Have searched but didn’t find… What do I have to set if I want the users of a certain group get an E-Mail Notification when a new Topic / Reply is posted in a certain category - but not for all else categories? Managed to get a notification to the group users by setting them to watch the category …

Probably - mailing list mode is a fire hose. With that enabled, you get an email for every post to the forum in every category that you have access to.

Have you seen this? [image] Configuring group notifications for a private category Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to set up a group to receive notifications and emails for a private category in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user le…

Hey Tobias, that was partially what I was looking for - thank you for your help. Regarding that and having controlled: Yes, my special Group is watching (notification level 3) that special meant category. And they all receive an e-mail upon a new posting in that category; and noone else does. So t…

E-Mails only for watched categories?

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DDo (Dorothea Dorsch) September 30, 2019, 3:20pm 5

Hey Tobias,

hey THAT helped

Maybe it was because of the translations, I struggled to find a sense in e-mail settings.

Thank you!

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