# Any mass email functionality?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-mass-email-functionality/14202>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 27, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-mass-email-functionality/14202 "2014-03-27T19:53:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-mass-email-functionality/14202/40 "2017-11-13T23:42:37Z")

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**Danger, Will Robinson!**

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/4/841fd653975adedcad1249119c0538772a7644ca.gif)

> [@scombs](#):
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> Forum notifications are not the kind of “unsolicited commercial email” generally restricted by law as “spam.”

Above quoted for truth. See the article below for important distinctions between unsolicited (or solicited!) commercial email vs. transactional email sent by users’ interactions with websites like a Discourse forum. **TL;DR:** The former requires explicit permission, while the latter generally implies permission from the user to receive email, and is subject to fewer laws/requirements.

> **[Transactional vs Commercial Emails: Key Differences](https://bird.com/en-us/resources/guides/email-difference-transactional-vs-commercial-emails?sp=true)**
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> Understand the distinctions between transactional and commercial emails to tailor your email strategies effectively.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/2/926b6d04d10aeb3e61f415bfb10e3cf0d8bb0c37.png)

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