I’m trying this out, and wondering: what is the expected behavior with regard to notifications and emails for the staff_alias user?
The staff_alias user gets a random string in place of an email address—so emails that would normally be sent are skipped.
I can’t give the staff alias a real email address, as Discourse tries to send a confirmation email to the random string.
Is staff_alias is a one-way street? Maybe I’m missing something. Is there—or should there be—a way to have it act as a “front” for a real account, like admin, that receives communications as usual?