# Group Inboxes in User Messages
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787 "2018-05-04T20:36:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/1 "2018-05-04T20:36:40Z")
Is there a way to make group inboxes visible in personal messages?
It already works like this in admin accounts, but regular members don’t have this option.
It there a setting to turn it on?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/2 "2018-05-06T22:28:15Z")
They should be visible for normal accounts as long as they are members of the group, can you confirm they are members?
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/3 "2018-05-07T00:48:49Z")
Yes, they are members, but the group mailbox is not visible with their personal messages.
Not sure if this is relevant, all users were invited to joined the forum and were automatically assigned to a group.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/4 "2018-05-07T01:33:00Z")
OK going to add this to @tgxworld list to have a quick look.
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### Author:  [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/6 "2018-05-07T15:45:50Z")
> [@BlackKnob](#):
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> Not sure if this is relevant, all users were invited to joined the forum and were automatically assigned to a group.
Just to make sure…are there any group messages in that group? 🙂 For example, as a moderator, I did not see moderator group messages until there was at least one. 🙂
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/7 "2018-05-07T17:48:14Z")
Yes, there are messages in the group.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/8 "2018-05-09T17:48:32Z")
@tgxworld any progress on a fix for this?
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/9 "2018-05-09T23:53:08Z")
> [@BlackKnob](#):
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> It already works like this in admin accounts, but regular members don’t have this option.
Can you confirm that it works this way? I don’t see any of my group messages under the “inbox” tab.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/10 "2018-05-10T00:19:33Z")
see the screenshot in the first post, showing a group mailbox “Founders”.
Also, the groups messages are visible in my inbox. (e.g. topic: “Before we go public”)
This is from my admin account.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/11 "2018-05-10T00:23:43Z")
Is the topic “Before we go public” in the group mailbox “Founders”?
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/12 "2018-05-10T00:25:13Z")
correct, “Before we go public” belongs to the group “Founders”
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/13 "2018-05-10T00:27:34Z")
> [@BlackKnob](#):
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> any progress on a fix for this?
I’m confused here because I don’t think we mix group inbox with the user’s personal inbox. Is this a bug or a feature request?
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/14 "2018-05-10T00:29:38Z")
see more screenshots below (admin account)
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/15 "2018-05-10T00:32:18Z")
> [@tgxworld](#):
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> Is this a bug or a feature request?
I don’t know, @sam suggested this should work for all group members, so I guess it’s a bug…
> [@sam](#):
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> They should be visible for normal accounts as long as they are members of the group, can you confirm they are members?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/16 "2018-05-10T01:09:05Z")
I am very close to deleting this topic, can you clarify what it is you are talking about?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/17 "2018-05-10T01:18:32Z")
The bug AFAIK is that you need to be staff to see groups in the messages tab in your profile which feels odd.
Should be a reasonably easy fix.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/18 "2018-05-10T01:37:46Z")
Yes, this is what I mean. Thank you @sam.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/19 "2018-05-17T10:14:04Z")
We’ll now display the group tabs for non staff users under the user’s messages tab as well.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b74c108c0961fcc224b5c4324f531d261c3b69f8](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b74c108c0961fcc224b5c4324f531d261c3b69f8)
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/20 "2018-05-17T16:45:53Z")
That’s fantastic. Thank you @tgxworld.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inboxes-in-user-messages/86787/21 "2018-05-17T20:52:31Z")