# 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:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Abril 19, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236 "2017-04-19T08:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![JagWaugh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagwaugh/32/69335_2.png) [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Post date:** [Abril 19, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-the-welcome-message-of-the-system-user/61236/5 "2017-04-19T09:09:09Z")

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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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