# Replying to Google Mirror topics while in Discourse

**URL:** <https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/replying-to-google-mirror-topics-while-in-discourse/936>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [June 3, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/replying-to-google-mirror-topics-while-in-discourse/936 "2025-06-03T20:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonlewit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/nonsuch.discourse.group/jonlewit/32/725_2.png) [@jonlewit](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/jonlewit)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/replying-to-google-mirror-topics-while-in-discourse/936/1 "2025-06-03T20:36:02Z")

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You can now reply to postings that originated in Google just as you would to any other posting in Discourse - you don’t have to use emails to the Google group for these replies. A full description is in this posting:

> [@Rule Change - Allow Replies to Topics in Google Mirror](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/rule-change-allow-replies-to-topics-in-google-mirror/780):
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> You can now reply to topics in the Google Mirror category just as you would any other posting. This means that you will no longer have to send emails to the INA Google Discussion group to participate in topics originating there. Just hit the Reply. (Of course, you can still choose to send email replies to the whole Google group.) There are a good number of active participants on Discourse, as well as spikes in non-member page views during active discussions here. Removing the “no reply” res…