# Hot

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## ["Timeline" Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508)

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**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508 "2019-01-03T03:39:16Z")

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Is it possible to do something like this? https://discourse.angusmcleod.com.au/news join all recent posts in a timeline. I’m very interested but I did not find a plugin :disappointed\_relieved:

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## [Native SSO with Azure AD](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-sso-with-azure-ad/105509)

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**Author:** [@andy.czerwonka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andy.czerwonka)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-sso-with-azure-ad/105509 "2019-03-26T07:58:40Z")

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Can we use the native SSO capability (no external plugins) as use Azure AD as the authentication provider? The workflow we’re looking for is similar to that of logging into any Office 365 app, i.e. it would simply redire…

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## [Some content does not post to Slack via the chat integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-content-does-not-post-to-slack-via-the-chat-integration/105514)

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**Author:** [@cori](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-content-does-not-post-to-slack-via-the-chat-integration/105514 "2019-01-03T19:37:22Z")

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I’ve configured a few channels to post to slack in the discourse-chat-integration configuration. One of the channels is being posted to via the Discourse API and under certain circumstances those posts end up in Discours…

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## [Custom badge query is not targeting posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-query-is-not-targeting-posts/105515)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-query-is-not-targeting-posts/105515 "2019-01-02T20:46:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m running Discourse v2.2.0.beta6 +5 and seem to be having an issue when trying to link specific posts to a new badge, automatically. I have created a badge called “Pin Seeker” and here’s a screen shot of…

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## [Confused about TL3 promotion and silencing vs suspending](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537 "2019-01-04T04:44:45Z")

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So a user was spamming emojis a lot. So I silenced him. During the silence, the TL3 requirement for him said that he doesn’t meet the expectation due to being silenced. After the silence expired, it said that he never go…

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## [Side bar Icons for posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/side-bar-icons-for-posts/105543)

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**Author:** [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/side-bar-icons-for-posts/105543 "2019-01-05T06:26:06Z")

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Is there any way to add a side bar icon for a post? Similar to the Icons in the “For Dummies” books or indeed the Coding Horror Icon in the Code Complete book?

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## [Website looks different on different browsers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-looks-different-on-different-browsers/105561)

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**Author:** [@Edwin\_Mhoy\_Silva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edwin_Mhoy_Silva)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-looks-different-on-different-browsers/105561 "2019-01-04T01:25:48Z")

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I have customized my discourse website. The website look good on chrome, but when using safari a lot of the element on the website har positioned differently. I read a lot of articles only, and found something which coul…

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## [What is a bump?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562)

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**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562 "2019-01-03T10:44:54Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what a Bump is, in connection with Discourse? Also there is an option to Reset Bump Date under the topic admin actions, what exactly does this do?

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## [How Do I Uninstall SSL Certificate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-uninstall-ssl-certificate/105563)

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**Author:** [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-uninstall-ssl-certificate/105563 "2019-01-04T23:27:54Z")

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Hi, Last year I installed SSL certificate from hostgator on my discourse forum hosted at Digital ocean. The certificate has expired and now I can not even access my forum and the site at https://ask.mybloggertricks.com/ …

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## [Can we prevent others from using the image resources on our discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-prevent-others-from-using-the-image-resources-on-our-discourse/105572)

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**Author:** [@parkdoor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/parkdoor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-prevent-others-from-using-the-image-resources-on-our-discourse/105572 "2019-01-03T13:31:02Z")

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If I upload an image on discourse, others can get this image’s link by right-clicking it. Then others can use this link in their sites but using our server’s resource. For example, they can just add an image like this:…

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## [Proposal: Consolidated Review Queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-consolidated-review-queue/105588)

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**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-consolidated-review-queue/105588 "2019-03-28T16:50:44Z")

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Background Right now Discourse has many different interfaces for reviewing things: Flagged Posts / Topics Approving Users Queued Posts (a user typed something too fast or other heuristic) Akismet Plugin Each one of th…

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## [Permalinks within Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-within-discourse/105589)

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**Author:** [@hgpot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hgpot)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-within-discourse/105589 "2019-05-07T11:44:50Z")

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I would like to redirect topic 3405 to topic 5618. So anyone linking to 3405 gets sent to topic 5618, instead. I read up on Permalinks here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/59727 https://meta.discourse.org/t/88918 I tr…

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## [Fast way to link to existing topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-way-to-link-to-existing-topic/105603)

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**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-way-to-link-to-existing-topic/105603 "2019-01-04T01:04:47Z")

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When creating a new topic, sometimes I think of an old topic to which I would like to link and currently I am going to find that topic in the search box and then copying the link there and pasting it into my new topic. I…

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## [Migrating from AWS to Discourse cloud hosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-aws-to-discourse-cloud-hosting/105640)

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**Author:** [@raffael](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raffael)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-aws-to-discourse-cloud-hosting/105640 "2019-01-03T20:57:18Z")

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Hello! I’m considering starting a Discourse forum but initially I’d like to host myself on AWS to save a couple bucks and then possibly move over to Discourse cloud if it takes off. Hence I would like to ask whether it…

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## [Colors changed in beta7?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colors-changed-in-beta7/105647)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colors-changed-in-beta7/105647 "2019-01-05T04:45:46Z")

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Some of my theme colors have changed after upgrading like the buttons and the quote highlight, etc. Is this a permanent change that I need to tweak via css or a mistake? Seems like a step backwards. Before: After: …

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## [/admin/users/list/active returns users with active=false](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649)

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**Author:** [@Dalmiro\_Granas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dalmiro_Granas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649 "2019-01-04T00:41:37Z")

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Background A long time ago we migrated from Tender to Discourse. In the process we programatically re-created every single Tender user in Discourse. At the time of writing this, we have ~4k users that were created with …

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## [\[closed\] Migration script for NodeBB (MongoDB) to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-migration-script-for-nodebb-mongodb-to-discourse/105653)

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**Author:** [@Apurva\_Ashok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Apurva_Ashok)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-migration-script-for-nodebb-mongodb-to-discourse/105653 "2019-01-18T16:34:25Z")

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What would you like done? We have a NodeBB forum, hosted on their systems (using MongoDB). We would like someone to migrate our existing users + content onto Discourse. Note that we use Auth0 as our identity manager on…

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## [Citing Discourse in an Academic paper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661)

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**Author:** [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661 "2019-01-04T22:29:34Z")

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How would one cite Discourse in an academic paper? There are guidelines for folks who use LATEX and Bibtex, but I am not sure where to find the relevant information, specifically the author and the year. This is the rec…

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## [504 Gateway Time-out errors with 2 million post migrated vBulletin forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/504-gateway-time-out-errors-with-2-million-post-migrated-vbulletin-forum/105665)

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**Author:** [@Brandon\_Martus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brandon_Martus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/504-gateway-time-out-errors-with-2-million-post-migrated-vbulletin-forum/105665 "2019-01-04T01:56:07Z")

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I have a new install of Discourse, where I imported a vBulletin forum with about 2 million posts and anywhere from 200-1000 daily active (concurrent) users. I launched today on a Digital Ocean droplet with 6 vCPUs and b…

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## [How to bring in Latest topics when using category boxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679)

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**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bring-in-latest-topics-when-using-category-boxes/105679 "2023-12-11T18:14:27Z")

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Hi Guys, Our HR team have decided to go with category boxes instead of a category list as below. However, they also would like the latest topics to appear at the bottom of the categories as seen in revoluts communit…

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## [Yahoo Login Setup Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-setup-issue/105688)

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**Author:** [@AbhishekVerma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AbhishekVerma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-setup-issue/105688 "2019-01-04T13:42:43Z")

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I am getting this message: “The following strings are not allowed: yahoo, yahoo! and y!” What’s the issue here. Is the callback url changed for yahoo?

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## [Discourse Team Tweaks theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-tweaks-theme-component/105690)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-tweaks-theme-component/105690 "2019-01-04T13:37:28Z")

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A theme component that helps distinguish team whispers, team categories, and moderator posts (not for aesthetic reasons, but to help avoid mistakes): https://github.com/chrisbeach/discourse-team-tweaks Team categories…

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## [Undo a rejected post/topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-a-rejected-post-topic/105692)

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**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-a-rejected-post-topic/105692 "2022-12-18T12:52:46Z")

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We have a category that requires mod approval before a new topic is accepted. I accidentally rejected one of those pending approval and I want to undo that rejection. I can see the rejection in the moderator log, but I c…

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## [How to change the LIKE icon to a font awesome icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-like-icon-to-a-font-awesome-icon/105697)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-like-icon-to-a-font-awesome-icon/105697 "2019-01-04T18:42:34Z")

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https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-replacing-the-heart-icon-with-a-thumbs-up-icon-for-likes/86408 :up\_arrow:︎ That post was helpful before the latest font awesome changes. As of today, what is the best way to change ou…

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## [2018: The Year in Review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2018-the-year-in-review/105700)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2018-the-year-in-review/105700 "2019-01-05T01:51:01Z")

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2018's top Users Most Time Reading User Hours Read …

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## [Possible to have a webhook only for new topics, not for replies etc.?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-have-a-webhook-only-for-new-topics-not-for-replies-etc/105701)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-have-a-webhook-only-for-new-topics-not-for-replies-etc/105701 "2019-01-08T18:12:36Z")

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Currently using a webhook “Topic event” to notify Zapier to post to Twitter. My intention is to have new topics trigger a Tweet. Now Zapier told me they halted my “Zap” because of violating the rule that says, no duplic…

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## [Sender names in Gmail threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-names-in-gmail-threads/105704)

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**Author:** [@tomsmyth1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomsmyth1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-names-in-gmail-threads/105704 "2019-06-27T18:58:52Z")

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A typical Gmail thread will look like this: Note that the sender names are listed (with an ellipsis if there are too many) With discourse they look like this: There are really 98 different senders in that thread b…

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## [Incoming email customizable POST parameter name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-email-customizable-post-parameter-name/105707)

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**Author:** [@tomsmyth1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomsmyth1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-email-customizable-post-parameter-name/105707 "2019-08-28T19:22:25Z")

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Discourse wants incoming emails to arrive as raw MIME in a POST param called email. Mailgun sends its raw MIME body in a POST parameter called body-mime. Bummer! I saw that someone wrote a plugin for accepting incoming…

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## [Lowering the amount of emails sent per day](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lowering-the-amount-of-emails-sent-per-day/105715)

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**Author:** [@anon60302432](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon60302432)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lowering-the-amount-of-emails-sent-per-day/105715 "2019-01-04T22:59:53Z")

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Hello! We’re running into a problem with too many emails being sent per day. We have about 90-100 daily active users, but around 1k emails are being sent per day. I’m assuming it’s coming from daily digest? Is there a w…

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## [Move create topic to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-topic-to-the-top/105717)

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**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-topic-to-the-top/105717 "2019-01-05T10:08:51Z")

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Would it be great if we can move the create new topic button to the top and make it already completely visible? That everybody could see for example this: and then a dropdown for more info just like now the ‘create …

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