# Hoe krijg ik een e-mailmelding wanneer een gebruiker zich aanmeldt?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-user-joins/364706
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** notifications, email
**Created:** [3 mei 2025 om 19:14 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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#### Post date: [30 mei 2025 om 17:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-user-joins/364706/6 "2025-05-30T17:48:31Z")

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Automation is a good idea! I just tested this and you can actually use an existing automation, if you’re willing to create a user custom field and require your users to complete it at signup.

Steps that worked for me:

1. create a custom user field and make it required
2. create a topic in your #staff category
3. create a new automation
4. choose “Create a post” script
5. choose “After user update” trigger
6. choose your custom field
7. select “once per user”
8. select “new users only”
9. specify system as the creator
10. specify the topic ID of your topic (the number that appears in the URL)
11. write the content you like, including the variable e.g. “{{updated\_user\_username}} signed up!”
12. sign up a new test user to test

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