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## [Anyone using gmail for SMTP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-gmail-for-smtp/41371)

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**Author:** [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-gmail-for-smtp/41371 "2017-10-08T16:46:29Z")

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Trying to get discourse up and running I used gmail for the SMTP mentoned in app.yml. A feature of gmail is allowing this according to this article. It doesn’t work. My settings are something like this (I changed my emai…

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## [Bitnami install on AWS EC2 - email won't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bitnami-install-on-aws-ec2-email-wont-work/41393)

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**Author:** [@sidonaldson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sidonaldson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bitnami-install-on-aws-ec2-email-wont-work/41393 "2016-03-24T12:19:10Z")

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I know this install technique isn’t supported but if anyone can help me debug the issue I would be very grateful! I launch the image, runs correctly, I add my mailgun settings and all test emails send fine. I can change…

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## [Cloaked-collection not present?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloaked-collection-not-present/41394)

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**Author:** [@stevenpslade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevenpslade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloaked-collection-not-present/41394 "2016-03-21T23:55:02Z")

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I’m currently working to fix some bugs in my plugins as I have just upgraded to the test-passed version of Discourse. I am currently getting this error which prevent topic threads from loading: Uncaught Error: Assertion…

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## [More concise language for About topic title in new Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-concise-language-for-about-topic-title-in-new-category/41398)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-concise-language-for-about-topic-title-in-new-category/41398 "2016-03-21T22:41:52Z")

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When creating a new category, the About topic title is currently: About the \[Category Name\] category This can be changed by a user, but it would be more concise to change this to About \[Category Name\] I find myse…

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## [Adding an interface adjacent to a conversation (with a plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-interface-adjacent-to-a-conversation-with-a-plugin/41407)

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**Author:** [@paulm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-interface-adjacent-to-a-conversation-with-a-plugin/41407 "2016-03-26T02:43:53Z")

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I’d like to create a plugin that integrates a separate user interface with a topic. This is what I’m thinking: So the topic would be as normal, except each post can have a separate, but linked, interface. If a post h…

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## [Allow moderators to create groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-create-groups/41408)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-create-groups/41408 "2023-04-11T09:01:58Z")

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Yesterday, @codinghorror announced a new feature to try and curb behavior that can cause performance issues (see Using private / personal messages as long term chat). After a bit of discussion, @sam and I had a conversa…

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## [Private message composition URLs don't work with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-composition-urls-dont-work-with-sso/41419)

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**Author:** [@toolness](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toolness)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-composition-urls-dont-work-with-sso/41419 "2017-06-02T17:59:27Z")

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Hello! Discourse is awesome but I seem to be encountering an odd bug related to Discourse SSO and the Compose a new pre-filled private message via URL functionality. Here’s what’s going on. A user is logged into my SS…

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## [Badge system deactivated, but badges still appear on some profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-system-deactivated-but-badges-still-appear-on-some-profiles/41426)

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**Author:** [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-system-deactivated-but-badges-still-appear-on-some-profiles/41426 "2016-03-29T06:22:29Z")

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On our discourse installation we disabled the badge system in settings. However, it is still possible to see some user’s badges on the summary pages as well as it is possible to access the badge overview pages. Not sure…

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## [Left clicking link to /posts.rss does not work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-link-to-posts-rss-does-not-work/41437)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-link-to-posts-rss-does-not-work/41437 "2016-03-23T19:02:44Z")

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Left clicking this link does not work for me (displays “Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private.”), but middle clicking it or copying the URL works fine: link to posts rss I am using Chrome Version 49.0.2623.87 m o…

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## [On the Necessity of Up/Down Vote-Based Reputation Systems on Boards Involving Subjective Discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-the-necessity-of-up-down-vote-based-reputation-systems-on-boards-involving-subjective-discussion/41442)

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**Author:** [@Alex1974](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex1974)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-the-necessity-of-up-down-vote-based-reputation-systems-on-boards-involving-subjective-discussion/41442 "2020-12-01T01:40:21Z")

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I am using Discourse for a moderately-sized political discussion board. The software is very good, and meets all of my needs except one: there is no up/down vote-based reputation system. What I would like to see is a v…

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## [Improving our unsubscribe functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-unsubscribe-functionality/41448)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-unsubscribe-functionality/41448 "2016-06-17T02:07:45Z")

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Over the last week I have been thinking a lot about our “mail problem” The problem is that on certain very active instances of Discourse tons of mails can be generated, which inevitably leads some people to click the “s…

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## [Misaligned sub-category swatch in email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misaligned-sub-category-swatch-in-email/41453)

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**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misaligned-sub-category-swatch-in-email/41453 "2016-03-23T01:47:32Z")

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This is a wee thing, but I came across it a few times so I thought I’d report it. When receiving a digest (or soon-to-exist mailing list) summary email, the category swatches for topics in subcategories are misaligned: …

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## [Topic Visitors Counter Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-visitors-counter-plugin/41456)

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**Author:** [@saiqulhaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saiqulhaq)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-visitors-counter-plugin/41456 "2020-01-22T14:15:30Z")

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Hi I’ve made a simple plugin to display how many visitors are visiting a topic. https://github.com/saiqulhaq/tvc This plugin calculates visitors based on session id, so it will not increment the total viewer data i…

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## [Daily limits for outgoing mails per user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-limits-for-outgoing-mails-per-user/41458)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-limits-for-outgoing-mails-per-user/41458 "2016-03-29T01:20:18Z")

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I just checked in a feature that puts a cap on the number of emails we can send a user per day. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c095304d6df578edff399cf19876385e9aabaf06 Out of the box max\_emails\_per\_day\_p…

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## [Deleting posts within the grace peroid should instantly delete them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476 "2016-03-23T20:41:41Z")

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Occasionally I’ll see posts deleted right after they were posted or delete my own post right after posting it. The most common reasons for doing so are: Someone was ninja’d with a much better response and their own re…

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## [Giphy onebox for animated gifs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giphy-onebox-for-animated-gifs/41478)

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**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giphy-onebox-for-animated-gifs/41478 "2018-10-07T13:15:57Z")

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Hey all, I know some people were working on a gif plugin. However, I suggest to add http://giphy.com support to the onebox plugin as long as we do not have a proper plugin (and we might want to keep it for later as well…

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## [Can current version change the date format?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-current-version-change-the-date-format/41480)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-current-version-change-the-date-format/41480 "2021-03-26T14:23:32Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Year format on abbreviated post dates not clear: I agree with this thread as in the UK, this reads to me as 13th February 2016: Can the administrator change it so that dates are shown …

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## [Watching Categories based on on group in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-categories-based-on-on-group-in-discourse/41488)

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**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-categories-based-on-on-group-in-discourse/41488 "2016-05-16T19:14:57Z")

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I found this plugin Is this only hardcoded for one category and one group? I’d like to try and set this up on a larger scale. @tobiaseigen

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## [Customising the preferences page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-the-preferences-page/41503)

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**Author:** [@Stelmsind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stelmsind)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-the-preferences-page/41503 "2016-03-24T08:54:21Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to apply some additional customisation to the preferences page, but I’m having some difficultly. I’ve created this in the ‘’ template section: \<script type='text/x-handlebars' data-template-name='user/pr…

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## [Can't upload files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-files/41510)

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**Author:** [@legendno13](https://meta.discourse.org/u/legendno13)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-files/41510 "2016-03-25T01:06:23Z")

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Hello, I recently deployed a new forum by using Discourse, but I suffered a updating issue, it looks like the following: The status indicator is 100%, but it will keep this percentage and never ends, I cannot upload…

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## [Email blacklist default list of temporary domains as option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blacklist-default-list-of-temporary-domains-as-option/41524)

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**Author:** [@sidonaldson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sidonaldson)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-blacklist-default-list-of-temporary-domains-as-option/41524 "2020-03-24T08:40:16Z")

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I just found this gist of common temp email address providers and it crashed chrome when I pasted it into the textarea, probably as it was tokenized. It is a bit overkill to add them all in the UI so I wondered if it wou…

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## [Notifications live-added to the profile page don't combine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-live-added-to-the-profile-page-dont-combine/41526)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-live-added-to-the-profile-page-dont-combine/41526 "2016-03-24T16:18:07Z")

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When I opened my profile page, I was short of two likes that I currently have now. When those two likes came in, instead of combining with the existing entry, they created their own entries: This is how it should loo…

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## [Template for serving through an .onion address with Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-for-serving-through-an-onion-address-with-docker/41536)

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**Author:** [@RomeoPapa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RomeoPapa)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-for-serving-through-an-onion-address-with-docker/41536 "2020-04-20T17:18:40Z")

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Hi there, I’ve submitted a pull request to discourse\_docker. It creates a new onion.conf file in the nginx config folder. The new onion.conf is created by copying nginx.sample.conf and editing that copy. This new confi…

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## [Does enable\_staged\_users break anonymous incoming emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-enable-staged-users-break-anonymous-incoming-emails/41545)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-enable-staged-users-break-anonymous-incoming-emails/41545 "2016-03-27T03:01:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Can I turn off staged users?: Sorry to re-open this conversation so soon, but what will this do to the configuration where a category is configured with the “Accept emails from anonymous u…

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## ["Google\_oauth2" - means nothing to a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-means-nothing-to-a-user/41547)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-means-nothing-to-a-user/41547 "2016-03-29T22:26:04Z")

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I just created an account on a Discourse instance (1.5.0.beta13b) and it displayed the message: Your email has been authenticated by Google\_oauth2 To an average user the oauth2 part means nothing, as such should pro…

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## [Syncing bans from SSO provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syncing-bans-from-sso-provider/41554)

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**Author:** [@Nuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nuck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syncing-bans-from-sso-provider/41554 "2017-06-29T15:48:03Z")

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Would it be possible to sync a ban/suspension via SSO? If this is too broad for SSO (which, tbh, it probably is) is there a different API that would make it fairly simple? For Hummingbird.me, we often get people we hav…

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## [Images uploading problem (Heroku, S3, JS)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-uploading-problem-heroku-s3-js/41558)

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**Author:** [@Anthony\_Hopkins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anthony_Hopkins)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-uploading-problem-heroku-s3-js/41558 "2016-04-06T19:50:57Z")

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When I try to upload image (composer form, User Avatar etc.) the Uploading… never ends. I tested everything: Heroku → S3 connection correct (file uploaded): Heroku response Success (HTTP Status 200) It looks like…

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## [Starting new topics by email - Job exception: execution expired](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-new-topics-by-email-job-exception-execution-expired/41560)

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**Author:** [@stylesm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stylesm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-new-topics-by-email-job-exception-execution-expired/41560 "2016-03-30T20:34:20Z")

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I have reply-by-email setup and working on my Discourse installation. I seem unable to get starting new topics by email working though. A few things to note: The Categories have email addresses for starting topics by…

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## [Replying too quickly ... By email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-too-quickly-by-email/41562)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-too-quickly-by-email/41562 "2016-08-08T20:30:06Z")

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Something about this scenario doesn’t seem right. First of all, I don’t know how I could possibly reply too fast by email, but so it doesn’t even seem like a reasonable thing to block given the latency of email. And how …

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## [Improving the user experience for email-only users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-user-experience-for-email-only-users/41563)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-user-experience-for-email-only-users/41563 "2016-06-07T04:48:40Z")

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I think a combination of things would help users who rarely visit the site, but want to interact via email, in a way that much more closely matches the model Discourse has for on-site usage. Here’s the rough idea for Ma…

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