# Email notifications for posts made by a specific user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-posts-made-by-a-specific-user/96963>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-posts-made-by-a-specific-user/96963 "2018-09-11T16:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-posts-made-by-a-specific-user/96963/5 "2018-09-11T17:22:00Z")

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> [@riking](#):
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> API key from the admin interface for the client’s account

Be VERY CAREFUL doing this - both you and the user should understand that this API key represents credentials to BE that user and should be kept secure.

We do have a method for having the user create API keys and restricting scope on those… but I do not believe that is exposed in the UI.

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