# Latest

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## [Does Discourse require 2GB to work "Lag Free"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278)

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**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278 "2016-01-26T19:42:13Z")

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In my opinion, we should be working on improving the performance of Discourse rather than working on adding more features. I find it ridiculous that for Discourse to work lag free we have to use a 2gb server, whereas usi…

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## [Message bus does not respect subfolder during update process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-does-not-respect-subfolder-during-update-process/38520)

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**Author:** [@Strikki\_Strik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Strikki_Strik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-does-not-respect-subfolder-during-update-process/38520 "2016-01-26T18:56:29Z")

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I’m just perform an update from 1.5.0.beta8 to 1.5.0.beta9 of Discourse with enabled subfolder installation. My Discourse was installed via official guide and subfolder enabled according to official how-to. During upda…

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## [Prevent new user from posting before watching a video or reading a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-new-user-from-posting-before-watching-a-video-or-reading-a-post/38468)

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**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-new-user-from-posting-before-watching-a-video-or-reading-a-post/38468 "2016-01-26T15:09:22Z")

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I run a developer community and people not posting code correctly along with not describing their issue thorough enough is driving me and my moderators up the wall. So I thought I could create an intro video that explain…

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## [Why users sign up to receive e-mail especially slow？](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-users-sign-up-to-receive-e-mail-especially-slow/38396)

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**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-users-sign-up-to-receive-e-mail-especially-slow/38396 "2016-01-26T13:43:18Z")

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Why users sign up to receive e-mail especially slow？Generally 10 minutes，But the test email is received in seconds ,Are Where incorrectly set?Thank you

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## [Make Discourse play nice on Windows XP while using letsencrypt.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-discourse-play-nice-on-windows-xp-while-using-letsencrypt-org/38458)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-discourse-play-nice-on-windows-xp-while-using-letsencrypt-org/38458 "2016-01-26T07:16:17Z")

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Hey guys, as you may heard, letsencrypt is launched already for a while. You may also know that letsencrypt doesn’t quite work on Windows XP and some Android versions for various reasons. Long story short, it’s not a bro…

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## [What is the best way to react to emotional messages that touch personalities rather than topics; a question to experienced mods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-react-to-emotional-messages-that-touch-personalities-rather-than-topics-a-question-to-experienced-mods/38453)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-react-to-emotional-messages-that-touch-personalities-rather-than-topics-a-question-to-experienced-mods/38453 "2016-01-26T06:19:58Z")

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Running my first ever forum and recently hit first 500 users, I am in trouble with moderation and need your advice. Some people are quite emotional: despite being very knowledgeable in many topics, they start to touch p…

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## [How to set tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-tags/38484)

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**Author:** [@11132](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11132)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-tags/38484 "2016-01-26T04:59:29Z")

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how to set tags on topic?

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## [Cannot Post to Discourse instance, Published Category does not Display in settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-post-to-discourse-instance-published-category-does-not-display-in-settings/38136)

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**Author:** [@Josiah\_Toppin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Josiah_Toppin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-post-to-discourse-instance-published-category-does-not-display-in-settings/38136 "2016-01-26T03:40:48Z")

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Hi all, I’m receiving a number of different errors as per the logs depending on which page I’m on as per the following: Posting a post: 2016/01/18 12:52:51 \[error\] 4319#0: \*3320 FastCGI sent in stderr: “PHP message: …

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## [Error rebuilding - Cannot start container - connection reset by peer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-cannot-start-container-connection-reset-by-peer/38487)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-cannot-start-container-connection-reset-by-peer/38487 "2016-01-26T03:37:17Z")

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Today I couldn’t update a discourse which was 13 commits behind. (The other three I manage upgraded just fine) The relevant error seems to be: uglifyjs ‘/var/www/discourse/public/assets/\_application-1d81ebab3894f7cd3…

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## [Notify users when they lose badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-when-they-lose-badges/38461)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-when-they-lose-badges/38461 "2016-01-25T23:25:19Z")

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Over the weekend I accidentally gave a few members a badge by adding them to a group they should not be members of, which they then ceremoniously were informed about via a notification. Then they were not informed when I…

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## [Citizensoapbox.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citizensoapbox-org/38477)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citizensoapbox-org/38477 "2016-01-25T22:10:35Z")

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Today we’re featuring a great article about Citizensoapbox.org. They used Discourse to build a political discussion forum and are very satisfied with it :slightly\_smiling: You can read the full story \[here\](https://www.…

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## [Emails with attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-attachments/38474)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-attachments/38474 "2016-01-25T21:43:38Z")

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I wanted to check on the status of emails with attachments. Currently, when a user posts or replies via email with an attachment, there is no error message sent to the user, and nothing is posted to the site (email blac…

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## [Need someone to help me import old forum members and topics!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-help-me-import-old-forum-members-and-topics/38450)

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**Author:** [@AdamW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamW)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-help-me-import-old-forum-members-and-topics/38450 "2016-01-25T21:06:28Z")

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I know nothing about the system on which Discourse is designed. I would love it if someone could help me import data from a forum that has its info stored in SQL Server into my Discourse instance. I have over 10 years w…

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## [Badge preview working, badge assignment not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-preview-working-badge-assignment-not-working/38456)

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**Author:** [@stevenpslade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevenpslade)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-preview-working-badge-assignment-not-working/38456 "2016-01-25T19:44:33Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Badges not being assigned: I originally posted the linked topic under support because I had the following badge query not working: SELECT topics.id AS topic, posts.id AS post\_id, users.id…

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## [Group owners and members can't see their own group unless "Group is visible to all users"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-and-members-cant-see-their-own-group-unless-group-is-visible-to-all-users/38357)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-and-members-cant-see-their-own-group-unless-group-is-visible-to-all-users/38357 "2016-01-25T18:13:40Z")

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I’ve just been exploring the new group owners for managing group membership functionality and am loving it! We’re going to really start using this. One bug we found is that group owners and group members are not even ab…

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## [Trouble with activation links with web port other than 80, again](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-activation-links-with-web-port-other-than-80-again/31056)

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**Author:** [@Blaisorblade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blaisorblade)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-activation-links-with-web-port-other-than-80-again/31056 "2016-01-25T17:21:18Z")

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I just installed discourse through Docker, running on port 8008 (because port 80 is unavailable, and I’m not going to setup reverse proxying for now). Yet, activation links don’t include port 8008 so they don’t work unle…

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## [Add invites filter to notification menu, change invite icon to pointing hand](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-invites-filter-to-notification-menu-change-invite-icon-to-pointing-hand/37864)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-invites-filter-to-notification-menu-change-invite-icon-to-pointing-hand/37864 "2016-01-25T13:30:14Z")

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Continuing the discussion from User Invitation/Poking a user to a topic is now live!: I’m confronted by some confused users (moderators, actually) who want to use the invite button and find it confusing. We will have to…

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## [Limiting a topic to members only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-a-topic-to-members-only/38443)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-a-topic-to-members-only/38443 "2016-01-25T13:30:04Z")

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This is likely limited in scope as far as number of people that would use it, but I’m trying to nail down a way of giving out a discount code to members only. I’d like to create a new topic with details and the code itse…

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## [Alias username and group mentioning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291)

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**Author:** [@Konstantin\_Ladutenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konstantin_Ladutenko)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291 "2016-01-25T08:24:04Z")

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Hi! Thank you for Discourse, it is really nice to use. Is it possible to create an alias username? So that @ mentioning of two (or more) names will notify only one real user? So I can use different names for official …

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## [Intercom.io weirdness on mobile Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intercom-io-weirdness-on-mobile-safari/38389)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intercom-io-weirdness-on-mobile-safari/38389 "2016-01-24T22:25:39Z")

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So, I’m using www.intercom.io on my website to communicate to logged in users. I decided to add it to my Discourse site too, because a lot of users more regularly go to the Discourse installation on my site. So this allo…

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## [Improved Group Members Management](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768)

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**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768 "2016-01-07T11:28:55Z")

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Following up on the bug that our Admin UI only shows up to 201 members for groups, I’d like to propose the following changes to Group-Admin interface. allow group editing on user First, allow direct editing of Groups on…

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## [Easy sitemap with Apple's look. What's best?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-sitemap-with-apples-look-whats-best/38366)

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**Author:** [@JohnEhRedding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnEhRedding)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-sitemap-with-apples-look-whats-best/38366 "2016-01-24T06:40:32Z")

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My folks are rarely engineers. One such needs to constantly redo or upgrade the tabular sitemap using everyday apps (such as Google Docs). It needs to easily replace the sitemap we want to ‘front-end’ Discourse. My use…

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## [Why are "likes received" on user profiles no longer public?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-likes-received-on-user-profiles-no-longer-public/38391)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-likes-received-on-user-profiles-no-longer-public/38391 "2016-01-24T05:39:58Z")

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On the meta and the Discourse forum I’m part of, “likes received” no longer show up on other peoples’ profiles. On the old forum software we used and on with the Discourse software after we switched, I would frequently l…

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## [Create-restricted category, "new topic" does not list any categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-restricted-category-new-topic-does-not-list-any-categories/38231)

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**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-restricted-category-new-topic-does-not-list-any-categories/38231 "2016-01-24T00:42:12Z")

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On a Discourse instance I support, there is a category where only employees can create new topics but other registered users can read & reply. Those regular users can visit the category and click on “New Topic”, the edit…

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## [Javascript console error: Cannot read property 'createRecord' of undefined](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-console-error-cannot-read-property-createrecord-of-undefined/38371)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-console-error-cannot-read-property-createrecord-of-undefined/38371 "2016-01-23T18:09:38Z")

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I’m seeing this in the javascript console of a fully up to date discourse: application-0b81ea4bddf0821944eacaef02726263.js:15 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘createRecord’ of undefined These are my plugins: …

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## [Polls lost data/votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-lost-data-votes/38354)

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**Author:** [@Devanil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Devanil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-lost-data-votes/38354 "2016-01-23T17:13:51Z")

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I do not know what happened, but the vote in the polls were restarted. For no apparent reason. This bug has already occurred to someone? The votes back to normal?

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## [Horizontal Scroll on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-scroll-on-mobile/37858)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-scroll-on-mobile/37858 "2016-01-23T17:09:00Z")

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There is a topic here on meta breaking the layout. I think some overflow hidden is needed.

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## [Convert a post to a private message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-a-post-to-a-private-message/21588)

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**Author:** [@naggar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naggar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-a-post-to-a-private-message/21588 "2014-10-28T20:35:23Z")

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Is this also support flow to convert posted post to private post for user.

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## [Error when trying to save duplicate email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-save-duplicate-email/38368)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-save-duplicate-email/38368 "2016-01-23T08:28:40Z")

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This error was logged on a fully up to date discourse: Discourse::InvalidParameters (email) /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/users\_controller.rb:487:in \`change\_email’ Repro: Allow emails to be changed visit a user’…

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## [Add more logging to email failures?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-logging-to-email-failures/38370)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-logging-to-email-failures/38370 "2016-01-23T07:48:13Z")

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I’m getting this in my logs sometimes.. and since POP email is working, I can’t guess what’s up. Job exception: getaddrinfo: No address associated with hostname If we could get more details logged.. what server was b…

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