# Understanding email in functionality

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-email-in-functionality/74097>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-email-in-functionality/74097 "2017-11-15T11:27:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neil\_Brooks2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Neil\_Brooks2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Brooks2)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-email-in-functionality/74097/1 "2017-11-15T11:27:42Z")

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HI,

I notice that its possible to turn on the facility for people to send an email to a specific email address which in turn will post their reply as a new topic or perhaps a response to a topic.

Does this person need to be an existing registered user for this to happen, or can Discourse be set up to allow anonymous posts by email?

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