# Prevent email addresses from being counted as mentions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-email-addresses-from-being-counted-as-mentions/37763>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-email-addresses-from-being-counted-as-mentions/37763 "2016-01-11T18:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-email-addresses-from-being-counted-as-mentions/37763/2 "2016-01-11T18:33:04Z")

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Not sure I understand what you mean since emails aren’t counted as mention (test: foo@damien.bar).

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