# How to Configure Discord Settings to Allow Direct Messages (DM's)

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#### Step #1:

<mark style="background-color:green;">Click on the gear box</mark> next to your Discord profile
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#### Step #2:

<mark style="background-color:green;">Click on the Content & Social menu</mark> under _User Settings_
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#### Step #3:

<mark style="background-color:green;">In the Content & Social Menu there are several different settings pertaining to direct messages</mark>. \
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For the purpose of this tutorial, we will focus on the <mark style="background-color:green;">'Social Permissions' category</mark>
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#### Step #4:

Under the _Social Permissions category_, <mark style="background-color:green;">click on the drop-down menu and select StakeStats server,</mark> \
(_unless you wish to have the same permissions selected for all servers_).
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#### Step #5:

<mark style="background-color:green;">Scroll down to the Direct Messages heading and click the 'Direct Messages" button.</mark> \
&#xNAN;_&#x57;hen this setting is turned on it allows you to receive direct messages from other server members and grants access to our server's bots, such as our Double Counter verification bot, Tip.cc bot, StakeStats Affiliate Bot, and Account Linking Bot (Verifier)_.
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> This setting can be turned off at any time, by repeating the steps listed above and clicking the direct messages button to the off position.

### StakeStats Discord Bot ID's:

* [**@StakeStats**](https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1175141619507408946)
* [**@StakeStats Verifier**](https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1323417523001102409)
* [**@StakeStatsAffiliate**](https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1224741403255636170)
* [**@MiaBot**](https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=1354705835938418708)\


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