# Can an admin create a staged user?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 16, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844 "2025-09-16T15:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-create-a-staged-user/382844/12 "2026-01-27T16:22:44Z")

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> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> `Send email messages allowed groups` site setting? If not, then that error makes sense.

I think then you see a different error

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/c/e/dce7edba067771bf278592899e82dec5d691425d.png)

This error seems to be caused by another check that checks for a username, group, or email address entered into the recipient field

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/b946f9f947c83bee35d70e429f4e6bb5fa284a88/lib/topic_creator.rb#L231-L238>

@tknospdr what exactly did you enter into the recipient field? Was there anything special about that e-mail address?

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