# Are Guests send email to members who allow email?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-send-email-to-members-who-allow-email/384633>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 18, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-send-email-to-members-who-allow-email/384633 "2006-12-18T15:27:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-send-email-to-members-who-allow-email/384633/1 "2006-12-18T15:27:10Z")

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Or do you have to pay first to do that?

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-send-email-to-members-who-allow-email/384633/2 "2006-12-18T15:32:12Z")

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Ignore missing words in title. I do speeka da inglish.  
My browser editor plays tricks in the posting window. Whenever I backspace over words and then do Ctrl-z to make them reappear, I will see the word again but it won’t get sent. Fools me every time- I don’t know why.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-send-email-to-members-who-allow-email/384633/3 "2006-12-18T20:20:34Z")

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I got an email the other day from a guy that says he’s not a member…just reads the boards.