# PMing suspended members

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2014年五月3日 13:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276 "2014-05-03T13:14:27Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2014年五月3日 21:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276/6 "2014-05-03T21:27:55Z")

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> [@cpradio](#):
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> Then why do normal (non-staff) users have the ability to still PM suspended members? Shouldn’t the PM button only appear for staff users in that scenario?

That’s a fair point, @neil can you make it so the PM button only shows up on a suspended user if you are a staff member?

> [@TechnoBear](#):
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> If you really think there’s a place for moderators to send PMs to suspended members, OK

I absolutely do, yes. The entire reason we have the feature is that _this actually happened_ – a real moderator on a real Discourse site tried to PM a user they had just suspended. It never got sent, but they thought it did.. which led to a lot of real world confusion on both sides.

I’m much more interested in hearing about real situations on live sites than theoretical problems.

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