If I fill in the email address of the person you want to invite in the single user section then switch to multiple user tab and get the link, drop the link into an email I send separately to them will that link only work if that specific email address is used?
That would be great if so because then I could more easily invite a specific user more personally from an email address I know wont end up in their junk and that they will recognise. Thanks
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You can generate a link from the Single User tab to do just that (‘Copy Invite Link’)- no need to use the Multiple Users tab.
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This has come up for us again, with a group owner getting frustrated that he has to work out who is already on the forum and join them up via a different mechanism. I’ve of course educated him about it and it isn’t a massive deal, but this will be causing quite a bit of friction for people making use of the Multi-use links (which rock by the way!)
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The existing error copy when a logged in user tries to redeem single/multiple invite link is:
Oops, looks like you are attempting to accept an invitation for another user. If you are not %{current_user}, please log out and try again.
Should we update it to be:
The invite you are trying to redeem works only for users that do not have an existing account. Please log out and try again.
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Sure that’s good! One minor tweak:
Sorry! This invitation is intended for new users, who do not already have an existing account.
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I unfortunately sent an email inviting about 30 people to my forum, and the link expired before everyone signed up. I would love to be able to edit the link and increase the timeline. I didn’t see it as an option though and I had to resend another link which unfortunately shows off my user error 
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Hi, what is the case usage of the “maximum number of users able to register”? Why is there a maximum? Thanks.
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Thanks for the article, interesting. So, if I get it right, this setting of a maximum number of people who can use this invite link is aimed at preventing mass abuse of the invite system ? Like fake accounts creation I guess ?
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Is there a way to turn this feature off entirely for my members? I run a private community based on acceptance into our freelance pool and this feature is a problem for NDA issues.
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Search settings for “invite” and find min trust level to allow invite
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Thanks! I found that and upped it to the highest trust level so now it’s non-functional, but my member that flagged it to me is still seeing the invite button on her profile. Is there a way to remove the button entirely? I’m new to being a Discourse admin and probably just don’t know what to be looking for.
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My guess is that it’ll go away when she reloads.
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Awesome, thanks for the quick reply.
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While working towards shifting a community from (non) using email communication into usage of discourse, I ocasionaly send invites by mail into groups, which we use as email-lists in the transition.
Regarding this it is annoying for some people who have already signed up not to be able to follow a link to discourse, which would gain new registered users access to some groups.
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The UI for creating multiple use invite links has changed a bit from the screenshots in the OP, now that we’ve changed it so everywhere users can invite people uses the same invite system. I’m having some trouble deciding how to fix that in this topic… do we update the OP, add a note linking to the invite syste, FAQ at How to send, configure, and accept Discourse invitation emails, or just delete this topic? 
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