[image] I ran into something today while handling a flagged post and wanted to confirm expected behavior. A post was auto-flagged by Discourse AI as spam. The content was clearly unrelated to the forum (non-English, off-topic, softcore-type content), so I agreed with the flag, deleted the account…

I think deleting from the (admin) profile page instead of the review queue still works as a workaround. But I know it’s not as comfortable as doing it directly in the review queue [image] Can we turn off emails to deleted users and stop contacting our spammers? I currently delete the user from t…

[image] haydenjames: Whether this notification is expected behavior Yes https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31947 [image] haydenjames: If it can be disabled or adjusted for spam workflows Nope, not really at the moment I don’t think. I actually quite like the notification and…

Just deleted an account posting AI slop from a new account that shares the same IP as 2 other accounts. Not happy when they get this heads up email: Hello, This is an automated message from X to let you know that the user account associated with this email address has been deleted by a staff membe…

[image] Moin: I think deleting from the (admin) profile page instead of the review queue still works as a workaround. Good enough! Thanks!! :purple_heart:

I suspected there might be some compliance rational for doing this. It reminds me of the ‘old days’ of administering an email server. I recall at one point (decades ago) I was having a reverse failed delivery notification attack from spammers. They would spoof the sender’s address and then send the…

lol. Thanks for noticing. :wink: Error since I quoted him. Fixed.

[image] haydenjames: Error since I quoted him [Screenshot 2026-07-20 at 7.14.20 AM]

@Lilly Got me again! :wink: Apologies @Moin My bad.

Should Discourse notify users when accounts are deleted for spam?

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Lilly (Lillian ) July 20, 2026, 1:56pm 7

why did you mark your own reply as solution when clearly the solution was Moin’s post?

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Should Discourse notify users when accounts are deleted for spam?

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