diff --git a/addons/website_forum/controllers/main.py b/addons/website_forum/controllers/main.py
index 78d69de971be6634eed97c73b00b2448fe3567e4..a221d97284f0b767b35093b7ab0a75423da0dabf 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/website_forum/controllers/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import werkzeug.urls
 import werkzeug.wrappers
+import re
 import simplejson
 
 from openerp import tools
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ from openerp.addons.web.controllers.main import login_redirect
 from openerp.addons.web.http import request
 from openerp.addons.website.controllers.main import Website as controllers
 from openerp.addons.website.models.website import slug
+from openerp.tools.translate import _
 
 controllers = controllers()
 
@@ -276,6 +278,10 @@ class WebsiteForum(http.Controller):
     def post_new(self, forum, post, **kwargs):
         if not request.session.uid:
             return login_redirect()
+        cr, uid, context = request.cr, request.uid, request.context
+        user = request.registry['res.users'].browse(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, uid, context=context)
+        if not user.email or not tools.single_email_re.match(user.email):
+            return werkzeug.utils.redirect("/forum/%s/user/%s/edit?email_required=1" % (slug(forum), uid))
         request.registry['forum.post'].create(
             request.cr, request.uid, {
                 'forum_id': forum.id,
@@ -517,6 +523,7 @@ class WebsiteForum(http.Controller):
         countries = country.browse(request.cr, SUPERUSER_ID, country_ids, context=request.context)
         values = self._prepare_forum_values(forum=forum, searches=kwargs)
         values.update({
+            'email_required': kwargs.get('email_required'),
             'countries': countries,
             'notifications': self._get_notifications(),
         })
diff --git a/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.css b/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.css
index d3af4309b249055572586e1109ebcae78751fdb0..27d5247058bd8c4f9344fe2111060adc078000ee 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.css
+++ b/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.css
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ a.no-decoration {
   z-index: 9999;
 }
 
+.oe_forum_email_required {
+  position: absolute;
+  margin-top: 155px;
+  margin-left: 500px;
+  margin-right: 100px;
+  z-index: 5;
+}
+
 button.btn-link.text-muted {
   color: #999999;
 }
diff --git a/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.sass b/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.sass
index c14e91e28934b17c31b20ae4639dad6eb5a98c43..1d8df0ab92ea21f1f0076763fe510e0ec41ce348 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.sass
+++ b/addons/website_forum/static/src/css/website_forum.sass
@@ -91,5 +91,12 @@ a.no-decoration
   width: 300px
   z-index: 9999
 
+.oe_forum_email_required
+  position: absolute
+  margin-top: 155px
+  margin-left: 500px
+  margin-right: 100px
+  z-index: 5
+
 button.btn-link.text-muted
   color: #999
diff --git a/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml b/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
index db054f83499dbfe5a559544d7b9b6cc8af6347d1..fd2a8118099ff9fa1f62f006680b2109541e8dd5 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
+++ b/addons/website_forum/views/website_forum.xml
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@
             <div class="col-md-7 mb16">
                 <input type="text" class="form-control" name="website" t-attf-value="#{user.partner_id.website or ''}"/>
             </div>
+            <div t-if="email_required" class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissable oe_forum_email_required">
+                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">x</button>
+                <p>Please enter a valid email address in order to receive notifications from answers or comments.</p>
+            </div>
             <label class="col-md-4 control-label mb16" for="user.partner_id.email">Email</label>
             <div class="col-md-7 mb16">
                 <input type="text" class="form-control" name="email" required="True" t-attf-value="#{user.partner_id.email}"/>