# Latest

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## [Recovery from $docker save](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-from-docker-save/120071)

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**Author:** [@brightrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brightrmn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-from-docker-save/120071 "2019-06-15T17:08:48Z")

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Hi, Please tell me how to restore the discourse with a backup of the docker backup. docker save -o container-file-name.tar containername When I try to rebuild it, I get it: Already up-to-date. I, \[2019-06-11T20:14:10…

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## [I am a WordPress developer looking to learn Discourse development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429)

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**Author:** [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-wordpress-developer-looking-to-learn-discourse-development/120429 "2019-06-15T12:01:21Z")

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I want to learn how the discourse code works and the APIs provided by discourse to develop custom features. How should I or any new person proceed in this direction?

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## [Pre-filled topics don't recognize subcategories anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-filled-topics-dont-recognize-subcategories-anymore/120425)

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**Author:** [@chipet92s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chipet92s)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-filled-topics-dont-recognize-subcategories-anymore/120425 "2019-06-15T08:17:51Z")

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Hi, I recently updated my Discourse installation ( v2.3.0.beta11 +100 ) and noticed that if a pre-filled topic has just a category it works fine, but if it also has a subcategory it shows “Uncategorized” instead. You can…

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## [Persistent links for attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/persistent-links-for-attachments/120438)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tfoote)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/persistent-links-for-attachments/120438 "2019-06-15T08:00:56Z")

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One of the patterns that we’re developing is to use Discourse categories for working group management. It’s a great way to have smaller group discussions that are publicly visible and provide resources to the community. …

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## [Adding new settings to achieve TL1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-settings-to-achieve-tl1/120356)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-settings-to-achieve-tl1/120356 "2019-06-15T05:19:40Z")

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At the moment, the following settings are available for achieving TL1: tl1 requires topics entered tl1 requires read posts tl1 requires time spent mins Maybe it makes sense to add one more: how many posts the user mus…

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## [Difference between topic and post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-topic-and-post/120420)

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**Author:** [@chanjsq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chanjsq)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-topic-and-post/120420 "2019-06-15T03:42:44Z")

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Hello. I am wondering what is the difference between topc and post. Thanks.

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## [Discourse is awesome for collaborative knowledge building](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-awesome-for-collaborative-knowledge-building/120395)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-awesome-for-collaborative-knowledge-building/120395 "2019-06-14T17:33:57Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Why do you like Discourse?: Hi @Agnete, allow me to reply to your message publicly because I think it’s worth praising Discourse. :slight\_smile: I have been using online forums since the…

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## [\[PAID\] Integrate Amazon Lex Into Discourse Composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-integrate-amazon-lex-into-discourse-composer/119955)

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**Author:** [@michaelmccrae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaelmccrae)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-integrate-amazon-lex-into-discourse-composer/119955 "2019-06-15T00:02:53Z")

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I am looking for help integrating an Amazon Lex chatbot into Discourse composer dialogue box. Amazon Lex can be deployed through an iframe. I can provide the code. I have a few different chat bots. I would like to give…

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## [Delete my account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-my-account/120331)

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**Author:** [@anon88550267](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon88550267)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-my-account/120331 "2019-06-14T23:21:45Z")

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I don’t have any need for this account anymore, so I’d like to delete it…however, turns out I can’t do that myself. Can you please delete my account and remove or at least anonymize all personal information related to i…

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## [Allow\_uncategorized\_topics doesn't work on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uncategorized-topics-doesnt-work-on-mobile/120370)

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**Author:** [@Yatima](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yatima)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uncategorized-topics-doesnt-work-on-mobile/120370 "2019-06-14T23:03:02Z")

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When I set allow\_uncategorized\_topics to false, “Uncategorized” category doesn’t show on PC but show on mobile. Discourse v2.3.0.beta11 +34 Chrome for Android 75.0.3770.89

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## [Can't scroll tall tables in Mobile Safari composer preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-scroll-tall-tables-in-mobile-safari-composer-preview/120273)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-scroll-tall-tables-in-mobile-safari-composer-preview/120273 "2019-06-14T19:17:39Z")

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Hi guys, I‘ve noticed an issue with the new preview on my iPhone: I can’t scroll up and down (vertically) inside posts with long tables. Just in the horizontal direction. Could someone have a closer look at this, pls? T…

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## [Why can we no longer delete our accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-we-no-longer-delete-our-accounts/41803)

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**Author:** [@zcalbrecht](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zcalbrecht)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-we-no-longer-delete-our-accounts/41803 "2018-08-06T08:45:46Z")

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I just opened my meta.discourse.org user preferences page and distinctly saw that users were able to delete their account (pictured below). I checked later in another tab, and the functionality was gone. Why was this sud…

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## [Cross discourse category hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-discourse-category-hosting/111417)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Vienneau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Vienneau)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-discourse-category-hosting/111417 "2019-06-14T17:49:54Z")

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Does discourse have the capability to host categories from other instances? Use case is a number of regional discourse instances for my cycling group with a central one that hosts all the regional content in their own c…

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## [Best Way to Revoke New Discussion Privileges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-revoke-new-discussion-privileges/120302)

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**Author:** [@youderian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youderian)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-revoke-new-discussion-privileges/120302 "2019-06-14T10:29:22Z")

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Is there a clean, easy way to revoke a user’s ability to post new discussions? I know there’s the Silence option but that removes commenting abilities too which I’d like to keep. Currently the best thing I’ve found is …

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## [\`decorateCooked\` should be supplied with an \`id\` option to avoid memory leaks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoratecooked-should-be-supplied-with-an-id-option-to-avoid-memory-leaks/120301)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoratecooked-should-be-supplied-with-an-id-option-to-avoid-memory-leaks/120301 "2019-06-14T09:53:00Z")

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For some reason I get the following warning in the DevTools: decorateCooked should be supplied with an id option to avoid memory leaks. What could be the issue? How should I solve it?

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## [Make permissions visible on private categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-permissions-visible-on-private-categories/49480)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-permissions-visible-on-private-categories/49480 "2019-06-14T08:14:44Z")

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We are trying to partly use Discourse as replacement for Basecamp. To that end, we have small groups that discuss in private categories. I’m using a customised “watch category plugin” that makes users of a group watch a…

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## [Poll reference bugs acting strangely (or not working at all)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-reference-bugs-acting-strangely-or-not-working-at-all/95588)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-reference-bugs-acting-strangely-or-not-working-at-all/95588 "2019-06-14T06:53:05Z")

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Polls, alone, in the current post are fine. However, if you reference one… \<I tried to find a poll in this forum, but could not find one, so see my example below\> https://forum.imperium42.com/t/the-forums-new-default-t…

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## [Jointly Made Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jointly-made-topics/120307)

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**Author:** [@dkm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dkm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jointly-made-topics/120307 "2019-06-13T23:50:57Z")

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Ok so I had this idea while I was writing a topic that was intended to be like a here’s everything we know so far about an upcoming app, and I was writing the topic with someone else. We decided that he would post half o…

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## [Base Download Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/base-download-error/120236)

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**Author:** [@simongs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simongs)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/base-download-error/120236 "2019-06-14T02:10:22Z")

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Hi. I have been trying to install Discourse today and after initiating download of the Discourse base image (./discourse-setup) the system gets to the following point and then just hangs, eventually closing the connecti…

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## [Is there a way to change the "from" field of the summary email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-from-field-of-the-summary-email/120305)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-from-field-of-the-summary-email/120305 "2019-06-14T00:56:42Z")

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Is there a way to change the “from” field of the summary email? Right now it says %{title} summary and I just want it to say %{title} instead. In general, I think having the from field be %{title} summary and the subj…

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## [Do pinned topics "pin" to the top of Digests?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-pinned-topics-pin-to-the-top-of-digests/29382)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-pinned-topics-pin-to-the-top-of-digests/29382 "2019-06-13T22:31:38Z")

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I have tried to test/spot check this but haven’t been able to confirm either way: Do globally pinned topics get “pinned” also to the top of Digest emails that go out? If no, why not? Since they are stuck to the top of …

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## [Plugin routing problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-routing-problems/120221)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-routing-problems/120221 "2019-06-13T21:35:44Z")

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Hi all, I’m building a plugin but having some problems understanding what the current API is for appending routes to the Ember router. I’ve read a number of tutorial/howto posts on Meta but there seem to be a number of …

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## [Issue configuring reply by email: 553 5.7.1 Sender address rejected: not owned by user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-configuring-reply-by-email-553-5-7-1-sender-address-rejected-not-owned-by-user/119897)

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**Author:** [@degrees380](https://meta.discourse.org/u/degrees380)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-configuring-reply-by-email-553-5-7-1-sender-address-rejected-not-owned-by-user/119897 "2019-06-13T19:56:07Z")

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Hello! I’m prettu new to discourse admin so please forgive me if I’m asking something already answered (I already searched for similar issues but did not foud a solution). I configured our instance to deliver notificat…

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## [Is there a way to send private messages to the same group but with a different topic title?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-send-private-messages-to-the-same-group-but-with-a-different-topic-title/120288)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-send-private-messages-to-the-same-group-but-with-a-different-topic-title/120288 "2019-06-13T19:57:54Z")

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Hi, is there a way to send private messages to the same group but with a different topic title? My use case: I had 19 users on the same PM. I’d like to send the same exact group another PM but with a different topic ti…

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## [I got trapped by a really slow site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-got-trapped-by-a-really-slow-site/117710)

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**Author:** [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-got-trapped-by-a-really-slow-site/117710 "2019-06-13T19:42:17Z")

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Since the only way to go back to the list of sites is the down arrow on the new bottom bar, and since the new bottom bar doesn’t appear until the site loads, if a site takes a really long time, then I’m staring at the pr…

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## [What happens when you add a staged user to a discourse group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-when-you-add-a-staged-user-to-a-discourse-group/86947)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-when-you-add-a-staged-user-to-a-discourse-group/86947 "2019-06-13T19:37:51Z")

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I am in the process of adding a handful of staged users to invite them to join my community, who I subsequently want to add to a discourse group. It occurred to me that it might be nice to just add them to the group now,…

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## [Posting to sub category not working for me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Fomin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Fomin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462 "2017-06-02T22:35:14Z")

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Hi, Using the following curl command to post to our forum from bash curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @/tmp/json.json "https://my.forum/posts?api\_key=$API\_KEY&api\_username=$UN" where json.json co…

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## [Forwarding emails into Discourse without staging users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forwarding-emails-into-discourse-without-staging-users/120237)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forwarding-emails-into-discourse-without-staging-users/120237 "2019-06-13T14:04:02Z")

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The “forwarding email” situation in Discourse is a little confusing to me. Here’s what I’m trying to do: I want to forward some emails into a specific Discourse category so that the appropriate people can discuss it. I …

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## [iOS bug: Image “download” link sends UI to a dead end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-bug-image-download-link-sends-ui-to-a-dead-end/120205)

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**Author:** [@McGroarty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/McGroarty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-bug-image-download-link-sends-ui-to-a-dead-end/120205 "2019-06-13T13:45:01Z")

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launch the iOS Discourse app find a forum post with an image scroll the page a little so the browser navigation buttons vanish tap the image to expand it tap the “download” link under the image long press to save the im…

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## [Topic timer text not removed when timer fires and topic is open](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-text-not-removed-when-timer-fires-and-topic-is-open/114849)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-text-not-removed-when-timer-fires-and-topic-is-open/114849 "2019-06-13T11:39:54Z")

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If a topic is open in a tab (background or foreground) when the timer fires, the timer text is not removed, and the time listed becomes “past” until refreshed. Additionally, the timer action, for example close, does not …

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