# Option for system flag tag
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400 "2020-05-13T22:36:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Chris\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_S)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/1 "2020-05-13T22:36:50Z")
We receive a lot of system flags on a daily basis that generate a large number of messages in the moderator inbox. This makes it difficult to filter out legitimate messages from the system flags.
Is there an option to assign a tag to system messages or another method to help filter out the system messages?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/2 "2020-05-13T22:49:48Z")
Can you provide specific examples? What system flags are you referring to?
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### Author:  [@Chris\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_S)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/3 "2020-05-13T22:50:23Z")
“A post in Sample Post requires staff attention” messages.
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### Author:  [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/4 "2020-05-13T23:37:10Z")
Presuming that is a “legitimate message”, which system flag messages are _not_?
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### Author:  [@Chris\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_S)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/5 "2020-05-14T00:13:14Z")
When a user flags a post, a message is sent to the moderator box. Our moderator mailbox gets filled with the system generated messages which makes it hard to identify the valid messages (see first message)
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### Author:  [@schyllberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schyllberg)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/6 "2020-05-14T13:14:25Z")
Hello!
What @Chris_S is talking about, is whether or not it’s possible to change where the automated flag messages ends up?
Many of our users today, send general questions or concerns to the inbox [@ moderators], but it can be a tricky inbox to keep track of since there’s a lot of those “A post in **[topic]** requires staff attention”.
If possible, we would like to divert those PM’s that are created by custom flags to a different inbox. Or if there’s any other way to “filter” the inbox better?
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### Author:  [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/7 "2020-05-14T20:42:35Z")
> [@schyllberg](#):
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> If possible, we would like to divert those PM’s that are created by custom flags to a different inbox.
I think the _easy_ way is to make a new group inbox and have folks send their queries there, and keep moderators for system flags. I understand I’m disregarding your community’s behavior, just offering a path. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/8 "2024-07-26T05:35:13Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-system-flag-tag/151400/9 "2024-07-26T06:59:42Z")