# Allow reply-to individual instead of topic/forum (mailing list feature) **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [2016 年5 月 27 日 14:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-reply-to-individual-instead-of-topic-forum-mailing-list-feature/44905 "2016-05-27T14:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
作者： ![tarek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tarek/32/124831_2.png) [@tarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tarek)\ 发布日期： [2016 年5 月 27 日 16:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-reply-to-individual-instead-of-topic-forum-mailing-list-feature/44905/3 "2016-05-27T16:45:19Z")
`Alice` wishes to offload her Wednesday shift from a group of colleagues in a group named `@Consultants`, who are all watching `#Shift-Trades`. She sends a message saying: > Hi, I want to get rid of my Wednesday shift at the urgent care from 12pm to 8pm. Any takers? Most users will receive `Alice`’s request via email, as they are set to watch the category by default. According to the instructions @Tarek sent, they should respond by one of: - hitting “reply” and deleting the `replies+random@example.com` and replacing it with `alice@example.com`. - Going to the ‘visit this thread’ option at the bottom of the email and respond by ‘flag’ However, most users will simply hit “reply” (not reply-all as they have been trained over time) and respond with “Sorry Alice, I can’t. Busy”. These messages should only arrive to `Alice`, and _not_ the entire group. Expected behaviour: `Bob` should be able to reply by default _only_ to `Alice`, and should have to make an effort to reply to the whole group. Does that make my intentions clear? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-reply-to-individual-instead-of-topic-forum-mailing-list-feature/44905)._