# Secure email mode

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-email-mode/56296
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-email-mode/56296 "2017-01-24T22:13:52Z")
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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-email-mode/56296/14 "2017-04-26T17:09:54Z")

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I’ve just merged in my first attempt at this. I ended up renaming it to `private_email` instead of `secure_email` following some feedback from the team. I think the new name works better because it’s about keeping details private rather than actually securing email.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/bf9c4a7828c3c491a1f0cf3f33517806bb06c904>

^ oops I just realized the commit message was wrong. The key is `private_email` despite that message which I cannot update now because our master doesn’t allow force pushes

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