# Apply "mailing list mode" per category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-mailing-list-mode-per-category/47772
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-mailing-list-mode-per-category/47772 "2016-07-25T17:36:02Z")
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### Author: ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-mailing-list-mode-per-category/47772/56 "2019-11-17T18:35:12Z")

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AFAIK:

- that setting only works for new registrations which you are not:

> [@Muted Default Categories Not Working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-default-categories-not-working/56425/3):
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> This doesn’t seem like a bug to me. Default Muted Categories in Admin \> Settings do not work that way, it defaults the Muted Categories Preference for new registrations, not existing. Instead you have to add that category to the Muted Category preference for all existing users (including your own).

- If you don’t want the sub-category to appear for all users then you should set it in the `Default categories muted`:

> [@Exclude category posts from displaying on home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-posts-from-displaying-on-home-page/125035/11):
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> In above screenshot, the total user count (30) is fetched from the about model (about.json URL). Now I’m trying to include it in the site settings page model itself.

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