# How does one enable the "Optional personal message" when creating an invitation?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-enable-the-optional-personal-message-when-creating-an-invitation/190059 "2021-05-11T14:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcdanlj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcdanlj/32/131829_2.png) [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-enable-the-optional-personal-message-when-creating-an-invitation/190059/3 "2021-05-11T17:28:09Z")

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I didn’t see the ⚙ — thanks for the pointer!

I just wrote up the instructions step by step for our forum members:

> **[Maker Forums updated to Discourse 2.7.0.beta9: Invite new users](https://forum.makerforums.info/t/maker-forums-updated-to-discourse-2-7-0-beta9-invite-new-users/83133)**
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> You can now invite people to join the making here on Maker Forums, including telling them why you are inviting them. Here’s the step-by-step: Click on your avatar at the upper right Click on the head-and-shoulders Preferences item at the right...

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