Is there a way to obtain the reply-to ID from Github Issue E-mail Notification before another person

[carlosparadis]

I have the following situation:

1. Github Issue is created on website
2. (a few weeks go by with co-workers/supervisors unaware of it as the notification go to their “Forum” tab or they are e-mail only)
3. Eventually one kind soul responds on the issue, generating an e-mail notification to me, the issue creator. In there, a reply-to address is provided containing <organization_on_github>/<project_on_github><reply+<a_crazy_long_id_I_am_after>@reply.github.com>

At that point, I can grab the \<organization_on_github\>/\<project_on_github\>\<reply+\<a_crazy_long_id_I_am_after\>@reply.github.com\> e-mail, and start e-mailing the team with it Cc. As people reply to all, I can get all their messages stored in the issue tracker from the e-mail thread.
I am trying to skip steps 2 and 3 and get that ID somehow after the issue is created. That way, I can send them an e-mail after creating the issue with it Cc. Is there a way to do that?
Note my interest is not on creating Github issues from my e-mail, just being able to get that issue generated ID by the e-mail notification, without having to hope someone responds to the e-mail so I get the notification.
The only information I could find online was an article from 2011:
https://github.blog/2011-03-10-reply-to-comments-from-email/
when Github apparently implemented said functionality. I find it hard to believe 9 years later I can’t skip steps 2 and 3.
Worst comes to end, I am willing to even switch to another service like GitLab or Bitbucket, if you happen to know that is available for a free account. I believe Slack allows to do something of the sort, where each channel has an e-mail id where you can Cc, and messages go to that channel. But I really could use this for an issue tracker and a VCS.
Thank you!

[guntrip]

Hello there Carlos!

Hmm, could you try enabling “Include your own updates” in your “Email notification preferences”? You’ll find that on the following page:

https://github.com/settings/notifications

I’ve just tested this and confirmed that you recieve an email upon creating an issue (or any other content that triggers a notification) and that email contains the reply-to address you’re looking for. Any emails sent to that address will be added as comments from your GitHub account.

Otherwise, I’m afraid it isn’t possible to obtain the address and token associated with an issue. Instead, I’ve logged this as a feature request in our internal feature request list. Though I can’t guarantee anything or share a timeline for this, I can tell you that it’s been shared with the appropriate teams for consideration.

I hope that’s a helpful workaround!

[mirabilos]

Could you please implement this then? This would be super-useful for eMail-based collaboration workflows.