# Feature

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## [Site title being used in subject, despite email prefix being used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-title-being-used-in-subject-despite-email-prefix-being-used/29578)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-title-being-used-in-subject-despite-email-prefix-being-used/29578 "2015-06-05T23:08:50Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Clarification on site\_domain\_name and site\_name: This is still an issue on my hosted version. Is there some workaround until a fix can be had?

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## [Look at created\_at when deleting IPs if last\_match\_at is NULL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/look-at-created-at-when-deleting-ips-if-last-match-at-is-null/29682)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/look-at-created-at-when-deleting-ips-if-last-match-at-is-null/29682 "2015-06-05T12:05:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Purge Blocked IP Addresses that haven't had a match for n months: I’ve created the following PR (but it should be looked over), as we had 190 entries in our Screened IPs that were not cl…

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## [Integrating an address book feature to a private discourse instance. Ideas anyone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-an-address-book-feature-to-a-private-discourse-instance-ideas-anyone/29629)

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**Author:** [@jeffreycwitt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jeffreycwitt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-an-address-book-feature-to-a-private-discourse-instance-ideas-anyone/29629 "2015-06-04T04:37:24Z")

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My community organization is look to provide two new services to its neighbors. First, they are thinking of migrating away from their current list-serve. I want to move them toward the adoption of discourse. Second, th…

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## [Purge Blocked IP Addresses that haven't had a match for n months](https://meta.discourse.org/t/purge-blocked-ip-addresses-that-havent-had-a-match-for-n-months/29604)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/purge-blocked-ip-addresses-that-havent-had-a-match-for-n-months/29604 "2015-06-04T00:59:09Z")

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I haven’t found a setting for this, so I’m assuming it doesn’t exist (pardon me, if my assumption is incorrect). Sitepoint is in the process of removing 1700 blocks on IPs because a good majority of them haven’t had a r…

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## [Big Picture Features Poll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-picture-features-poll/29594)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-picture-features-poll/29594 "2015-06-03T16:15:48Z")

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Let’s try a new (but old) feedback flow. Instead of the usual complaint-driven development, let’s try the good old poll, from democracies of old. I’m not hoping for any kind of decision to be made here. Just trying to ga…

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## [Add JSON for /tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-json-for-tags/29485)

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**Author:** [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-json-for-tags/29485 "2015-06-02T18:48:39Z")

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Could a JSON representation be added for /tags?

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## [Setting to disable pin/unpin messages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-pin-unpin-messages/22306)

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**Author:** [@kmoe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kmoe)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-pin-unpin-messages/22306 "2015-06-01T23:04:04Z")

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This is a feature request for a setting allowing us to disable the automatic pin/unpin messages that appear when pinning/unpinning topics (as described in this topic: Order of pinned topics and deleting pin messages

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## [Can I use a topic title as a link to another site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-a-topic-title-as-a-link-to-another-site/29515)

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**Author:** [@christianeg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christianeg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-a-topic-title-as-a-link-to-another-site/29515 "2015-06-01T20:44:52Z")

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Hi, I´d like to use hyperlink topic titles so readers read the title, click on it and jump into that site (blog post, news, etc) Can this be done with Discourse? Many thanks…

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## [User Invitation/Poking a user to a topic is now live!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 68\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180 "2015-06-01T14:10:38Z")

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:warning: As of March 2022, the ability to notify a user from the share button on a topic has been removed. See Notify Feature can be easily abused for more details. The Invite feature has just been improved so that y…

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## [Why was subdirectory support removed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-was-subdirectory-support-removed/19233)

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**Author:** [@mikehearn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikehearn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-was-subdirectory-support-removed/19233 "2015-06-01T05:00:55Z")

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I have an EV SSL certificate that is only valid for two domains (with and without www), not all subdomains. It’d be nice if I could run Discourse with this certificate but it’d require running as a subdirectory on the ma…

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## [Email updates without signing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-updates-without-signing-up/27437)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Flom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Flom)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-updates-without-signing-up/27437 "2015-05-29T19:59:41Z")

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Hello, I noticed that other communities such as http://meta.telesc.pe/ Are offering an option where a user can subscribe to email updates (newsletter) by entering his email. This way the user can just enter his email…

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## [Adding unique ID to custom user fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-id-to-custom-user-fields/29423)

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**Author:** [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-id-to-custom-user-fields/29423 "2015-05-29T17:39:01Z")

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I would like to be able to target custom user profile fields with CSS in both the user profile/card, and the user preferences. Currently, all custom user fields get the same div and span class, making it very difficult t…

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## [Possible to change the time of day that email notifications arrive?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-the-time-of-day-that-email-notifications-arrive/29119)

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**Author:** [@lordbanks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lordbanks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-the-time-of-day-that-email-notifications-arrive/29119 "2015-05-29T05:20:41Z")

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Users on our forum say the forum digest drops in at 9am and more often than not sucks them in. They would rather want to be able to choose to get them in the evening. Thoughts?

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## [Discourse does not show the Real Name on a topic page then it (wrongly) assumes it is the same as the Username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-show-the-real-name-on-a-topic-page-then-it-wrongly-assumes-it-is-the-same-as-the-username/29399)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-show-the-real-name-on-a-topic-page-then-it-wrongly-assumes-it-is-the-same-as-the-username/29399 "2015-05-29T01:34:02Z")

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User has set the Real Name: But Discourse does not show the Real Name because it assumes it too similar to the Username The problem code is https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/…

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## [Timezone issue in Autoclose topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timezone-issue-in-autoclose-topic/28180)

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**Author:** [@rhulse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhulse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timezone-issue-in-autoclose-topic/28180 "2015-05-27T22:30:41Z")

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On version 1.2.1 - commit 590b73e25e09bc6f8781585604b18738bc79fbdf When setting the time for autoclose I enter a local time and press save. When I reopen that same dialogue it is 12 hours later than expected. My timezo…

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## [Discourse does not allow dot «.» symbol in bucket name while Amazon S3 allows it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251 "2015-05-27T09:12:49Z")

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Rules for Bucket Naming from Amazon Documentation: Bucket names must be a series of one or more labels. Adjacent labels are separated by a single period (.). \<…\> The following examples are valid bucket names: \<…\> m…

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## [Inviting all usergroup members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-all-usergroup-members/29259)

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**Author:** [@Frey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-all-usergroup-members/29259 "2015-05-26T14:39:11Z")

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Hello! I figured out that Github’s team mention in incredibly cool feature so I decided to ask: will any similar feature be implemented in Discourse? Here is what I’m talking about: About issues - GitHub Docs (@mentions …

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## [Request - Wordpress plugin, Publish to Discourse option to include category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-wordpress-plugin-publish-to-discourse-option-to-include-category/28174)

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**Author:** [@PopsRocker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PopsRocker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-wordpress-plugin-publish-to-discourse-option-to-include-category/28174 "2015-05-25T08:14:18Z")

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First a question … does the Discourse Wordpress plugin allow for posts to be published to Discourse in more than one category? The following post is old and possibly outdated, but is it still true in that Discourse only…

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## [Expanding OP Meta Bar (Images & Videos)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-op-meta-bar-images-videos/23740)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-op-meta-bar-images-videos/23740 "2015-05-22T08:35:07Z")

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For that, I think it would be neat to have a small-thumbnail image gallery (and video gallery?) below the list of posted links in the OP’s meta info bar. In fact, that would be amazing, especially for media-intensive c…

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## [Allow Custom URLS for S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-custom-urls-for-s3/29103)

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**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-custom-urls-for-s3/29103 "2015-05-22T18:44:35Z")

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Hey! S3 has a feature where you can make your amazon s3 urls to custom urls. EX. Instead of using this link, https://counterstrikeio.s3.amazonaws.com/3e2750d7b4768d2650c1d67671718805cf462eca1.png, you use a link like h…

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## [Category name in URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-in-url/29113)

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**Author:** [@Howen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Howen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-in-url/29113 "2015-05-22T14:56:55Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to change my forum’s urls to have category name inside it ? I have found this topic but I have looked everywhere and I have found no option in admins menus.

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## [Static backup of discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-backup-of-discourse-forum/29069)

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**Author:** [@Quatro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quatro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-backup-of-discourse-forum/29069 "2015-05-22T04:12:09Z")

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Hey guys. I’m an admin of a private discourse forum and I would like to scrape it to get a static backup of the site. Why? In a few years, the forum might not exist and I would like to share with all its users a local …

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## [Include notifications of likes, mentions, replies, edits etc in email digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-notifications-of-likes-mentions-replies-edits-etc-in-email-digest/29081)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-notifications-of-likes-mentions-replies-edits-etc-in-email-digest/29081 "2015-05-21T18:31:43Z")

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In our community, we have a handful of people who still only use email to participate in discussions. It occurs to me that these people are missing out! They don’t know that people are liking their posts or what else is …

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## [LiveLeak.com embedding?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liveleak-com-embedding/13761)

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**Author:** [@piotrek\_lisowsk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piotrek_lisowsk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liveleak-com-embedding/13761 "2015-05-20T19:07:55Z")

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I know that there are terrible content and guts on top. But despite this we use a lot of content there. Integration of these videos, which are now displayed as a link, it would be excellent. By the way, I wanted to poin…

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## [Pagination URL scheme not passed through when topic is renamed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pagination-url-scheme-not-passed-through-when-topic-is-renamed/21170)

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**Author:** [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pagination-url-scheme-not-passed-through-when-topic-is-renamed/21170 "2015-05-20T14:17:12Z")

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The non-javascript version of the site (for the likes of googlebot, et.al.) uses request parameters for pages (?page=2). This works fine for the bot doing the navigating, but if the first displayed post id were in the UR…

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## [Email activation when using SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-activation-when-using-sso/28861)

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**Author:** [@plkap74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plkap74)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-activation-when-using-sso/28861 "2015-05-20T03:38:30Z")

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\[@sam continuing our discussion\] What do you all think about adding a switch to the SSO settings to disable the automatic “trusting” of email addresses. That is, forcing users to activate their discourse account when it…

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## [Copy/Paste Excel - Both an Image and text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009 "2015-05-20T01:49:40Z")

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When copy/pasting data from excel it currently does two things: It creates a text block with all of the contents completly unformatted It creates an image of the contents that looks good but cannot be edited within dis…

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## [Delete known user on approvals?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-known-user-on-approvals/28743)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-known-user-on-approvals/28743 "2015-05-19T16:19:56Z")

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I wonder, what would happen if I were to click the Delete User button on a user with posts? I wonder what would happen if I were to click Delete User on my admin account? Perhaps those buttons should only be there if t…

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## [Setting Max Invites per day to zero doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-max-invites-per-day-to-zero-doesnt-work/28922)

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**Author:** [@navjotjsingh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/navjotjsingh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-max-invites-per-day-to-zero-doesnt-work/28922 "2015-05-19T06:51:46Z")

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I was looking for a way to disable invites when I was suggested by @watchmanmonitor at https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-invites/21796/3?u=navjotjsingh to set max invites per day to zero. Well I tried that and I could…

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## [Notification email cannot be the same as reply by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-email-cannot-be-the-same-as-reply-by-email/28840)

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**Author:** [@stroupaloop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stroupaloop)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-email-cannot-be-the-same-as-reply-by-email/28840 "2015-05-17T08:49:08Z")

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I’ve setup the reply by email address settings as listed in the thread below, EXCEPT I’m unable to change the reply by email address NOTE: I’ve setup everything else according to the post, to include the correct polling…

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