# Allow incoming email for automatic groups

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-incoming-email-for-automatic-groups/399611
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** groups, email-in
**Created:** [March 31, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-incoming-email-for-automatic-groups/399611 "2026-03-31T07:30:01Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-incoming-email-for-automatic-groups/399611/2 "2026-03-31T07:50:51Z")

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I agree it should also be possible in the interface, but I think it’s already possible by using the rails console

> [@Allow email in for moderators, staff, and admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-email-in-for-moderators-staff-and-admins/212147/3):
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> Well, since nobody told me that was completely stupid, I’ve gone and tested this rails command on a little used instance. And it seems to work (so far)! bangbang Use at your own risk and backup first To add an email-in address Group.where(name: "=groups.name=").update(incoming\_email: "=groups.name=@=domain=") To remove an email-in address Group.where(name: "=groups.name=").update(incoming\_email: nil)

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