# Helping imported users claim their posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [4 Junio, 2017 00:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892 "2017-06-04T00:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [5 Junio, 2017 14:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892/9 "2017-06-05T14:46:57Z")

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I think it is kind of inescapable that we need support for user merge for big mailing list imports, I have seen quite a few cases in old mbox imports where users switch emails a few years in.

I think merge is the most robust way of solving this, but we are going to need a few features first to unlock this, more than one email per account is a big one.

Agree that streamlining on-boarding is good, but account merge is the thing you really really need.

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