# General

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## [Invites lost their invitation message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-lost-their-invitation-message/211568)

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**Author:** [@PVIcpaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PVIcpaq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-lost-their-invitation-message/211568 "2021-12-09T01:01:28Z")

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Guests lost their invite messaqe. How can I reinvite them? (Discourse simply says that « they have been invited already ». Frustrating. Thanks for trick.

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## [How to link an external website to open up the 1on1 discourse message menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-an-external-website-to-open-up-the-1on1-discourse-message-menu/211422)

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**Author:** [@Dandan\_Pan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dandan_Pan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-an-external-website-to-open-up-the-1on1-discourse-message-menu/211422 "2021-12-07T23:30:17Z")

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Dear Discourse dev community: We have a website: Haddee.com, it has a single sign on feature working. What we want to do: when a use click another user and it will open up 1on1 discourse message feature. All of our use…

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## [Questions about possibly switching to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-possibly-switching-to-discourse/210183)

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**Author:** [@surfsup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/surfsup)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-possibly-switching-to-discourse/210183 "2021-11-26T00:28:38Z")

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Is there anything such as premium paid themes for discourse? I only see a handful of themes and doesnt seem maintained? Is there a main integration section and/or integrate with Zapier? Any native mobile white la…

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## [Survey about open source software development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/survey-about-open-source-software-development/210181)

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**Author:** [@sheng1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sheng1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/survey-about-open-source-software-development/210181 "2021-11-25T21:04:33Z")

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Hello, I hope this is the right place to ask, but I’m currently looking for participants for my survey that I’m doing for my master thesis. The research deals with open source software development. Therefore, I’m looking…

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## [Looking for forums to moderate/customise \[FREE\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-forums-to-moderate-customise-free/208298)

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**Author:** [@Banjo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Banjo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-forums-to-moderate-customise-free/208298 "2021-11-04T22:23:47Z")

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I don’t know if I’m allowed to do this Hey, I’m looking for a forum to moderate on, I can also customise your forum your you for Free! I like coding & skateboarding, anything else I’ll still do Requirements Moderat…

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## [Chat plugin? And Gallery Viewer plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-plugin-and-gallery-viewer-plugin/194022)

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**Author:** [@ignatus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ignatus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-plugin-and-gallery-viewer-plugin/194022 "2021-10-27T01:15:38Z")

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Are there no other chat plugins that works within discourse, except Babble? (that is Not an external chatprogram)? Also, I didnt get the Gallery Viewer-addon to work? is there no working Gallery Viewer-plugin?

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## [How do you keep track of your progress towards the “Devotee” badge?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-keep-track-of-your-progress-towards-the-devotee-badge/206396)

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**Author:** [@anon73664359](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon73664359)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-keep-track-of-your-progress-towards-the-devotee-badge/206396 "2021-10-18T23:00:27Z")

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Currently, it’s impossible to tell if you’ve accidentally missed a day and reset your progress. Some sort of indicator would be nice, but the ability to see your progress towards certain badges would be even better! Unl…

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## [Facebook suspended my login and now requires a linked test user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-suspended-my-login-and-now-requires-a-linked-test-user/205668)

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**Author:** [@alexwoolfson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexwoolfson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-suspended-my-login-and-now-requires-a-linked-test-user/205668 "2021-10-10T20:51:04Z")

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Hello, I don’t know if any of y’all have gone through this, but I’m in a Catch-22 with my FB login for my Discourse forum, and I don’t know how to fix it. Because of that issue that caused my Let’s Encrypt certificate …

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## [Embed video giving me headaches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-video-giving-me-headaches/204190)

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**Author:** [@KayL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KayL)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-video-giving-me-headaches/204190 "2021-09-24T08:22:26Z")

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We have all our course videos on Vimeo, set to a private link. Up until now pasting the plain link has worked, even for private videos, but Vimeo have changed the settings and only embed video links will work: They rec…

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## [Security Advisory regarding group messages title and participants being leaked within a 30 minutes window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-advisory-regarding-group-messages-title-and-participants-being-leaked-within-a-30-minutes-window/203995)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-advisory-regarding-group-messages-title-and-participants-being-leaked-within-a-30-minutes-window/203995 "2021-09-20T05:45:33Z")

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Hi All, We have published a new security advisory regarding a bad commit that was made on the tests-passed branch which resulted in group private messages having their title and participants leaked to all users. The ba…

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## [How to render decorated cooked post content in a template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-render-decorated-cooked-post-content-in-a-template/203962)

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**Author:** [@JonathanShaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonathanShaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-render-decorated-cooked-post-content-in-a-template/203962 "2021-09-19T16:33:21Z")

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I want to render the decorated cooked content of a post in a template. Simple {{{ post.cooked }}} works but doesn’t give me the decoration. The decoration happens in the post-contents widget which is loaded by the post …

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## [S3 Errors Uploading Profile Photos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-errors-uploading-profile-photos/203063)

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**Author:** [@bigfudge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bigfudge)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-errors-uploading-profile-photos/203063 "2021-09-14T21:03:21Z")

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I am running the latest beta and have enabled S3 to manage uploaded files. Uploads in posts work fine (file is uploaded to s3 and displayed in the post), but I now find that trying to upload profile photos creates “Acce…

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## [Unusual behaviour accessing post values in rake task](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusual-behaviour-accessing-post-values-in-rake-task/201610)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusual-behaviour-accessing-post-values-in-rake-task/201610 "2021-08-24T23:03:17Z")

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This might come from a misunderstanding of how the database is interacted with via Ruby (ActiveRecord?) vs. Rails but I’m seeing an unusual error message while running a rake task. The error message is repeated some num…

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## [I have configured items related to SMTP service in the app.yml configuration file, but I still cannot receive the activation email correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-configured-items-related-to-smtp-service-in-the-app-yml-configuration-file-but-i-still-cannot-receive-the-activation-email-correctly/201514)

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**Author:** [@liuyang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/liuyang)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-configured-items-related-to-smtp-service-in-the-app-yml-configuration-file-but-i-still-cannot-receive-the-activation-email-correctly/201514 "2021-08-24T15:26:38Z")

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I have configured items related to SMTP service in the app.yml configuration file, but I still cannot receive the activation email correctly. Please provide some support. Here are the logs I collected: Rendered layouts…

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## [Top site urls - Question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-site-urls-question/201035)

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**Author:** [@sarahann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarahann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-site-urls-question/201035 "2021-08-19T23:02:12Z")

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Hey all! I was looking in the admin dashboard for the top traffic urls for my forums. Curious about which urls our uses hit the most (ie: Homepage, categories, popular psots etc..) Alternatively, if anyone knows if I …

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## [Theme suggestion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-suggestion/200632)

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**Author:** [@Nromero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nromero)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-suggestion/200632 "2021-08-16T19:32:10Z")

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Hi, I’m looking for someone who refer me to a theme similar to https://community.zoom.com/ I need category icons on the top followed by discussions threads. Thx

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## [Subscribe title text - bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscribe-title-text-bug/199982)

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**Author:** [@diakopter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diakopter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscribe-title-text-bug/199982 "2021-08-10T17:49:33Z")

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I updated this Text: js.discourse\_subscriptions.subscribe.title but it seems to have also changed the text on the Subscribe buttons as well Maybe one of the usages of subscribe.title in the code should be changed to: j…

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## [Is it possible to use badges/groups to show staff an icon on a user's avatar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-badges-groups-to-show-staff-an-icon-on-a-users-avatar/199708)

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**Author:** [@dannydulai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dannydulai)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-badges-groups-to-show-staff-an-icon-on-a-users-avatar/199708 "2021-08-08T23:48:38Z")

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I’d like to mark users with data that indicates their licensing status with our software (for example, if they are trialing or paying, or if they have no license at all). We already use SSO, so getting this data into di…

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## [Top Search bar fully open](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-search-bar-fully-open/199604)

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**Author:** [@Myalden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Myalden)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-search-bar-fully-open/199604 "2021-08-07T17:13:40Z")

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Is there a way to have the seach bar being open by default? Instead of clicking on the loop.

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## [New post indication dot not right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-indication-dot-not-right/199561)

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**Author:** [@Momin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Momin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-indication-dot-not-right/199561 "2021-08-07T10:50:53Z")

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New post indication dot is above the post line not after the post text.

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## [Nginx not starting after attempting to add offline page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-not-starting-after-attempting-to-add-offline-page/199076)

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**Author:** [@EddieT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EddieT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-not-starting-after-attempting-to-add-offline-page/199076 "2021-08-03T21:01:46Z")

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After I did what was in the image above, nginx refuses to start, I changed the SSL certificate path, so I don’t really know why it’s not starting, does anyone know how to fix this?

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## [Install issues - Ubuntu 20.x VM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-ubuntu-20-x-vm/199065)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Dean](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brian_Dean)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-ubuntu-20-x-vm/199065 "2021-08-03T19:22:34Z")

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So I installed pretty simple, and i’m not trying to go outside our network. I created a new forwarding pointer for discourse.ddci.com and I am not able to access the setup page after it completes. Any ideas? what did y…

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## [How to share a post to all users by notification?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-share-a-post-to-all-users-by-notification/198683)

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**Author:** [@lavudiep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lavudiep)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-share-a-post-to-all-users-by-notification/198683 "2021-07-30T13:46:41Z")

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I want to share an important post to all my users with an email notification. I am administrator. From the post, I used the share/notify/ and a list of usernames and clicked send. Discourse confirmed that this link has b…

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## [User documentation in French](https://meta.discourse.org/t/documentation-dutilisateur-en-francais/197210)

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**Author:** [@Touzot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Touzot)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/documentation-dutilisateur-en-francais/197210 "2021-07-25T17:06:08Z")

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I found a moderator guide in French, but I didn't find an introduction or first-use guide in French, and my users are not English speakers. Are there any? Thank you

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## [RSS, API, Hybrid account possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-api-hybrid-account-possible/197758)

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**Author:** [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-api-hybrid-account-possible/197758 "2021-07-21T13:39:05Z")

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Not sure what I’m asking for so hoping someone else can put a name to it I’d like to know if I can set up a user account to post periodic sale items Many affiliate programs have widgets and other ways to post sale item…

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## [Connecting Discourse invites to Marketo emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-discourse-invites-to-marketo-emails/195564)

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**Author:** [@davery](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davery)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-discourse-invites-to-marketo-emails/195564 "2021-07-05T17:31:43Z")

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Hello, does anybody have experience with connecting Marketo to the invite admin functions of Discourse? What I’d like to do is use a Marketo form fill that collects potential users info, generates an email that contains …

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## [Do we have to buy a Discourse license to use Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843)

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**Author:** [@davidshq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidshq)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843 "2021-05-20T17:05:39Z")

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I’m thinking about using Discourse on a number of sites I run - some non-profit, some for-profit. I was wondering if for commercial purposes folks will have to buy licenses? Or simply that there will be commercial suppor…

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## [Try.discourse.org as a moderator/admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-discourse-org-as-a-moderator-admin/187919)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-discourse-org-as-a-moderator-admin/187919 "2021-04-24T00:23:50Z")

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From time to time, moderators on our forum express some confusion about what Discourse features/options are available and how they work. I’d love to be able to say “go to try.discourse.org, edit settings, and try messing…

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## [Issue when allowing reply-to posts and email to create topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-when-allowing-reply-to-posts-and-email-to-create-topics/183369)

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**Author:** [@bigfudge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bigfudge)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-when-allowing-reply-to-posts-and-email-to-create-topics/183369 "2021-03-15T23:28:39Z")

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Is it supported to enable reply by email enabled and also create a custom incoming email address when using the simple mail-receiver? It seems my install will only work with one or other enabled: Set custom incoming em…

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## [Any good examples of well designed embedded topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-good-examples-of-well-designed-embedded-topics/182587)

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**Author:** [@MorganCarey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MorganCarey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-good-examples-of-well-designed-embedded-topics/182587 "2021-03-14T15:50:26Z")

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I am working on my main content pages of my site, for example Renaissance Real Estate Website Platform by Real Estate Webmasters Inc (looks like shit on a phone, not tested yet) And I’ planning on embedding 2 sections t…

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