# Make "/my" work for all possible links to current user
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 12, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973 "2025-07-12T09:57:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/1 "2025-07-12T09:57:22Z")
I just had to learn that `/my/group/messages/My-Group` does not work as expected.
Naively I was sure, that it would redirect to `/u/thoka/group/messages/My-Group`, which it does not.
Couldn’t the redirection `/my` to `/u/{current_username}` just work for any URL inside the user namespace?
Move this feature request to #Contribute > Bug, if my assumption is the desired behavior.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/2 "2025-07-12T10:04:41Z")
I would also have expected this to work.
Depending on what you want to use the link for, `/g/my-group/messages` could be a workaround, as long as the feature is not implemented.
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/3 "2025-07-12T12:30:03Z")
I think it makes sense to do this.
But out of curiosity, what were you trying to accomplish when you learned this didn’t work?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/4 "2025-07-12T12:49:29Z")
For me, a use case would be easier access to group inboxes after they have been removed from the sidebar
Kind of like sam suggested
> [@Messages section moved to single sidebar link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-section-moved-to-single-sidebar-link/372616/11):
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> A workaround is a custom sidebar section that links to the group boxes you care about.
But in a public custom section, so `/u/username` won’t help
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This related topic [/my/messages/group/GROUP\_NAME link doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-messages-group-group-name-link-doesnt-work/41198) makes me think it worked before
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/6 "2025-07-12T14:10:44Z")
I wanted to direct people to their group mailbox to check their announcement settings.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/7 "2025-07-12T14:46:05Z")
I think you may have the path wrong? try `my/messages/group/my-group`
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/8 "2025-07-12T16:18:38Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Group name should be case insensitive in /my route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-should-be-case-insensitive-in-my-route/373995)
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/9 "2025-07-12T20:53:01Z")
> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> my/messages/group/my-group
Does not work at our site.
I would expect that I can take any actual link from the browser and replace `/u/thoka` with `/my` to make it work for anyone.
Current link shown to me is:
So I expect `/my/messages/group/Elternkreis` to work for anyone.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/10 "2025-07-12T21:01:36Z")
Try `/my/messages/group/elternkreis`
I think you have the same problem as me (Germans like capital letters 😉 ). But my report was moved to its own topic because the team decided it’s different from yours
> [@Group name should be case insensitive in /my route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-should-be-case-insensitive-in-my-route/373995):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Make "/my" work for all possible links to current user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/): I was really confused why this didn’t work for me, as this was what I tried first when I read that topic. After some testing I think I found the cause: As soon as there is a capital letter within the group name this fails. My steps are always the same: I visit my inbox I use the dropdown to go to the inbox of the group I replace /u/Moin with /my I check if this works Verifying this works without a capit…
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/11 "2025-07-12T21:03:48Z")
Hm. In a pure logical way this fits to this topics headline.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/12 "2025-07-14T14:55:51Z")
Ah yes, I was confused at first because I think you have group and messages swapped around in the original post
> [@thoka](#):
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> /my/group/messages/
messages should come first — if the group name is the only issue we can focus on that more specific topic
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/13 "2025-07-14T15:36:39Z")
Sorry für that confusion.
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/14 "2025-07-15T07:26:08Z")
Thanks for the fast [fix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-should-be-case-insensitive-in-my-route/373995/5).
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-my-work-for-all-possible-links-to-current-user/373973/15 "2025-08-14T07:26:23Z")
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