Help:Emailing a user

Emailing a user via Special:EmailUser allows registered users, if they wish, to exchange s. The contents of emails between users are private. As a result, limited help is given if the feature is abused, other than disabling it, and the contents of such emails cannot be checked by others for appropriateness as easily as communications left on users' talk pages. The feature can be disabled for any user by an administrator as part of blocking, although this is not usually done unless the facility is abused.

Note that emails sent this way are private – they are sent as written, as a private communication between willing parties who have agreed to send and receive emails.



General
If you have specified an email address in your user preferences, you can exchange emails with other users through the wiki's user interface. To do that, visit your correspondent's user page and follow the "E-mail this user" link in the "Tools" section on the left-side navigation menu. The email address you entered in your user preferences will appear as the "From" address of the mail, so the recipient will be able to reply.

Users who have publicly disclosed their email addresses can be emailed directly. However, it is not encouraged to open such disclosure. Emailing users through Pikmin Fanon is a privacy feature that protects your email address from. You may directly contact the user, however, doing so may contain your, your signature line, and your time zone.

Emails are sent immediately when you click on "send". You can set your preferences so that you will also receive a copy of every email you send; if you don't choose this option, this can still be done for individual emails. It may be useful at times to leave a brief courtesy note on a recipient's talk page that you have sent them an email, since some users may not check their inbox regularly.

A link to the email feature can be created in text or a signature by typing  Special:EmailUser/ Username.

Enabling and disabling user email
Email is disabled unless you specify an email address, and then verify that you have access to that address. This can be done either in setting up your account or in "preferences", at any time. If you are enabling your email, MediaWiki requires verification that the email address belongs to you. It will send a confirmation email with a link inside. When you click the link, it will confirm your email address. The confirmation link expires after about a week.

Once your email address has been confirmed, go to the "Email options" section in your preferences. There, you can select the emailing options that best suits you.