# How to get an email notification when a user joins?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-user-joins/364706
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** notifications, email
**Created:** [May 3, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-user-joins/364706 "2025-05-03T19:14:40Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-user-joins/364706/10 "2025-06-02T16:34:41Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> But a change to the trigger so you could have ‘user created/activated’ for this and not need a superfluous custom field would be :chefs_kiss:

Created feature request: [Allow "after user update" automation trigger to fire without custom field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-after-user-update-automation-trigger-to-fire-without-custom-field/368575)

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