# Digest email not to be sent to new users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-not-to-be-sent-to-new-users/61933
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** activity-summary
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-not-to-be-sent-to-new-users/61933 "2017-05-02T07:02:36Z")
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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-not-to-be-sent-to-new-users/61933/4 "2017-05-02T17:27:21Z")

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Because I think messing with members Preference settings has too much risk of upsetting members I’ve not tried it.  
But basically it’s running a well crafted query in the CLI eg.

> [@Edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-a-user-setting-for-all-discourse-users/25162):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access is required. If you need to update the user preference for all of your users or a large subset of users, you can do so via the rails console. Summary In this guide, you’ll learn: How to access the Rails console for making bulk changes Examples of modifying user preferences How to identify se…

> [@(Obsolete) Set category tracking level defaults historically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-category-tracking-level-defaults-historically/53165):
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> warning Following the release of Discourse v2.4.0.beta7 (or if you have [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b2f682f35eba0cc3f09588356ecf8d1dd824542f)), admins now have the option to set the category tracking levels of all existing users when setting the default category tracking levels in their site settings: Add a category to one of the following site settings, then select the green checkbox button. A modal window will pop up with the following options: play_button The old way using the console

> [@Change ownership of all posts by a specific user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-ownership-of-all-the-posts-by-a-specific-user/48921):
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> bookmark This guide outlines the process to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This task requires console access. person_raising_hand Required user level: Server administrator with SSH access In Discourse, there may be situations where you need to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This guide provides the steps for achieving this on self-hosted Discourse instances. If you’re using Discourse hosting, please contact the support team at [team@discourse.o…](mailto:team@discourse.org)

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