# Invite friends by importing email address book
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [3월 21, 2014, 1:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968 "2014-03-21T13:00:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@arajvanshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arajvanshi)
#### Post date: [3월 21, 2014, 1:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/1 "2014-03-21T13:00:19Z")
I have seen bulk invitation feature in many places such as LinkedIn where you can invite multiple friends to LinkedIn using your gmail (or other email, facebook etc.) address book.
This feature doesn’t seem to exist here. Any plans on this feature? I think this can help a lot for generating critical mass for any forum in a short time.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [3월 21, 2014, 4:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/2 "2014-03-21T16:08:57Z")
What LinkedIn does is morally reprehensible, and I will not ever support any feature that _asks for your password to another service_. That is literally asking for a security breach.
Additionally, this feature could very quickly land you on some spam lists, so I suggest you think hard about whether this Y is the right way to accomplish your X. (XY Problem)
If you still want to do it, I think the rails console is the best way to accomplish this.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 22, 2014, 2:31오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/3 "2014-03-22T02:31:10Z")
Similarly, a nuclear bomb is a really effective way of reducing population density in a given area.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2014, 8:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/4 "2014-06-13T20:03:10Z")
Hi! Bulk Invite feature is now available! Try it out:
> [@Sending bulk user invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-bulk-invites/16468):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to invite multiple users to your Discourse instance using a bulk invite feature. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Inviting a large number of users to your Discourse instance can be time-consuming if done individually. Fortunately, Discourse offers a bulk invite feature that allows you to invite multiple users at once. This guide will walk you through the process of sending bulk invites. information_source It is not possible to in…
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### Author:  [@arajvanshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arajvanshi)
#### Post date: [6월 14, 2014, 6:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/5 "2014-06-14T06:01:14Z")
I already did. It is fantastic…thanks.
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### Author:  [@Rodelio\_Lagahit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rodelio_Lagahit)
#### Post date: [4월 6, 2016, 4:27오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/6 "2016-04-06T04:27:10Z")
I was actually thinking the same.. but I think it will never happen ..
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:09오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/8 "2025-12-04T11:09:29Z")