# Category not accepting "anonymous email" from known users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-not-accepting-anonymous-email-from-known-users/42871>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [20 Aprile 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-not-accepting-anonymous-email-from-known-users/42871 "2016-04-20T12:13:33Z")\
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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:** [21 Settembre 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-not-accepting-anonymous-email-from-known-users/42871/5 "2016-09-21T20:39:24Z")

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Pretty sure #3 still isn’t working.

When we receive an email, we first try to associate it to a user, and then we check for permissions. Since the user isn’t part of the group, they can’t post.

The `email_in_allow_strangers` field on the category only works for `staged` users.

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