I have members who want to get notified via email when a post has been added to a specific category. Like most things related to discourse, I can’t figure it out. I see the bell, but that doesn’t seem to send anything to the inbox.

This is great Dan. Thank you. I’ll give it a test.

@Heliosurge I changed the default watched categories to two categories, then made a post. I waited 20 minutes, and zero emails were sent. Is there something I am missing, or could something be broken? I checked my spam folder etc.. [iScreen Shoter - Google Chrome - 231229205840] [iScreen Shoter -…

Were you still logged on the site? Check your email preferences. [Screenshot_20231230-001102] If like mine above. An email will be sent if I am not logged in. Also just to be sure the new topic would be posted by someone other than yourself. A test user is a good idea Note: if you use the wa…

Yeah, I’m logged in. We keep people logged in unless they purposely log out. That would be a huge bummer if emails don’t show up because a person is logged in. I’m continuing to run more tests…Still no luck…Seems like there should be a way to turn this stuff on/off for everyone in the forum.

The setting in the SS I believe. Try changing it to “Always” In you admin panel you can set default watched categories etc. iirc it will ask you if you want to apply to all? Though may need to set it manually for some.

[image] Dan DeMontmorency: SS Stupid question, but what is SS? Thanks again for taking time with me.

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Okay, thank you. I thought it was security settings. Lol.

Can users get emailed when a category has a new topic added to it?

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Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency) December 30, 2023, 12:20am 2

Have them change Category to watching

The SS above shows it from topic controls. They can add a category to watched in Preferences.

Alternatively There is a #theme-component that can make this easier as well.

There is also a #plugin that allows you to follow members.

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Can users get emailed when a category has a new topic added to it?

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