Message 'receiver' not in view until they reply

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Message ‘receiver’ not in view until they reply

The discussion revolves around an issue with private messages in Discourse, where the recipient’s name is not visible until they reply. Dani1 finds this confusing and suggests displaying the recipient’s name on the screen.

Additionally, Dani1 mentions that people are replying to private messages via email, which does not integrate with Discourse’s messaging system. codinghorror responds that incoming email support should allow email replies to be posted as normal Discourse replies. However, Dani1 finds that this is not working in their case.

codinghorror provides a link to a guide on setting up reply via email support, which Dani1 confirms resolves the issue.

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Hi!

When sending a message to someone, the interface only shows the subject line, not the receiver.

That had me stymied for a bit, until i mailed ‘myself’ (other account) and realised the user doesn’t appear until they reply. While that makes sense in the ‘forum section’, it doesn’t really make sense in the message section: it doesn’t provide any information. Finding a message back means you have to open them until you get the right one.

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i know what my work-around is going to be (use the @name in the subject line), but a message typically has a specific recipient. Can this be reflected on the screen?

thanks!

on a sidenote: people are replying to those messages via email, which i’m sure is very convenient to them - but not so much for me. is there a setting to prevent that? thanks!

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Replies via email should arrive as normal Discourse replies, provided you’ve configured incoming email support, or are hosted by us. Otherwise I’m not sure what you mean?

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Then I must have my settings wrong, because replies show up in my email inbox, but not in my discourse-messages.

Where would I adjust this?

Thanks!

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See Set up reply by email with POP3 polling

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It works! Thanks for your help!!

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