CONFIGURE_ALTERNATIVE_EMAILS.md

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title	Alternate emails
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Configure Alternative Emails

You can make access requests using alternative emails. This functionality is specially helpful when you need to make access requests using a different email address than the one you have configured in your Slack Profile.

Custom profile fields are only available for Slack Business+ workspaces and Bolt API

Follow these steps to configure in your Slack Workspace:

1. Go to the top left hand side dropdown button (with your workspace name) and select Settings & Administration > Customize <workspace-name>:

2. Go to the Profile tab and select Edit your workspace's profile fields:

3. Click on the Create a custom field button:

4. Select the Text option:

5. Enter the label of the custom slack field and its hint (we suggest using StrongDM Email and StrongDM's account email for label and hint, respectively) and click Create:

6. Go back to your Slack window and Edit Profile:

7. Enter your StrongDM Account email in the added profile field:

IMPORTANT: Remember to setup the field name (e.g. StrongDM Email) in the environment variable SDM_EMAIL_SLACK_FIELD

Demo video

Here is a video showing how to configure and use the alternative email on slack.

accessbot-slack-alternative-email.mp4