# Bulk adding email addresses to group sends invitation emails even when “Notify users” is unchecked (latest branch)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** groups, notifications, email, invites
**Created:** [February 28, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334 "2026-02-28T08:41:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334/1 "2026-02-28T08:41:41Z")
### Summary
Bulk adding email addresses to a group appears to send invitation emails even when “Notify users” is unchecked.
### Expected behaviour
When “Notify users” is unchecked, no emails should be sent.
### Actual behaviour
Discourse sends invitation emails with subject:
“[Name] invited you to join [forum]”
Brevo transactional logs confirm delivery and classify them as invitation emails.
### Environment
- Discourse version: latest branch (self-hosted Docker, up to date via git pull and rebuild)
- Hosting: self-hosted Docker
- SMTP provider: Brevo
- Action performed:
Admin → Groups → Add members → bulk add email addresses → “Notify users” unchecked
### Question
Is this expected behaviour because the email addresses did not yet correspond to existing users (invite flow), or is this unintended?
### Related older discussion
> [@Configuring how users can create and send invites for others to join your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-users-to-your-discourse-forum/124096):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to configure, create, and manage user invitations in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse allows users in permitted groups to invite new members to your community (default trust level 2). Invites can be configured to redirect the new user to a specific topic when they first join the site. Invites can also be configured to add the user to custom Discourse groups when they accept the invite. Configuring invite-rela…
My experience suggests invitation emails are still sent even when “Notify users” is unticked.
### Evidence
Brevo transactional logs show:
- Event: Delivered
- Event: Opened by proxy
- Subject: “[Name] invited you to join [forum]”
These emails were triggered immediately after the bulk add action.
### Goal
Clarify whether this is expected design behaviour for staged / non-existing users, or a regression / UX ambiguity in newer Discourse versions.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334/2 "2026-04-01T14:06:47Z")
Thanks @Ethsim2 for the report 👍 Will be fixed by
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39042](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39042)
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334/3 "2026-04-01T14:21:31Z")
Ah, thanks!
would it be feasible to toggle this and the previous behaviour with a site-wide, or similar setting?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334/4 "2026-04-01T15:24:06Z")
Not sure what you mean 🤔 I just made it so the “notify users” checkbox is respected.
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-adding-email-addresses-to-group-sends-invitation-emails-even-when-notify-users-is-unchecked-latest-branch/397334/5 "2026-04-01T15:25:53Z")
in use cases where you have directory lists where one member can be a member of the other list, it would be nice to have a setting where only emails with no associated accounts yet are notified