# No opening message for people you already talk to

> Sales no longer sends a first message to someone you're already in a conversation with, and never adds people on Don't contact to a people list.

Version: v1.631
Date: 2026-11-05
Source: https://doc.checkgrow.com/changelog/v1-631-no-opening-message-for-people-you-already-talk-to

## What this solves

- Someone you had already talked to on LinkedIn could get a "first message" as if you'd never spoken.
- People on Don't contact, including someone who asked in a reply never to be contacted again, could still be added to a people list and invited.
- Two salespeople could invite or message the same person.
- A person you were already connected with came in as "not connected".

## What changed

- When there's already a LinkedIn conversation, Sales sends no opening message. If they wrote last, the conversation goes to Needs you so you can answer. If you wrote last, your follow-ups continue from your last message and close as No reply when they run out.
- Someone you were connected with before the invitation, and already talk to, gets no warm-up comments.
- Importing people, finding their LinkedIn, keeping them for later and making a people list all leave out customers, companies and people on Don't contact, matched by name and by website. Finding a LinkedIn profile is never paid for someone who would be left out.
- People already in a conversation with anyone in your team are left out, and checked again just before they're contacted.
- A connection you already have comes in as connected, with the conversation you had.
- Adding someone to Don't contact stops their outreach straight away, wherever it was added from.
- The import shows customers and Don't contact people as Never contact before you import, and says how many were left out and why.
- The "Pick up from your last conversation" switch on network campaigns is gone: it now always happens.

## Where to find it

- Sales, Lists: import people, or Make a people list.
- Sales, Campaigns: a campaign on your LinkedIn connections.
- Companies, Don't contact.

## Useful for

- Importing a CRM export or your network without worrying about who's already a customer or in a conversation.
- Making sure a "please don't contact me" is respected everywhere.