I searched and couldn’t really find anything relevant. Would it be possible to allow a non-member to send the forum administrator (of my own forum) a private message? Or perhaps be able to provide a link or a form or some way of contacting the administrator without having to log in or become a memb…

I don’t think this exists, and the idea has been shut down before – but if you must have a way to do it, you could provide a link to external contact form, like a free one at Tally . This link could appear in your /about section or as a Custom Header Link .

thank you I have an email link in the about page, I guess that will have to due

Ok, but you might find that invites spambots. A form with reCAPTCHA isn’t foolproof, but least the destination address can’t get harvested and shared.

I think Nathan had some luck with forcing email-in for the admin group, if that’s any help? [image] Allow email in for moderators, staff, and admins UX Well, since nobody told me that was completely stupid, I’ve gone and tested this rails command on a little u…

the email address has been posted on the about page for about a year, so far I haven’t had a problem. It is a very low volume site. If it becomes a problem I’ll remove the link and delete the address. I have the opposite problem. the topic ToddZ posted mostly wrote off the idea as inviting abuse. I…

Thank you sir! I could have swore I had seen this option, must have been perusing thru the plugins awhile back. Thank you quick question if I could. How would this be implemented? will the message button just show up on the users page?

Does that also work for anon/non-logged in users too?

No. You have to be a user to create a topic. I have created a plugin that will allow an anonymous user to fill out at form and send a pm. I use it at https://www.formhoster.com/ and Contact Us - Literate Computing . It’s not public right now, at least.

I don’t think so. An account looks like it’s needed for the PM to send. plugin.rb main add_to_class(:guardian, :can_send_private_message?) do |target, notify_moderators: false| return false unless authenticated? …

Allow non-members to pm the administrator

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) December 21, 2025, 9:27pm 7

I’m pretty sure this still works. Allow-pm-to-staff

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Allow non-members to pm the administrator

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