# PM Reply Block for certain Group / Category/ Granted Badge Users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-reply-block-for-certain-group-category-granted-badge-users/73745>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-reply-block-for-certain-group-category-granted-badge-users/73745 "2017-11-09T07:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-reply-block-for-certain-group-category-granted-badge-users/73745/2 "2017-11-09T07:56:57Z")

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I’m not sure I understand your request correctly. Do you want to send a group of users a message to which they cannot reply? Should other users be able to reply to this message?

The two tools you have for this are closing the topic (which prevents replies by non-staff members) and category permissions: If you use topics in a restricted category instead of messages you can make sure that your users can only read this category.

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