Invite users & non-users via email to participate in a topic in bulk?

[Lisa_Smith]

Hello. Is there a way to invite users & non-users via email in bulk to participate in a topic with a CSV file containing one row per email address of users?

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

You can invite them to a group and have a topic as a landing page.

[Lilly]

Send Bulk User Invites

A simpler way to invite many users to your Discourse instance is with a shared link. Select the main Invite button on your Invites page, adjust the options according to your needs, then select the  Save Invite to generate a sharable link. So you want to invite users to your Discourse instance, but you have so many that sending invites individually would be a lot of work? Good news – you can send bulk invites! Here’s how: Prepare CSV File Prepare a CSV file with the users you…

• When you invite people to join and include a specific topic_id, they get sent the Invite Mailer email template.

Once clicking the confirmation link:

• their account will be immediately activated and associated with this email address
• they will be added to the specified groups (if specified)
• they will be directed to the target topic ID (if specified)