# Category configuration option : mirrors a mailing list

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-configuration-option-mirrors-a-mailing-list/157249
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-configuration-option-mirrors-a-mailing-list/157249 "2020-07-09T11:22:36Z")
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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-configuration-option-mirrors-a-mailing-list/157249/2 "2020-07-09T17:37:25Z")

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> [@evantill](#):
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> I have added an email address to a category but I can not find how to use the option “mailing list mode”

The setting name in English is “Category mirrors a mailing list.” You can find documentation about it here: [Mirroring a read-only mailing list in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-read-only-mailing-list-mirror/77990).

If you are just wanting to allow users to be able to reply to the topic via email, have a look at this topic instead: [Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-new-topic-via-email/62977).

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