# Adding a link in the message invitations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-link-in-the-message-invitations/130369>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-link-in-the-message-invitations/130369 "2019-10-07T01:06:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-link-in-the-message-invitations/130369/1 "2019-10-07T01:06:18Z")

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When users are invited to a message, it sends them an email with the `user_notifications.invited_to_private_message_body` template:

```plaintext
%{username} invited you to a message

> **%{topic_title}**
>
> %{topic_excerpt}

at

> %{site_title} -- %{site_description}

```

Is there a way to add a link to the message in the template? I tried `%{base_url}%{url}`, but it seems to be invalid for that template.

Users are getting confused, since there is nothing to click. If it isn’t possible to link to the message, I can just send them to the `/my/messages` path, which seems to redirect them to their messages list.

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