# Unable to paste list of domains in group auto-add

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**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-paste-list-of-domains-in-group-auto-add/356985 "2025-03-12T15:38:34Z")\
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We’re trying to [auto-add users to a group via a domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-a-group-based-on-their-email-domain/132875), but I’m having trouble adding multiple domains at once (for context we’re hoping to add 850+ domains). I’m able to enter them in one by one, but I’m having trouble pasting in a list (even if it’s only a few). It always just detects it as a single string, instead of separate entries.

What is the correct procedure for this? I have tried:

- From an Excel sheet, entries separated by a comma
- From an Excel sheet, entries separated by a comma and a space
- We also tried via API but quickly reached the character limit:
  - `Automatic membership email domains is too long (maximum is 1000 characters`

I know I have done a bulk add like this before, granted it may, have just been a hundred or two at a time.

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