# Error when trying to view an email from a user's preference page

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-view-an-email-from-a-users-preference-page/26724
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-view-an-email-from-a-users-preference-page/26724 "2015-03-24T22:24:59Z")
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### Author: ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-view-an-email-from-a-users-preference-page/26724/7 "2015-03-25T00:15:16Z")

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- click on home logo
- go to admin/users
- click on a user from the list (admin/users/mike)
- click `show`
- fix their title
- click Show Public Profile
- click Preferences
- click `show` on email ← error
- fix their full name

Same thing when starting from the list of posts

- Click the home logo
- scroll down to someone’s icon who’s posted lately
- click their logo to get their activity page
- click Preferences
- Click `Show` on email ← error

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