This annoying prefix is new since recent updates. How do I get rid of it? My users dislike it intensely. It only just started happening along with other recent turbulence such as mail not going out. I am unbale to figure out what template needs to be edited. Where does this preview stuff come from? …

[Bild] Andro: This annoying prefix What do you mean? What prefix?

I think it is about this commit maybe? UX: add preview to email templates (#36657) committed 07:33AM - 08 Jan 26 UTC (UTC) [Bild] dbattersby +90 …

I think you can customize the individual preview texts as was suggested in Change in behaviour re mail - #11 by supermathie . You can find more about editing texts in Customize text in Discourse So, for example, to prevent “Someone replied to a topic you are Watching,” you would remove the site tex…

[Bild] Andro: My users dislike it intensely. That’s very strange. The point of the change, as I see it, is to give people more info about why the message landed in their inbox. Funny that knowing that is something people would feel “intense” about. People just hate change.

[Bild] pfaffman: That’s very strange. The point of the change, as I see it, is to give people more info about why the message landed in their inbox. The problem is not that information has been added. The problem is that by merely occupying part of the limited screen space available for messa…

Oh. I’m convinced. That does seem terrible. You can customize that text, though (probably that was mentioned above and I’m too lazy to look back?). Maybe just “watching” or an eyeball emoji?

[Bild] pfaffman: You can customize that text I’m not the admin of the Discourse server though, and in any case for all I know other users might like it. I can’t see anything to change it in my personal preferences. Martyn

[Bild] m1maj: I’m not the admin of the Discourse server though Then my solution doesn’t help! Sorry

Just tagging onto this topic to say that our community’s users aren’t liking it either. Where the preview used to give them useful information, now it’s become meaningless. -Brad

If you’re an admin you can change the text as i suggested.

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Was meinen Sie? Welches Präfix?

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Change in behaviour re mail Support	15	148	13. Februar 2026
Thanks for spending time with us PM - how? Support	4	211	25. Juni 2024
Start email previews with the body of post Feature	2	1050	21. Januar 2016
Custom email text based on watching status? Support	4	558	11. September 2023
Make sure users know that a preview is being generated below panel UX	26	2148	9. Mai 2022

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