# Any way to automatically flag topics and replies that include an email address or phone number? **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [February 20, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-automatically-flag-topics-and-replies-that-include-an-email-address-or-phone-number/81041 "2018-02-20T15:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Curtis\_Kephart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/curtis_kephart/32/89070_2.png) [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-automatically-flag-topics-and-replies-that-include-an-email-address-or-phone-number/81041/1 "2018-02-20T15:31:06Z")
I’d like to follow-up on this discussion: > [@Is there any way I can automatically censor email addresses on posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-automatically-censor-email-addresses-on-posts/25407): > > We don’t want users posting emails. Is there a way to achieve this? Thanks!! I work with a discourse forum. Although we don’t want to explicitly prevent people from posting an email address or phone number, we would like to explore flagging such instances before they are made visible. Perhaps a plugin and/or via some configuration of the “Needs approval” or “Akismet” flagger? _Why not completely prevent it?_ I can think of many situations in which there are good reasons to post an email or phone number. Certainly in a user-profile where one would like to advertise their business or portfolio. _Why be wary?_ We’ve recently seen a case or two where people shared their personal email address when a private message would have been a much better path. There’s also a fear of people posting other people’s private contact info. A quick human review would sort these smoothly, I think. I’ll pre-apologize if I’ve missed a feature, plugin or discussion about this topic already. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-automatically-flag-topics-and-replies-that-include-an-email-address-or-phone-number/81041)._