# Quirk in the Google Mirror on Discourse

**URL:** <https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/quirk-in-the-google-mirror-on-discourse/9899>\
**Category:** Newsgroups Archive Prior to 2025\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/quirk-in-the-google-mirror-on-discourse/9899 "2025-05-05T16:15:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/n26_115_233/original/1X/39e3f8ffb93f4278d654ae38d831066e407d616b.jpeg) [@system](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/quirk-in-the-google-mirror-on-discourse/9899/1 "2025-05-05T16:15:31Z")

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The cause of the quirk when some Google posts are mirrored on Discourse is due to the **“From”** address in the posts. Every post has to belong to someone. When Discourse can decipher an email address in the Google post, it will match it to a current user (if one exists or create a “staged” (fake) user based on the email address. So, it’s perfectly happy with a From of:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/n26_115_233/original/1X/39e3f8ffb93f4278d654ae38d831066e407d616b.jpeg) [@system](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/quirk-in-the-google-mirror-on-discourse/9899/2 "2025-05-05T16:36:53Z")

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Sorry - that was sent too soon - to finish that up -