# A user preference for the private email setting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-preference-for-the-private-email-setting/412272
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 12, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-preference-for-the-private-email-setting/412272 "2026-09-12T08:27:55Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-preference-for-the-private-email-setting/412272/1 "2026-09-12T08:27:55Z")

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> [@How to prevent content being included in email notifications and activity summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-content-being-included-in-email-notifications-and-activity-summary/163032/2):
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> Take a look at the `private email` setting
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> > Don’t include content from posts or topics in email title or email body. NOTE: also disables digest emails.

Glad to be reminded of that setting. I enabled it to see how that feels.

I am actually looking for a user preference along these lines, so each member can decide depending on their own risk profile what they want to see in their email notifications.

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