# Migrating users with invalid emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-users-with-invalid-emails/61302>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-users-with-invalid-emails/61302 "2017-04-20T05:49:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-users-with-invalid-emails/61302/4 "2017-04-20T14:32:34Z")

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You can modify the script to make their email be something like `USERNAME@mail.invalid` and make sure that they are marked as validated so they do not get sent mail. The `.invalid` address will help if somehow they do get emailed.

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