# URLs for message to group no longer work
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [16.Сентябрь.2017 16:32:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189 "2017-09-16T16:32:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [16.Сентябрь.2017 16:32:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/1 "2017-09-16T16:32:26Z")
There’s a [feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-to-a-group-or-other-means-to-handle-private-support-requests/14010) where you can create URLs to pre-compose a message to a user or a group, like this:
- for users: [https://discourse/new-message?username=fefrei](https://discourse/new-message?username=fefrei)
- for groups: [https://discourse/new-message?groupname=Team](https://discourse/new-message?groupname=Team)
The user links still work, but the group links no longer work in `Discourse 1.9.0.beta10`. They silently redirect to the main URL, but neither a composer not an error message appear.
Original report here:
> [@Private messages to a group, or other means to handle private support requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-to-a-group-or-other-means-to-handle-private-support-requests/14010/15):
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> I can’t get this to work anymore. It works just fine with the username-feature, but i can’t get it to work with the groupname-feature.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [16.Сентябрь.2017 16:40:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/2 "2017-09-16T16:40:15Z")
confirmed on my site. group is set so everyone can message it.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [16.Сентябрь.2017 16:41:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/3 "2017-09-16T16:41:22Z")
Thanks!
(Even if messaging were not allowed, an error message should appear. This was also working previously.)
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### Author:  [@yeonsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yeonsh)
#### Post date: [18.Сентябрь.2017 08:06:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/4 "2017-09-18T08:06:52Z")
We have same issue. When I tried to send private message to a group using URL I got:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [18.Сентябрь.2017 11:23:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/5 "2017-09-18T11:23:57Z")
Perhaps @gerhard can have a quick look.
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [18.Сентябрь.2017 15:21:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/7 "2017-09-18T15:21:20Z")
Ok, this is fixed:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a5408650bd693bf643c8d9d976ca56a338f9ca24](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a5408650bd693bf643c8d9d976ca56a338f9ca24)
While testing I noticed that the autocomplete in the composer for new messages doesn’t show groups unless they are mentionable. That’s probably a sideeffect of [Split into two settings: "Who can message and @mention this group?" - #5 by nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-into-two-settings-who-can-message-and-mention-this-group/41203/5)
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [12.Июнь.2018 08:11:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-message-to-group-no-longer-work/70189/8 "2018-06-12T08:11:58Z")