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# Advanced Messages Settings

### Overview

The **Advanced Settings tab** in the Messages module provides admins with controls for handling private messages and email delivery.

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### Send Direct Email

Admins can configure certain **user segments** to receive all private messages and replies via direct email only.

These direct emails:

* Come from the sender’s email address (not `accounts@mangoapps.com`).
* Do not include MangoApps branding.
* Appear as regular emails in the recipient’s inbox.
* Do not generate unread counts or in-app notifications in MangoApps.

Emails can be sent to the **primary email** or any configured **custom email field**.

If this setting is enabled, the **Show Subject Line** option is always enforced.

{% hint style="danger" %}
The **Incoming Emails** setting **must be enabled** by the network admin under **Admin Portal > Email > Incoming Email** for emails sent to a MangoApps-generated address to be received as private messages.
{% endhint %}