# Continuing the discussion from Problem with mailing list mode for Groups:
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2월 26, 2017, 7:23오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976 "2017-02-26T07:23:13Z")
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### Author:  [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)
#### Post date: [2월 26, 2017, 7:23오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/1 "2017-02-26T07:23:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Problem with mailing list mode for Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57952/2):
> [@Problem with mailing list mode for Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57952/2):
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> This is a duplicate of many other requests that mailing list mode should not include your own posts.
No sorry this already working for categories and I don´t now why you are closing this one. There is already in Settings:
Where you can decide if you would like to get a mail for your own post or not! **This works fine in categories but it is not working for groups!!**
Hope you understand me now!
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2월 26, 2017, 10:49오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/2 "2017-02-26T10:49:29Z")
To slightly generalize this, I think this feature request boils down to a setting `Notify me of my own posts when I'm watching a topic`. I don’t think that makes a lot of sense, but on the other hand, I never understood the idea behind mailing list mode echoing your posts 🤔
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Another way to read this is a request to add an option to expand mailing list mode to messages.
This discrepancy occurs because _watching every topic_ and _having mailing list mode on_ behaves very, very similarly, but differs in the ability to have your own posts echoed – and mailing list mode doesn’t exist for messages.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 26, 2017, 10:49오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/3 "2017-02-26T10:49:41Z")
Sorry, I still don’t understand. Can you provide a more specific example?
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2월 26, 2017, 1:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/4 "2017-02-26T13:33:27Z")
When using public posts, and mailing list mode is on:
- I always get an email if someone else posts.
- When I post myself, whether I get mailed a copy or not depends on the choice made when enabling mailing list mode.
When using group messages in a watched inbox:
- I always get an email if someone else posts.
- When I post myself, I never get an email, and there is no way to enable that. This is because mailing list mode does not apply to messages, and _Watching_ does not trigger notifications for own posts.
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This is basically the inverse of the old _I don’t want to get notifications for my own (public) posts_ resentment: This is _I do want to get notifications for my own (group) messages_.
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### Author:  [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)
#### Post date: [2월 27, 2017, 7:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/5 "2017-02-27T07:14:12Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I still don’t understand. Can you provide a more specific example?
I will try. I am talking here about mailing list **for groups NOT categories**!
**For categories it works fine** and with the setting above described you can turn on or off if you want to get an mail for you own post or not.
For Groups it is not working. Let me explain how we are using a group.
- We define a group with some members of our community.
- We are using the PM (message) feature to send a message to all Members of the group
- Either with the WEB Interface or vie e-mail (as a group can also have a Custom incoming email address)
And here you don’t get an E-Mail for your own message but this should also work!
Hope I made it clear now!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 27, 2017, 8:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/6 "2017-02-27T08:14:12Z")
Per @fefrei’s answer, I don’t think what you are describing is a desirable or correct behavior.
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### Author:  [@agit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agit)
#### Post date: [9월 29, 2024, 11:37오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57976/7 "2024-09-29T11:37:08Z")
하지만 왜 활성화 옵션을 추가하지 않는 걸까요? 메일링리스트 모드에서 그룹과 범주가 다르게 작동한다는 것을 디스코urs 사용자들에게 매번 설명하기 싫거든요. 그리고 “기술에 익숙하지 않은” 사람들(이메일 클라이언트에서 토론 전체, 심지어 자신의 답변까지 보고 싶어하는 사람들)이 토론에 참여할 수 있도록 허용하는 것이죠. 우리는 "비기술 포럼"이므로 이런 사람들이 많습니다.
이 주제에 대해 다시 한 번 귀찮게 해서 죄송합니다.