# 3.2.x still ignores some custom email templates

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 16, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-x-still-ignores-some-custom-email-templates/308203 "2024-05-16T04:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Osama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osama/32/98013_2.png) [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-x-still-ignores-some-custom-email-templates/308203/9 "2024-07-25T08:35:30Z")

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> [@nordize](#):
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> Using v3.2.2. I edited the “User Posted” email template body to say only
> 
> ```plaintext
> %{username} posted in "[%{topic_title}](%{url})".
> 
> --
> 
> ```
> 
> but the email sent still uses the original template which includes the entire post body, etc.
> 
> This is when a new topic is created (first post).

The “User Posted” template is used for emailing about a new post in a topic that the user is watching. `user_watching_first_post` and `user_watching_category_or_tag` are used for emailing about new topics. I’ve tested editing those templates on my local instance and the changes do reflect in the emails that get sent:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/4/0/34033b8063cb141021b4c225733c6f33d58ca17f.png)

Can you look in `/admin/email/sent` and see what email types are not getting the changes you’ve made to the template?

> [@nordize](#):
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> These above tags could also be mirrored with friendly names in the separate Customize \> Email section, or just get rid of the latter entirely (having an incomplete list is more problematic than not having it at all).

Yes, this is an excellent point. The list of email templates in `/admin/customize/email_templates` is hardcoded and hasn’t been updated for years so it’s missing many new emails that have been added. Here’s a PR to add all new templates:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28075](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28075)

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