# How to PM staff when PM is disabled

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pm-staff-when-pm-is-disabled/74201
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pm-staff-when-pm-is-disabled/74201 "2017-11-16T17:59:45Z")
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### Author: ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pm-staff-when-pm-is-disabled/74201/13 "2020-01-10T11:43:14Z")

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> [@slspencer](#):
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> If he’s already pm’d people, he can continue to send on those pm threads

I’ve never had to close PMs myself but they can be closed to remove that option or temptation.

> [@Question about Locking Users at New User level, and PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-locking-users-at-new-user-level-and-pms/49407/9):
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> Then simply close the specific PM. Users can always reply to a PM someone has sent them, regardless of their trust level. So, if you have users PM’ing a new TL0 user, that new user will be able to reply to those PMs.

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