# Staged users getting user\_linked emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-getting-user-linked-emails/145202>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-getting-user-linked-emails/145202 "2020-03-23T09:12:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![brechtm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/brechtm/32/168517_2.png) [@brechtm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brechtm)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-getting-user-linked-emails/145202/1 "2020-03-23T09:12:05Z")

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I noticed that staged users are being sent `user_linked` email notifications. In my use case, I’m using the mailing list mode to archive emails to _external parties_. When someone links to a mail/post by an external (staged) user from another topic, this staged user will receive an email notification including the text of the post! This is obviously not what I want, and could even be harmful!

The following message suggests that this is a bug:

> [@Reassure me that staged users don't get email summaries or mention notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reassure-me-that-staged-users-dont-get-email-summaries-or-mention-notifications/69579/6):
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> Yeah, that’s pretty it. If they receive any other kind of email from Discourse, then it’s a bug

If this is not a bug, is there any way to disable this behavior?

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