# Invite friends by importing email address book

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Março 21, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968 "2014-03-21T13:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [Março 21, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968/2 "2014-03-21T16:08:57Z")

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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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