# Email to Message Inbox?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-message-inbox/112357>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-message-inbox/112357 "2019-03-22T18:53:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-message-inbox/112357/5 "2019-03-26T01:08:44Z")

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> [@Stephen](#):
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> Groups can be assigned email addresses to start new conversations, but not users.

Nice, I didn’t know about this feature. For others who have a hard time finding it:

1. Enable config setting “email in” under “☰ → Admin → Settings → Email”.

2. Go to “☰ → Admin → Groups → \<choose group\> → Manage → Interaction” and set “Email: Custom incoming email address”.

If the OP wants the email to message inbox feature only for a few users (say, staff members), it will be acceptable to configure it manually for each of these users. Then, the above technique together with groups with one member only are a suitable option.

The “custom incoming email address” of each group can still be set in format “Discourse username @ my Discourse domain”.

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