# Hot

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## [Resend Activation Email - 404 Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resend-activation-email-404-error/279428)

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**Author:** [@john.sanchirico](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john.sanchirico)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resend-activation-email-404-error/279428 "2023-10-02T11:39:51Z")

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When a user signs up the activation email works fine. However attempting to Sign In and resend the activation emails results in the following production log: Started POST "/u/action/send\_activation\_email" for (removed i…

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## [Why does markdown do this? (whitespace trimming and other features)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-markdown-do-this-whitespace-trimming-and-other-features/279437)

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**Author:** [@Rhababo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhababo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-markdown-do-this-whitespace-trimming-and-other-features/279437 "2023-09-20T19:16:48Z")

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Apologies for the vague title, I’m in the process of modifying some of the functionality with markdown on discourse to better suit the needs of my community which is coming over from a mybb forum. Discourse is my first…

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## [Black hole in Sub-Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/black-hole-in-sub-category/279453)

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**Author:** [@inj3ct0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/inj3ct0r)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/black-hole-in-sub-category/279453 "2023-09-26T12:33:28Z")

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Hello, before week ago, I created a sub category but I can’t access it ! just always spining for infinite

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## [Default other external links - yes for logged users but no with anonymous?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-other-external-links-yes-for-logged-users-but-no-with-anonymous/279460)

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**Author:** [@lejeczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lejeczek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-other-external-links-yes-for-logged-users-but-no-with-anonymous/279460 "2023-09-19T05:09:38Z")

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Hi guys. As per the subject, when on - it is by design or I’m missing something? I’d like this to apply to all browsees. Thanks.

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## [Can I create two new topic butons on my home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-two-new-topic-butons-on-my-home-page/279469)

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**Author:** [@Srujan\_Madderla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Srujan_Madderla)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-two-new-topic-butons-on-my-home-page/279469 "2023-09-20T23:57:29Z")

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i want to have two Create a new Topic buttons on my community page. is it possible ? I want to have one button for creating a community post. Other button to create a Idea. Please confim.

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## [Digest email: logo color/background conflict (light/dark mode)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-logo-color-background-conflict-light-dark-mode/279472)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-logo-color-background-conflict-light-dark-mode/279472 "2023-10-15T07:21:56Z")

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I’m using the default theme with no theme components or CSS customization. In Settings, I’ve specified my white “dark mode” logo for the digest email, because the logo background area of the digest is dark. Looks great –…

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## [Is there a way to see how many posts in a topic in a particular month?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-how-many-posts-in-a-topic-in-a-particular-month/279486)

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**Author:** [@Mollyvog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mollyvog)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-how-many-posts-in-a-topic-in-a-particular-month/279486 "2023-09-21T20:17:17Z")

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I am curious about topic growth over time - is there a way to see posts within a topic in a particular timeframe for reporting?

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## [How to enable side navigation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-side-navigation/279487)

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**Author:** [@Mollyvog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mollyvog)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-side-navigation/279487 "2023-09-19T11:21:23Z")

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Hello, Our “Help” page is an unnavigable, broken anchored hot mess. I’d like to structure it in the way the Meta community structures documentation page, like below: Can anyone point me in the right direction pleas…

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## [Alignment of schema.org markup between QA/solved + DFP/core](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alignment-of-schema-org-markup-between-qa-solved-dfp-core/279510)

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**Author:** [@rrlevering](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrlevering)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alignment-of-schema-org-markup-between-qa-solved-dfp-core/279510 "2023-12-01T15:03:33Z")

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AFAICT from reading other posts, the schema.org markup for QAPage is generated from the discourse-solved plugin. I’ve read Wrong answerCount value from discourse-solved - #6 by sam for instance which has some discussion…

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## [Long picture adaptation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-picture-adaptation/279538)

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**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-picture-adaptation/279538 "2023-09-20T06:39:01Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Stretching images with an aspect ratio greater than 2:1 :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - Lhcfl/discourse-larger-long-image · GitHub :question: Install Guide How to insta…

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## [Is there a way to get website visitors to add topics without registering an account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-website-visitors-to-add-topics-without-registering-an-account/279539)

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**Author:** [@islamafify4000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/islamafify4000)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-website-visitors-to-add-topics-without-registering-an-account/279539 "2023-09-20T00:18:05Z")

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I would like all site visitors to be able to add topics without being forced to register an account. Is there a solution for that?

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## [How good is Self-Hosted Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-good-is-self-hosted-discourse/279542)

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**Author:** [@mysz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mysz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-good-is-self-hosted-discourse/279542 "2023-09-22T13:27:24Z")

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Someone is attempting to self-host discourse on their cloud server, but I’ve looked and I can’t find any features. How does it compare to the basic, pro, business or enterprise model?

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## [Discovery document is missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discovery-document-is-missing/279551)

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**Author:** [@wayway\_way](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wayway_way)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discovery-document-is-missing/279551 "2023-09-20T10:43:17Z")

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Hi there, Discourse is currently the software that I think has the highest degree of technical freedom, so I chose it as my forum. But I encountered ‘Discovery document is missing’ error when configuring OIDC, which too…

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## [GET /posts/ request got plain HTTP error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-posts-request-got-plain-http-error/279552)

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**Author:** [@Hyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hyan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-posts-request-got-plain-http-error/279552 "2023-09-21T04:26:11Z")

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Seems this hasn’t been reported when visiting page /posts, browsers shows. example Discourse Meta While it should always give an application error page like what you visit https://meta.discourse.org/posts1

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## [How to customize the sorting of navigation menu tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-sorting-of-navigation-menu-tags/279568)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Pang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_Pang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-sorting-of-navigation-menu-tags/279568 "2023-09-20T14:12:47Z")

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How to customize the sorting of navigation menu tags?

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## [Add unpin entry in topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-unpin-entry-in-topic/279590)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-unpin-entry-in-topic/279590 "2023-09-20T13:51:19Z")

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My attention was just drawn back to a topic I pinned in its category last month: “Hmm” I thought. “That doesn’t need to still be pinned. Did I not put an end date on that? I need to go unpin it.” But lo and behold: …

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## [PM all users or user groups using Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-all-users-or-user-groups-using-automation/279605)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_C\_Gomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_C_Gomez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-all-users-or-user-groups-using-automation/279605 "2023-09-20T17:12:24Z")

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There is a build in existing automation script for PM but it doesn’t appear to support sending to a group or all users. Is there something I’m missing there? I’d like to be able to message All Users (or a select sub gro…

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## [MP4 files not working on Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mp4-files-not-working-on-chrome/279606)

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**Author:** [@Vinicius\_Goncalves](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vinicius_Goncalves)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mp4-files-not-working-on-chrome/279606 "2023-09-20T18:48:48Z")

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Hi there, When I try to play any .mp4 file on forum it works fine just if I am using Safari, but it doesn’t work if I am using Google Chrome. Can someone take a look and do a test as well? Here you have an example: Ear…

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## [Navigation sidebar, permissions, groups and large sites UX bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-sidebar-permissions-groups-and-large-sites-ux-bug/279607)

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**Author:** [@Drew-ART](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew-ART)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-sidebar-permissions-groups-and-large-sites-ux-bug/279607 "2023-11-24T15:50:45Z")

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I’ve been moving our sites navigation over to the new sidebar system. As its a large site there’s far too many categories to have them all in a list, it would be a useless mountain. I use category permissions so users s…

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## [Custom message if topic not replyable to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-message-if-topic-not-replyable-to/279613)

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**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-message-if-topic-not-replyable-to/279613 "2023-09-20T19:11:08Z")

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I have a system where users can join groups and that group will let them full access some categories etc. normally users can see all the categories but not reply in them (except some special scenario ones) Now in the ca…

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## [Your topic is similar to... not showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-not-showing/279614)

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**Author:** [@MrAli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrAli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-not-showing/279614 "2023-09-20T19:36:41Z")

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Hi The menu of " Your topic is similar to…" is not showing I set min title similar length to 3 but still the same problem. I hit the error An error occurred: Title has already been used How can I enable " Your topi…

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## [How can I fix the Permissions Policy header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-fix-the-permissions-policy-header/279618)

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**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-fix-the-permissions-policy-header/279618 "2023-09-20T20:42:28Z")

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Referring to the red warning here: Same for https://securityheaders.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org%2F&hide=on&followRedirects=on On my main domain, I added headers using Nginx to address this but not sure w…

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## [Markdown, BBCode, and Emoji Not Rendering In API Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-bbcode-and-emoji-not-rendering-in-api-post/279636)

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**Author:** [@BeefofAges](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BeefofAges)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-bbcode-and-emoji-not-rendering-in-api-post/279636 "2023-09-23T22:19:29Z")

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I’m using the Discourse API to update a post via PUT; the updates are made, but only accepted HTML tags are parsed. Markdown, BBCode, and emojis are not rendered correctly. I’m passing the PUT request with a content type…

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## [Keep selections in cooked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-selections-in-cooked/279641)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-selections-in-cooked/279641 "2023-09-21T04:55:40Z")

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Hello :waving\_hand: It happens with me on mobile lot of times when I want to quote the selection text in OP. When the line starts a short word letter like I it’s pretty hard to select it precisely. It most of time jumps…

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## [\[PAID\] Plugin for Customizing Embedded Topic Post Comment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-for-customizing-embedded-topic-post-comment/279644)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-for-customizing-embedded-topic-post-comment/279644 "2023-09-21T05:02:48Z")

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When using the Embedding feature from an external site with the Discourse embed code, I don’t want the content of the generated post to be from actually scrapping content in the page. Instead, I just simply want the post…

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## [Is there a way to export topics/posts that are displayed when filtering?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-export-topics-posts-that-are-displayed-when-filtering/279657)

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**Author:** [@tim\_sevDesk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tim_sevDesk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-export-topics-posts-that-are-displayed-when-filtering/279657 "2023-09-28T15:55:56Z")

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Hi, we would like to export specific topics after we filtered for them. As an example: I filter for posts/topics that have more than 1000 views. It shows about 50 results. Then I would like to be able to export the 50 t…

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## [Is it possible to add posts to a profile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-posts-to-a-profile/279668)

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**Author:** [@inj3ct0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/inj3ct0r)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-posts-to-a-profile/279668 "2023-09-21T17:22:45Z")

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hello, im wondering if it possible to have the user the ability to make a personal posts in his profile, such like vb,xen,etc… IDK if it possible or not.

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## ["Ensure ad-blockers are disabled and try reloading the page." when enabling Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ensure-ad-blockers-are-disabled-and-try-reloading-the-page-when-enabling-data-explorer/279669)

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**Author:** [@lejeczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lejeczek)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ensure-ad-blockers-are-disabled-and-try-reloading-the-page-when-enabling-data-explorer/279669 "2023-09-25T15:41:32Z")

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Hi guys. When enabling the plugin I first see a warning (red background): Unable to configure link to '\[en.explorer.title\]'. Ensure ad-blockers are disabled and try reloading the page. Which page if I reload, then Dis…

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## [Have we been silently sending Digest emails to 200,000+ migrated users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-we-been-silently-sending-digest-emails-to-200-000-migrated-users/279672)

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**Author:** [@Oohyeah88](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Oohyeah88)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-we-been-silently-sending-digest-emails-to-200-000-migrated-users/279672 "2023-09-21T09:25:39Z")

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So we just migrated an old unused forum to Discourse about a month ago, including 200,000+ users. The forum was naturally in a state of complete mess and has not been in any state to go public yet. But I just noticed un…

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## [More granular "disable emails"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-disable-emails/279673)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-disable-emails/279673 "2023-09-21T17:13:56Z")

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On staging instances we generally “disable emails” to make sure that no rogue digests and notifications go out. This does create some issues since user activation emails and password resets don’t work either when email …

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