Is there a way for me to automatically send a private message from my account to every new user? I’m running a members-only forum and want to start a private message thread with every new user. Instead of waiting for them to do that, I want to automatically initiate the conversation when they join. …

This already happens, try creating a new account on your site and notice the automatic incoming welcome PM. Edit the copy of that PM to taste via Admin, Customize, Text.

Thanks Jeff. I just tried that and got a “Greetings!” PM from Discobot. Is it possible for me to send this from my admin account instead of as Discobot? I can’t see the “Greetings!” PM under Admin > Customize > Text. I only see these 4: [Screen Shot 2020-05-02 at 2.37.36 PM]

Search for unique words in the text.

Found it! :+1: IMHO that UX is a bit confusing. It gives the impression that there are only 4 messages available to edit and that the search functionality will just search within those 4 messages. I think it would be clearer if it made it more obvious that there were a lot more messages that can b…

And if it has to come from a Discobot, can I or someone on my team be able to reply to it if a user has an issue or question?

[image] omerk: can I send that message as myself I see there were no answer to this, I’m also interested. Is it possible?

Sending a private message automatically to new users?

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JammyDodger September 17, 2021, 11:33am 8

It’s not a plugin I’ve used as yet, but it may be possible to use Discourse Automation to trigger a message?

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