# E-mail link at the bottom of posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-link-at-the-bottom-of-posts/197450>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-link-at-the-bottom-of-posts/197450 "2003-08-25T03:53:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-link-at-the-bottom-of-posts/197450/1 "2003-08-25T03:53:24Z")

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I was wondering…

When you choose the “e-mail” link at the bottom of someone’s post, does the message go to a Doper’s personal e-mail address, or does it go to the message area that you can access by using the “user cp” link at the top of the page?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-link-at-the-bottom-of-posts/197450/2 "2003-08-25T04:26:16Z")

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The email goes to the email address the member registered with. The Private Message feature has been disabled on this board.

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**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-link-at-the-bottom-of-posts/197450/3 "2003-08-25T04:30:13Z")

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Thank you, Q.E.D.!