# How to control write-only posting to a private category via email submission?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-control-write-only-posting-to-a-private-category-via-email-submission/138702 "2020-01-15T16:57:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![adamengst](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamengst/32/116607_2.png) [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-control-write-only-posting-to-a-private-category-via-email-submission/138702/2 "2020-02-03T15:58:48Z")

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I’ve punted on this question for my Board category—I just locked it down so everyone has to have an account with proper permissions.

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