# Alternative reply by email addresses doesn't allow addresses without reply\_key

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255 "2018-01-17T08:09:38Z")
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### Author: ![ravor-org](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ravor-org/32/120172_2.png) [@ravor-org](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravor-org)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255/1 "2018-01-17T08:09:38Z")

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Hey there,

I tried to configure a mailing-list mirror for several categories. It works fine with the first mail address if `find related post with key` is disabled but all alternative mail-addresses do require a key. Is it possible to disable validation if `find related post with key` is disabled?

 ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/8/e89eaf1d6dcb05f4687fc00b57241803fc562fe5.png)

BR,  
RaVoR

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### Author: ![ravor-org](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ravor-org/32/120172_2.png) [@ravor-org](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravor-org)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255/3 "2018-03-02T07:57:11Z")

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Bump: Any news on this. It’s been quite a while and still no answer?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255/4 "2018-03-02T16:54:05Z")

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Here’s the double fix 😉

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6a78669ca3ccf694517a4e910f69bc4134267f63](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6a78669ca3ccf694517a4e910f69bc4134267f63)

Turns out `reply_by_email_address` had no validation whatsoever.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255/5 "2018-03-03T17:00:00Z")

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