# How does group messaging work in Discourse?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-group-messaging-work-in-discourse/371088
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**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-group-messaging-work-in-discourse/371088 "2025-06-20T18:13:21Z")
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For group messaging, does it use emails instead of chat, or does it just create custom topics privately?

Also, is there a way to create channels of groups in the forum?

From what I know, it’s limited to categories, but will it work for groups?

Update: I can create child categories and build channels, but is this the only way? As this would be a bit hectic, I was actually looking for a flow like: A group has been created which also triggers a creation of a private channel only for that group.

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