Twitter
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-To follow a Twitter member, put the URL of the Twitter member's main page into the Connect box on your [Contacts](contacts) page.
+To follow a Twitter member, the Twitter-Connector (Addon) needs to be configured on your node.
+If this is the case put the URL of the Twitter member's main page into the Connect box on your [Contacts](contacts) page.
To reply, you must have the Twitter connector installed, and reply using your own status editor.
Begin the message with @twitterperson replacing with the Twitter username.
Email
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+If the php module for IMAP support is available on your server, Friendica can connect to email contacts as well.
Configure the email connector from your [Settings](settings) page.
Once this has been done, you may enter an email address to connect with using the Connect box on your [Contacts](contacts) page.
They must be the sender of a message which is currently in your INBOX for the connection to succeed.