# Allow users with access to discourse-staff-alias plugin to send an initial DM as a staff message

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-discourse-staff-alias-plugin-to-send-an-initial-dm-as-a-staff-message/319517
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** staff-alias
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-discourse-staff-alias-plugin-to-send-an-initial-dm-as-a-staff-message/319517 "2024-07-31T17:23:55Z")
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### Author: ![elmstedt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elmstedt/32/314607_2.png) [@elmstedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmstedt)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-discourse-staff-alias-plugin-to-send-an-initial-dm-as-a-staff-message/319517/1 "2024-07-31T17:23:56Z")

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I understand the presumed issue would be users sending messages as staff to other users would be unable to see those messages themselves or see responses to those messages.

However, if an initial DM is sent to a user the system could seamlessly add the `staff alias allowed groups` to which the sending user belongs as recipient(s) to the DM.

Similarly, if users send a DM to the `staff alias username` the system could add all (or a subset of) `staff alias allowed groups` to the message, giving users one point of contact.