# Email in for automatic groups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-for-automatic-groups/414946>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 17, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-for-automatic-groups/414946 "2026-10-17T21:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ducks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ducks/32/518975_2.png) [@ducks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ducks)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-for-automatic-groups/414946/2 "2026-10-18T02:13:15Z")

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there is a PR open for this exact request here:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/44259>
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> Expose SMTP settings and incoming email addresses for automatic groups, and acce…pt their email configuration updates with the existing staff and admin permissions.
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> Apply incoming email validation to automatic groups and cover configuration, permission boundaries, address conflicts, and delivery to the moderators inbox.

I will try to get it merged this week and report back here.

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