# How to change the account confirm email content
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [6월 26, 2015, 4:37오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477 "2015-06-26T04:37:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@sijokg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sijokg)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 4:37오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/1 "2015-06-26T04:37:32Z")
Hi,
Can you please tell how can I change the welcome email text sent to a user upon first signup that starts like
“Welcome to Discourse!Click the following link to confirm and activate your new account:…”
Thanks
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 4:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/2 "2015-06-26T04:42:55Z")
Not all email text can be customized yet. See Admin, Customize, Text for what can.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 5:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/3 "2015-06-26T05:03:13Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> Not all email text can be customized yet. See Admin, Customize, Text for what can.
Do you mean _easily_ customized via the ACP?
Could not the server.en.yml file be over-ridden by a plugin? (even if recommended to _not_)
```plaintext
en:
system_messages:
signup:
subject_template: "[%{site_name}] Activate your new account"
text_body_template: |
Welcome to %{site_name}!
Click the following link to confirm and activate your new account:
%{base_url}/users/activate-account/%{email_token}
If the above link is not clickable, try copying and pasting it into the address bar of your web browser.
```
Beware the indentation! the above as displayed is **not** correct.
I think it should work for simple text changes. Though probably not if the intent is to “spruce up” the email with images etc. That would risk sending NO emails or worse
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### Author:  [@sijokg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sijokg)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 6:29오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/4 "2015-06-26T06:29:56Z")
> [@Mittineague](#):
>
> Could not the server.en.yml file be over-ridden by a plugin? (even if recommended to not)
I did not understand this. Where is server.en.yml file. And which plugin is to be used. Can you please tell in details?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 6:33오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/5 "2015-06-26T06:33:24Z")
> [@sijokg](#):
>
> I did not understand this
Sorry, but if you don’t understand then you most definitely should _not_ attempt it.
It’s tricky enough business even with understanding and doing it wrong can have dire consequences
> [@Mittineague](#):
>
> That would risk sending NO emails or worse
The “worse” being **crash your site**
Best to have patience and wait until editing it gets worked into the ACP Customize interface.
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### Author:  [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)
#### Post date: [6월 26, 2015, 11:06오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/6 "2015-06-26T23:06:45Z")
Being able to customize the emails actually is very important - I’m surprised this wasn’t prioritized over a lot of the stuff that’s been added in recent updates.
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### Author:  [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)
#### Post date: [8월 21, 2015, 6:32오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/7 "2015-08-21T18:32:12Z")
Any updates on this?
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### Author:  [@Liza\_Conrad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Liza_Conrad)
#### Post date: [10월 16, 2015, 2:32오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/8 "2015-10-16T14:32:27Z")
Would also love to be able to customize message to sent to flagged users. Anyone know how?
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### Author:  [@mwahnish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwahnish)
#### Post date: [10월 25, 2015, 9:41오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/9 "2015-10-25T21:41:16Z")
I’d also like to second that it is important to be able to edit the confirmation email. This is the first email that is sent by the forum. It’s important to personalize. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [10월 27, 2015, 3:33오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/10 "2015-10-27T03:33:33Z")
Also slated to be done:
> [@Discourse Version 1.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-5/30609/1):
>
> Make more system-sent email text customizable in admin, customize, text
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [11월 21, 2015, 6:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/11 "2015-11-21T06:25:19Z")
It’s been 🚢'd
> [@Customizable Email Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizable-email-templates/35818/):
>
> Don’t like the text in our emails? Well now you can change them! (as long as you’re tracking our tests-passed branch) Just visit Admin \> Customize \> Email Templates and you’ll be presented with this nifty interface: Give it a whirl and let us know how it works out for you.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [11월 27, 2015, 5:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/12 "2015-11-27T17:08:42Z")
Also, now [any text in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092) can be updated via the admin interface.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [11월 27, 2015, 5:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-account-confirm-email-content/30477/13 "2015-11-27T17:08:45Z")