to accomplish this?
I want to run a custom bot with a caveat that my rep is able to take control of the conversation anytime i.e. even if the custom bot has not completed the entire sequence. So essentially the chat is assigned to a rep but as the rep is currently unavailable the bot is interacting using the predetermined sequence. As soon as the representative becomes available, he takes over, the custom bots stops its sequence and the rep handles the entire conversation. How do we implement this. And what functions we can leverage not limiting to custom bot, inbox automation rules etc.
Hello Intercom Community,My Self Kathleen Hemsworth I hope you're all doing well. I'm currently working on enhancing our Help Center's articles to provide the best possible support to our users. I'd like to tap into the collective wisdom of this community and gather some insights and tips on creating effective help center articles.Here are a few questions to get the discussion started:What are the key elements of an effective help center article? What makes an article truly stand out? How do you organize your articles to make them user-friendly and easy to navigate? Are there any best practices for writing and formatting help center content that you've found particularly successful?
Hi everyone, I’m posting here in the desperate try to get somebody from Intercom online to help with reinstating the account which was frozen due to too many failed payments associated with the card you guys had on file. We’ve since changed the payment method and fixed the errors that led to unintentional problems with the card and the invoice was processed. However, we’ve been collectively logged out of our workspace and are still unavailable to attend to the support queries which have been piling up in the inbox since the Saturday morning. It’s been 48 hours now without any response from either the response team or our designated account managers. Can somebody/anybody please help and immediately? For context, we’ve tried reinstating the account from inside the admin, however, we were unable to do that as we were experiencing the you already have an account error prompt. (?!)Yes, we do have an account but it seems that we need help from an operator to help reinstate our account. Would
Which format work best for Fin? It seems that Snippets are better processed by Fin. In this case, I am wondering if there is a solution to manage this content with efficiency. Is there a way I can isolate snippets on the same subject to make the changes needed? Or should I only count on my classification (titles) to do so? Is there a hierarchy in Fin’s choice to use an article or a snippet? What makes it choose an article from another? Or an article rather than a snippet? Is it based on the same algorythm than the one for the helpcenter? Question: comment créer une facture?Answer based on those articles:Gestion de trésorerie - Comment importer manuellement une liste de factures ?Gestion de trésorerie - Comment supprimer une facture ?Gestion de trésorerie - Comment supprimer une échéance de paiement ?Utiliser les factures d'avoirWheareas I have an article called that does not appear at all Créer une facture, un devis, un document de vente
We want to provide option to the Support Engineer before he closes the conversation, whether a Case should be created for the conversation or not. For this we wanted to show up a button which the Support Engineer will select before he closes the conversation. This button or input should be seen only by the Support Engineer and not by the Customer. How can we achieve this?
I am in the process of creating a large help center with long articles. We are organizing many of the articles (as suggested) with anchored links to the Heading 1s within the article at the article’s beginning. But creating the TOC at the top is very time consuming as you have to enter the TOC text, scroll down to copy the anchored link, scroll up to link the heading, scroll down again, etc. Is there a faster way to do this - i.e. - autogenerate a TOC for all heading 1s or at the very least, copy the heading text and link at the same time?
I am trying to create a custom object and no matter what I type I get this error every time I hit save. I have tried different object names and always get the same result. It even happened during the walkthrough tutorial. Any ideas of how I can fix it? Thanks in advance.
I’m seeing this error when I try to set live a new workflow. Our front end SDK’s are all updated. The new workflow includes the new “Let customer type” option
"Hello,Is it feasible to create a link to the Intercom help center that, upon a user's arrival, triggers the Messenger to pop up? Our specific scenario involves attempting to activate the Messenger via a URL parameter or a similar method. Is this achievable?Best regards,"
Can able to send images but when i try to send Screenshots in Pixel, Some of Samsung devices, It failing? We are using v14.0.0 and kotlin version is 16.1.0.
Hello, Intercom Community!My name is Chloe Blake. I've been thinking about how workspace layout can significantly impact productivity, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this topic.How do you design your workspace to maximize productivity and efficiency? Do you have any favorite hacks or tools that have helped you create an ideal work environment? What challenges have you faced in managing your workspace, and how have you overcome them? Are there any specific apps or software you use to improve workspace management?Whether you work from home, in a co-working space, or a traditional office, your insights can be valuable for anyone looking to optimize their workspace. Share your tips, stories, and best practices for creating a productive and enjoyable work environment.Let's discuss and learn from each other!
I am able to use the tools to specify the URL and add tour steps to test the feature, but the preview does not show up. I’ve tried changing the audience, even making it available to everyone (Users, Visitors, and Leads), but the preview still does not display. Is there perhaps a setting on my user profile, a permission or role, that needs to be adjusted?Thanks!
Hi guys, I’m new here and just getting familiar with Intercom. A bit of background on us. We have a multisided platform. One product is “Service Provider” and the other is “Consumer”.I’m wondering is it possible to have separate inbox folders which can organise users based on attributes “isServiceProvider” or “isConsumer”. So when we receive messages, they will automatically go to the correct inbox folder instead of All Users. I'm still figuring out best use cases and am a complete novice so any help would be appreciated. CheersRay
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