How to allow all users from a domain to invite the bridge bot

[imanhamdy]

📌 Context

When trying to use the Matrix-Zulip bridge and dm the bridge from an account other than my synapse admin, I encountered this log entry:

2025-06-23 13:49:06 matrix-zulip root[1] INFO Non-whitelisted user @user:mydomain tried to invite us, ignoring.

This indicates that the bot ignored an invite because the user wasn't whitelisted.

How do i modify the whitelist so that any user from my domain can invite the bridge user?

[GearKite]

ADDMASK command in the bridge control room, i.e. ADDMASK *:example.com

[imanhamdy]

Thanks!
Is there a way to automatically bridge all channels in a given org, or is it required to subscribe to each stream individually?

Also, I noticed that when using an admin account, I can add orgs, subscribe to streams, etc. — but when I log in with a domain user account, I can only create a personal room. I can’t subscribe to any streams, and even the DM user command doesn’t work.

Is this expected behavior? Are domain users restricted from subscribing to streams or sending direct messages?

[GearKite]

There is currently no way to subscribe to all streams at once.

All users should be able to send direct messages, though, they do need to be logged in.

Stream subscriptions can only be managed from the organization room. You can give other users this power by passing --admin to the ADDMASK command - ADDMASK {@user:example.com|*:example.com} --admin (keep in mind the security).

[imanhamdy]

If I use the ADDMASK {@user:example.com|*:example.com} --admin command, will this allow those users to subscribe to streams and/or join the organization room themselves? Or does it only grant admin rights within rooms they've already been added to?

Just trying to understand if this can help domain users manage stream subscriptions and org room access on their own.

[GearKite]

This grants bridge admin rights - access to all organizations.

[imanhamdy]

When the messages are bridged from Zulip, they appear doubled/tripled in the element. Is this normal behaviour for the bridged messages? Any ideas how to get rid of this occurrence? Also, in bridged streams , different topic messages appear in a weird format in the element room, like a weirdly formatted thread. Is there any way to change this layout and have all messages appear in the room's main page?

[GearKite]

When the messages are bridged from Zulip, they appear doubled/tripled in the element. Is this normal behaviour for the bridged messages?

No, that shouldn't happen. Are you accidentally running multiple instances of the bridge?

Also, in bridged streams , different topic messages appear in a weird format in the element room, like a weirdly formatted thread. Is there any way to change this layout and have all messages appear in the room's main page?

The messages are bridged as belonging to a thread, because they belong to different topics on Zulip. How they're displayed is a client thing - element-hq/element-meta#1090

Contributions always welcome, if that's a feature request.