# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=265

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## [Ability to change the email prefix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-the-email-prefix/16016)

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**Author:** [@davestephens](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davestephens)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-the-email-prefix/16016 "2014-05-27T23:39:30Z")

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I’d like to see the ability to be able to change the suffix that gets sent out on emails. The name of my site is quite long (“Odyssey Residents Association”), and as such, emails are prefixed: \[Odyssey Residents Associa…

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## [Way to type email address inside topic so it looks like link in easier way](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-type-email-address-inside-topic-so-it-looks-like-link-in-easier-way/15999)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-type-email-address-inside-topic-so-it-looks-like-link-in-easier-way/15999 "2014-05-27T12:10:34Z")

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Is there markdown for typing email addresses inside topics. If I type adopilot@gmail.com how I can make my email look like link so when someone click on e mail browser try open new We can make link like this \<a href=…

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## [Show Category for posts in member’s Profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-category-for-posts-in-member-s-profiles/15277)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-category-for-posts-in-member-s-profiles/15277 "2014-05-26T20:51:32Z")

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It would be useful to have the category shown alongside posts in member’s Profiles. If, for example, a member has been link dropping, I may want to check their other recent posts to see if there are more to be dealt wit…

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## [Excluding user profiles in robots.txt (or allow edit of file)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-user-profiles-in-robots-txt-or-allow-edit-of-file/15886)

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**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-user-profiles-in-robots-txt-or-allow-edit-of-file/15886 "2014-05-24T04:19:34Z")

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After the latest Google Panda update, I found myself on the unhappy end of a 15% drop in visitors via Google, which led me to do some research on what exactly Google has indexed for my site. According to a quick search …

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## [Let googlebot see content, but make users log in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-googlebot-see-content-but-make-users-log-in/13724)

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**Author:** [@jorgtron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jorgtron)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-googlebot-see-content-but-make-users-log-in/13724 "2014-05-24T01:16:24Z")

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I want to require my users to login to view topics, but I assume that makes all content invisible to Google? Ideally the topics/posts would still be indexed by Google for their SEO value to help drive traffic, and then w…

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## [Tracking after "reply as new topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-after-reply-as-new-topic/15876)

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**Author:** [@Julien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julien)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-after-reply-as-new-topic/15876 "2014-05-23T00:51:00Z")

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If somebody forks one of my messages in a new topic, I lose the tracking of this new topic.

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## [Emoji user preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-user-preferences/15763)

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**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-user-preferences/15763 "2014-05-19T23:33:15Z")

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I would love if every application that uses Emoji (but discourse in particular) would follow Slack’s example to allow user-based preferences: Especially the last setting ‘Convert my emoticons to emoji’ is brilliant. …

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## [User-awarded badges and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-awarded-badges-and-more/15759)

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**Author:** [@ronteras](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ronteras)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-awarded-badges-and-more/15759 "2014-05-19T13:16:57Z")

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Tried to find the similar topic, but failed :D. While badges feature is on its way with all great stuff, what about having the some badges category, (restricted by certain categories or not) that can be awarded by the …

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## [Sizing images and cloudinary support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sizing-images-and-cloudinary-support/15756)

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**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sizing-images-and-cloudinary-support/15756 "2014-05-18T21:41:17Z")

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It’s awesome that we can drag & drop images. @codinghorror, Any thoughts on these ideas? If you make your images big, that’s great because you can click and expand. However, what if you want to have a post with 15 204…

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## [Trouble with Invites to topics in categories with permission limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-invites-to-topics-in-categories-with-permission-limits/15717)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-invites-to-topics-in-categories-with-permission-limits/15717 "2014-05-16T22:46:59Z")

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I just ran into difficulties with invites. I created a category where I only want people with level 2 permissions to be able to reply to posts and level 3 permissions to create posts. I then created a topic and then invi…

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## [More info about user in mouse over when someneon is @post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-info-about-user-in-mouse-over-when-someneon-is-post/15702)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-info-about-user-in-mouse-over-when-someneon-is-post/15702 "2014-05-16T15:39:17Z")

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It will be nice to have more info about @mentioned user in post without additional click (postback). When someone say something to etc @adopilot user need to click and postback and goaway from topic to get additional in…

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## [Culture and Habits of Mailing Lists and Forums? Are they reconcilable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/culture-and-habits-of-mailing-lists-and-forums-are-they-reconcilable/15679)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/culture-and-habits-of-mailing-lists-and-forums-are-they-reconcilable/15679 "2014-05-15T20:08:51Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Replacing Mailing lists: Email-In: My big concern is less about spam (this can be handled on the technical level and with moderators) and more about culture and habits - in the little tim…

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## [Add support for forwarding/adding member to private message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-forwarding-adding-member-to-private-message/15654)

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**Author:** [@ian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-forwarding-adding-member-to-private-message/15654 "2014-05-15T06:32:32Z")

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I’m actually trying to do this on meta right now, and I can’t figure out how so I’d assume it’s not possible. I’d like to be able to add someone to a private message that already exists. (ex add bob to a PM sent to joe) …

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## [PMing suspended members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276 "2014-05-13T17:14:28Z")

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(Sorry - not sure if this is the best category.) Somewhat to my surprise, you can PM a suspended member. Nothing pops up to say “sorry - member is suspended for the next 200 years, so don’t hold your breathe waiting for…

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## [Add a "remove" button to bookmarks on user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-remove-button-to-bookmarks-on-user-profile/14903)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-remove-button-to-bookmarks-on-user-profile/14903 "2014-05-12T07:58:38Z")

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This is a relatively easy one and I think a lot of people would like it. Just add a “remove bookmark” button to each bookmark entry on the user page, like so: It’s been requested a few times and it’d be a great qua…

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## [Show recipient/sender in PM list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-sender-in-pm-list/15397)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-sender-in-pm-list/15397 "2014-05-12T07:50:32Z")

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In the Profile message list, there is nothing to indicate who the other party involved in the PM is. Nor is there any filter option, as there is in vBulletin, so as soon as you accumulate more than a few PMs, it becomes …

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## [Topics with lots of internal links look bad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-lots-of-internal-links-look-bad/13970)

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**Author:** [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-lots-of-internal-links-look-bad/13970 "2014-05-11T06:04:16Z")

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Hi, I am not sure what these right topic means but i realize that some threads have a very large list and style wise it looks awkward. I even see the last title collapsing over another txt I think it will look better…

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## [The RSS title is "Latest Topics"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-rss-title-is-latest-topics/15200)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-rss-title-is-latest-topics/15200 "2014-05-08T15:29:34Z")

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Is it possible to replace the RSS title from “Latest Topics” to the forum title?

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## [New topic creation - Forward to experts by e-mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-creation-forward-to-experts-by-e-mail/15391)

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**Author:** [@dror\_deleon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dror_deleon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-creation-forward-to-experts-by-e-mail/15391 "2014-05-08T08:34:38Z")

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Hi Discourse team, I wonder, is there any way to forward new topics on a certain category to the “experts” related to the category by e-mail? If there is, will it work if ill open the topic via e-mail? If there isn’t,…

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## [Add "sign in" to anonymous header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335 "2014-05-07T23:44:47Z")

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Right now the anonymous header looks like this: but it looks like this when scrolled down in a topic, which is where we want most people to be most of the time, right? This is a problem, since there’s no visible Sig…

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## [How about a filter for when you have sevral teams on the same forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-filter-for-when-you-have-sevral-teams-on-the-same-forum/15370)

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**Author:** [@ekenheim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ekenheim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-filter-for-when-you-have-sevral-teams-on-the-same-forum/15370 "2014-05-07T22:22:53Z")

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Hey guys, I’m curious since I couldn’t find a thread or on my deployment settings a feature that would allow me to filter like this: Let’s say I have a forum about fotball, and I have a few categories: X/Y/Z. I would…

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## [Posting to Subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-subcategories/15412)

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**Author:** [@ekenheim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ekenheim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-subcategories/15412 "2014-05-07T19:33:30Z")

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I mentioned this in an earlier thread devoted to something else. I feel when your posting to subcategories it’s abit confusing at the moment.. Looking at how it is right now. Create new topic → \[Title\]\[Categories/Subc…

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## [Google Webmaster Tools does not like topics description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-webmaster-tools-does-not-like-topics-description/15278)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-webmaster-tools-does-not-like-topics-description/15278 "2014-05-07T15:47:29Z")

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All the topics have the same meta description and GWT doesn’t like it: What about using an excerpt of the topic content instead?

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## [Would like to be notified when a new user registers when 'must approve users' setting is on](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-like-to-be-notified-when-a-new-user-registers-when-must-approve-users-setting-is-on/15129)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-like-to-be-notified-when-a-new-user-registers-when-must-approve-users-setting-is-on/15129 "2014-05-06T21:11:14Z")

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We are soft-launching our forum and currently have the users set up like this: When a user logs in, they need to be approved. But I (admin) don’t get any notification when a user signs up. This is a case where it’d…

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## [Add markup to control alignment of images and text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-markup-to-control-alignment-of-images-and-text/15287)

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**Author:** [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-markup-to-control-alignment-of-images-and-text/15287 "2014-05-03T23:12:23Z")

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This image should explain it all Here is the code (this actually pastes differently here, but the same thing happens with the text) \[img\]https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/windows-8-metro-style/32/info.png\[/img…

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## [What is the point of limiting new users to three replies per topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696)

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**Author:** [@zeynel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeynel)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696 "2014-05-03T22:44:50Z")

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I am trying to install Discourse and I ran into a problem and I asked a question in the forum and \[trident\] is trying to help but I cannot reply to his questions!! What is the point of this? How am I supposed to reply to…

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## [Getting email notifications for my own posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-notifications-for-my-own-posts/12922)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-notifications-for-my-own-posts/12922 "2014-05-01T06:00:13Z")

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I have checked Receive an email every time a post is made on the forum, but I did not expect it to be literal enough to email me about my own posts. Is this intended behavior, or a bug? I personally think it’s rather us…

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## [Roadmap for styling email digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roadmap-for-styling-email-digest/15150)

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**Author:** [@amitfrid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amitfrid)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roadmap-for-styling-email-digest/15150 "2014-04-30T15:55:23Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Styling email digest: Hey, In a more general way, I would really appreciate any roadmap for email styling. Since html emails don’t support css there isn’t any option to style them. My fi…

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## [Reset read state on groups of topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-read-state-on-groups-of-topics/15186)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-read-state-on-groups-of-topics/15186 "2014-04-30T19:21:55Z")

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How hard will be to add feature to users to mark reads by bluk actions. It will be nice if We cluod bulk “READ” topics. My users want to have clear NEW lists

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## [Last IP vs. Registration and Posting IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884 "2014-04-30T01:48:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What about the spam problem?: I have reservations about outright blocking by IP. But … Even though the number of IPs that can be abused is effectively infinite. I have found it extremely …

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