# Reply key / email address check not working? (replies by email)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-key-email-address-check-not-working-replies-by-email/104507>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [12월 17, 2018, 11:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-key-email-address-check-not-working-replies-by-email/104507 "2018-12-17T23:24:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Post date:** [12월 18, 2018, 1:23오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-key-email-address-check-not-working-replies-by-email/104507/7 "2018-12-18T01:23:54Z")

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> [@gerhard](#):
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> In your case, the user needs to send with the correct email address. There’s no way around it. Most email clients should be smart enough to select the right sender address anyway.

Thanks for the explanation.

I would be comfortable with just the reply key being used to authorise the user.

After all, it’s easy to spoof an email address isn’t it?

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