SharePoint foundation: incoming emails do not trigger workflows

"This problem occurs because a security fix in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 prevents declarative workflows from starting automatically under the system account. E-mail enabled list items are always created under the system account."


By default, sharepoint foundation will not trigger the workflow by emailed items. In order to enable this property, you need to type some commands

1. "stsadm -o getproperty -pn declarativeworkflowautostartonemailenabled"

2. "stsadm -o setproperty -pn declarativeworkflowautostartonemailenabled -pv true"

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953289