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## [Nice Post vs Nice Reply badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-vs-nice-reply-badge/142957)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-vs-nice-reply-badge/142957 "2020-02-29T21:23:16Z")

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As discussed here, I would like to create my own version of Nice Reply. I’ll need a new name, and Nice Post seems like the obvious choice. But if I try to create a new badge named Nice Post, I get “Sorry, an error has oc…

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## [Name of blacklisted user agent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963)

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**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963 "2020-07-29T20:59:13Z")

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If in the Web Crawler User Agents tab I have the name of the bot, that’s exactly what I have to enter in the options to make sure that the bot is blocked or another name ? for example MBCrawler/1.0 (https://monitorbac…

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## [Server does not appear to be accessible via DNS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-does-not-appear-to-be-accessible-via-dns/142975)

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**Author:** [@mrduran12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrduran12)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-does-not-appear-to-be-accessible-via-dns/142975 "2020-03-02T06:58:47Z")

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Hello friends, I get this error in the installation. Why do I get such an error, Name server redirects are done.

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## [Dev environment running out of disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-running-out-of-disk-space/142980)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-running-out-of-disk-space/142980 "2020-03-01T08:29:31Z")

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My Discourse dev environment (ubuntu VM) is running out of disk space, despite doubling the VM’s disk size to 24GB last week. Do I need to manually delete old versions of Discourse or run a cleanup script or something? I…

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## ['Skip' usage in discobot tutorials seems to fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-usage-in-discobot-tutorials-seems-to-fail/142983)

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**Author:** [@DaleKramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaleKramer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-usage-in-discobot-tutorials-seems-to-fail/142983 "2020-03-01T00:19:50Z")

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I have started the discobot tutorial over again and I am trying to ‘skip’ the parts I have already done. But, when I reply to a discobot post that tells me to do something with ‘skip’, it skips only the first tutorial i…

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## [How to add "close topic icon button" underneath posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-close-topic-icon-button-underneath-posts/142990)

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**Author:** [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-close-topic-icon-button-underneath-posts/142990 "2020-03-01T19:38:05Z")

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Hi, it’s me again xd This time I would like to have the close topic button underneath the posts along with the other icons here Is there a plugin that can do that?

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## [Can't change tracking status from post timeline menu on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-status-from-post-timeline-menu-on-mobile/142998)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-status-from-post-timeline-menu-on-mobile/142998 "2020-03-01T08:57:14Z")

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I don’t know if “post timeline menu” is the right term, but the picture below should make my meaning obvious. Tapping the circled button just closes the menu instead of giving the tracking options. I’m on latest iOS, Saf…

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## [Can't delete badges that users have as a title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-badges-that-users-have-as-a-title/143006)

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**Author:** [@nekodroid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nekodroid)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-badges-that-users-have-as-a-title/143006 "2020-05-03T01:01:22Z")

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Hey there ! I’ve been creating some badges a long time ago. Now that I don’t need them anymore, I’ve tried deleting them, but for some reason it won’t work ; an error pops up instead. Pls help ! :content: (litteral…

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## [Disable number of posts in Desktop and Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-number-of-posts-in-desktop-and-mobile/143014)

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**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-number-of-posts-in-desktop-and-mobile/143014 "2020-03-01T16:24:32Z")

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Hi, How can we disable the number of posts in Desktop and Mobile view? Details as in following figures: Desktop: Mobile:

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## [\[Paid\] Looking for a programmer for discourse modifications 25-30$](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-a-programmer-for-discourse-modifications-25-30/143017)

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**Author:** [@ericg2019](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ericg2019)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-a-programmer-for-discourse-modifications-25-30/143017 "2020-03-03T13:09:34Z")

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Hey there! Hope you’re doing great today. I’m looking for a person who could help me with the following stuff. Adding some categories. Modify a menu. Adding plugins. Adding sub-categories. I need this as an static me…

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## [Error 403 (Forbidden) in dev instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-403-forbidden-in-dev-instance/143027)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-403-forbidden-in-dev-instance/143027 "2020-03-03T10:00:51Z")

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I’ve just updated my dev instance and I can’t log in anymore. The debug console says: POST http://localhost:3000/session 403 (Forbidden). The log file says: Can't verify CSRF token authenticity. Rendering text templ…

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## [Strange behaviour selecting "What would you like to do with the associated post?"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-selecting-what-would-you-like-to-do-with-the-associated-post/143061)

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**Author:** [@Paracelsus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paracelsus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-selecting-what-would-you-like-to-do-with-the-associated-post/143061 "2020-03-04T15:32:57Z")

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Hi, I don’t know if this is a bug or not, but I’m having trouble making sure a certain action gets done upon reporting. So, when reviewing a flag: Agree → Silence User → What would you like to do with the associated po…

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## [User\_stats with a proper time stamp](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stats-with-a-proper-time-stamp/143066)

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**Author:** [@Gaurav\_Sardana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaurav_Sardana)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stats-with-a-proper-time-stamp/143066 "2020-03-02T11:32:05Z")

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Hey, I have a discourse sql database. I need to find user stats for a particular time stamp. For example - I need to find how many post did user made ? If i extract that data from user\_stats. It will give me a number …

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## [Custom css inside a post / adding custom classes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-inside-a-post-adding-custom-classes/143072)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_McLaughlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_McLaughlin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-inside-a-post-adding-custom-classes/143072 "2021-04-17T12:08:33Z")

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Is it possible to give a \<div\> inside a post some custom styling? I’ve seen that any non-whitelisted classes are stripped out, and I’ve tried addingstyle= to my divs and spans to no avail , so does anyone know if there’…

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## [Provide a link to CommonMark documentation from the editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-a-link-to-commonmark-documentation-from-the-editor/143079)

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**Author:** [@brechtm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brechtm)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-a-link-to-commonmark-documentation-from-the-editor/143079 "2020-03-08T04:32:28Z")

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I think it would be useful to have a link to the CommonMark reference, or optionally a custom topic, to help people with editing that cannot be performed by means of the toolbar buttons. If a link to a custom topic can b…

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## [Disable\_emails: false on restore stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-emails-false-on-restore-stopped-working/143093)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-emails-false-on-restore-stopped-working/143093 "2020-03-02T16:44:52Z")

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The previously working :disable\_emails option in the BackupRestore.restore! function seems not to be passed to BackupRestore::Restorer::initialize any more: while discourse/lib/backup\_restore/restorer.rb at main · di…

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## [Google Analytics is blocked by CSP policy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics-is-blocked-by-csp-policy/143098)

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**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics-is-blocked-by-csp-policy/143098 "2020-03-02T19:55:48Z")

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Hi, I try to set up Google Analytics but no luck. Here is what I did: ga universal tracking code: My analytics ID ga universal domain name: mysite.com (without www) content security policy script src: I added “https:…

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## [How to cancel autoemail about trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-cancel-autoemail-about-trust-level/143104)

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**Author:** [@KimM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KimM)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-cancel-autoemail-about-trust-level/143104 "2020-03-02T19:06:58Z")

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How do I stop the forum from sending certain automated emails to members? I want to cancel this email that apparently goes out with this subject line: \[XCSN Community\] \[PM\] Congratulations on your trust level promotion! …

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## [Bug when restoring svg files from backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-restoring-svg-files-from-backup/143120)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-restoring-svg-files-from-backup/143120 "2020-03-04T16:01:04Z")

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When trying to restore a backup (to multisite, but that does not seem to matter, see below) the following happens Migrating the database... EXCEPTION: lib/discourse.rb:57:in \`exec': Failed to migrate database. rake abor…

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## [Do you allow video uploads on your Discourse forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-allow-video-uploads-on-your-discourse-forums/143135)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-allow-video-uploads-on-your-discourse-forums/143135 "2021-02-24T23:58:05Z")

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Hey DiscoFam! I have a best practices type question… I’m not sure whether I want to allow and encourage video uploads on my forums. While there may be some really good vid content that’s added, there will likely be a lo…

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## [What is the proper function to initalize stuff on Composer Open?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-proper-function-to-initalize-stuff-on-composer-open/143142)

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**Author:** [@spirobel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spirobel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-proper-function-to-initalize-stuff-on-composer-open/143142 "2020-03-03T00:02:18Z")

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I have a function to set up some object called project\_task every time the composer is opened. I did it this way because I saw it in the events plugin: https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-events/blob/master/asset…

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## [Feature idea: Liking my own comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-liking-my-own-comments/143145)

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**Author:** [@Salvatore\_Candela](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salvatore_Candela)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-liking-my-own-comments/143145 "2020-03-03T12:40:44Z")

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Hi, I’d like to like my own comments, but noticed that this is missing from Discourse. Is this on the roadmap/possible to enable?

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## [Better searching by solved status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-searching-by-solved-status/143146)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Walkom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Walkom)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-searching-by-solved-status/143146 "2020-03-08T22:00:21Z")

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I had a twitter conversation with a user of ours who was frustrated with us auto-closing topics (without solutions) and the inability to easily find solved issues that related to their issue. In the Advanced Search area…

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## [Having raw\_html in a system created post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-raw-html-in-a-system-created-post/143150)

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**Author:** [@Luke\_Clancy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luke_Clancy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-raw-html-in-a-system-created-post/143150 "2020-03-03T03:53:07Z")

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I am attempting to create system managed posts that utilize raw html on a website plugin (in development). Looking at the documentation and various posts, I think I took the right approach, however the preprocessor still…

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## [Why isn't "profile picture" part of "profile"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-profile-picture-part-of-profile/143151)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Harvey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brian_Harvey)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-profile-picture-part-of-profile/143151 "2020-08-09T18:11:21Z")

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There’s a page for setting your profile, and there’s a page of account settings, and one might guess that your “profile picture” would be part of your profile, but it isn’t; it’s an account setting. Why? (One of our us…

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## [How to Customise the tag chooser for Topic Composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-the-tag-chooser-for-topic-composer/143171)

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**Author:** [@saurabhmasc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saurabhmasc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-the-tag-chooser-for-topic-composer/143171 "2020-03-03T07:13:18Z")

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Hello all, We want to display some set of tags with checkbox fields so Users can select those tags while creating a new topic. And bases on this selected checkbox update value of the Text field with the list of selected…

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## [How to retrieve from API only posts of specific user (by e-mail, username or id)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-retrieve-from-api-only-posts-of-specific-user-by-e-mail-username-or-id/143178)

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**Author:** [@Piotr\_Paściak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Piotr_Pa%C5%9Bciak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-retrieve-from-api-only-posts-of-specific-user-by-e-mail-username-or-id/143178 "2020-03-03T10:17:21Z")

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Hello, I’ve been looking on following API documentation: https://docs.discourse.org/ Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any endpoint that would allow me to retrieve only posts of a specific user - this is a hard requ…

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## [Existing WP Comments do not show under the Discourse comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-wp-comments-do-not-show-under-the-discourse-comments/143188)

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**Author:** [@spa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-wp-comments-do-not-show-under-the-discourse-comments/143188 "2020-03-04T10:56:32Z")

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We’ve recently started funnelling our community over to Discourse to avoid having to deal with moderating 2 platforms and noticed that even though the “Show Existing WP Comments” checkbox has been checked, the older WP c…

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## [Help! New install - SMTP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-new-install-smtp/143194)

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**Author:** [@BritishRoyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BritishRoyal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-new-install-smtp/143194 "2020-03-13T19:57:10Z")

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Hey everyone, So for a while I’ve always installed discourse onto a VPS which is hosted by ovh and my domains (which come with web hosting for the emails) have been hosted by one.com (herein referred to as ONE) In rece…

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## [Email replies truncated at code fences with tildes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-truncated-at-code-fences-with-tildes/143198)

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**Author:** [@brad.king](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brad.king)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-truncated-at-code-fences-with-tildes/143198 "2020-03-03T12:46:35Z")

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Code fences with ~~~ have been supported in the forum since at least 2017: However, when replying by email the reply trimmer truncates messages on ~~~ lines, likely mistaking them for delimiters. For example, sending…

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