# Changing \`system\` account email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-system-account-email/56354>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 25, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-system-account-email/56354 "2017-01-25T21:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-system-account-email/56354/9 "2017-01-26T17:01:47Z")

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> [@ChrisBeach](#):
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> But for official site posts (example), we change ownership to “system” to make it clear that they represent the site and are not personally related to any one admin/moderator.

Oh, so tha’s why.

Discourse has a (somewhat hidden) feature for that.

Click on the post wrench and **Add Staff Color** to make an **official announcement**. You may need to style this post type to better fit your design.

That way you can use real people for announcements and your readers can differentiate when you are talking as a member or as the admin.

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