Enable And Configure E-mail Settings For An O365 Sharepoint Online 2013 Task List

Before a list or library can receive e-mail, the site owner must enable and configure the incoming e-mail support for the list or the library.

SharePoint UI Method

Open the announcements list for which you want to enable and configure the incoming e-mail support.
Click Settings and subsequently click List Settings.
Under Communications, click Incoming email settings.

NOTE

The Incoming e-mail settings link is not available, if incoming e-mail support is not enabled in Central Administration.
In the email section, choose Yes to enable this list to receive an e-mail and then type the alias, which you want to use to send an e-mail to this list.
In the email attachments section, choose whether you want to archive the email attachments in this list or not.

Use PowerShell to activate the Email settings, as shown below.

$site=Get-SPSite "http://gowthamr.sharepoint.com"
$web=$site.OpenWeb()
$list=$web.Lists.TryGetList("Tasks")
if($list -ne $null)
{
$list.EnableAssignToEmail =$true
$list.Update()
}

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