# Replying to the welcome message of the system user
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [19 april 2017 om 08:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236 "2017-04-19T08:27:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@mariolevitin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mariolevitin)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 08:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/1 "2017-04-19T08:27:44Z")
Hi,
I’ve just setup discourse. When a new user creates an account, she receives a message from the system user. Then I replied to this message as the new user, the reply has gone to the system user I think, but I don’t have the password for the system user. Is it possible to login as the system user. Who is supposed to answer this reply?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 08:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/2 "2017-04-19T08:36:52Z")
> [@mariolevitin](#):
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> Is it possible to login as the system user. Who is supposed to answer this reply?
AFAIK you can’t impersonate or login as System, but if you go to `discourse.example.com/u/system/messages` you can see the messages to and from system.
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### Author:  [@mariolevitin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mariolevitin)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 09:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/3 "2017-04-19T09:05:44Z")
but how will the system respond to the these messages?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 09:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/4 "2017-04-19T09:08:23Z")
> [@JagWaugh](#):
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> you can’t impersonate or login as System
No. We can impersonate as `system` user.
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### Author:  [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 09:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/5 "2017-04-19T09:09:09Z")
It doesn’t.
You can either invite yourself into the PM, or create a new one to the user and say
> Hi, I saw you replied to the welcome message from user system. System is a system account, so it can’t answer questions. I am a human, and I can (often) answer questions. The answer to your question is…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [19 april 2017 om 09:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/6 "2017-04-19T09:13:46Z")
Change your site settings, so that message is sent from your account or another of your choice.
Warning: you may end up with hundreds of PMs in your PM box.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [26 mei 2019 om 21:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/7 "2019-05-26T21:50:07Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 oktober 2022 om 11:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/8 "2022-10-14T11:57:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [14 oktober 2022 om 12:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/9 "2022-10-14T12:03:20Z")