Direct send email to a small group in a closed category

[Frank_Meeuwsen]

I searched on this forum and only found this post which is quite similar to my question. But unfortunately not an answer to work upon:

Ability to send a topic via email to entire community

Would be an interesting feature if the community admin could push an important topic to the entire community via email. Users may get the digest, but if there’s breaking news, would be neat if this could be broadcast somehow. Currently, the only option is to add a topic to the one default category we have people watching, which only admins can post in. But would be better if the original post could be shared directly

We have a growing forum for our app-users. We recently started a closed category for 25+ beta testers to communicate on new features and review new betas. One of the painpoints in driving engagement and getting feedback is the lack of email possibilities. What I would like to do is make a new topic and when I save it, Discourse immediately sends out an email to the small group. I am the only one who makes new topics right now, but even when there is someone else who makes a topic, it shouldn’t be a problem. The category is very low-volume so no danger of spam.

Is this possible with Discourse? I can’t find the proper checkboxes or preferences to do this…

Thanks
Frank

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

You can force all the users to watch the category. Here are a couple plugins (they’d need to be customized for your site)

https://github.com/techAPJ/discourse-watch-category-rzim/

https://github.com/amical/discourse-watch-category/

Also, if it’s email you want, you can PM the group or @mention them in the post.

[tobiaseigen]

@pfaffman

PM the group

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think if the group is a large one, only a selection of people will get the email notification.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Why do you say that? The rate limiter defaults? I think that would only prevent in very large groups.. he said this is 25 people.

[tobiaseigen]

I think I got this confused with inviting groups to messages. With invites, only a few people get notified by email not everyone in the group.

My understanding of how groups and PMs works is evolving.

[Mittineague]

It may be particular to SitePoint, and to be clear it does not bother me. I have noticed that with the group Notication, that even if I have already read the posts by a different entry point it doesn’t clear until I go to the group message topics list. (I dismiss nothing, though I scan often)

As for emails, I don’t know. I’ve never been gone that long to use or need them as a conduit.

[Godmar_Back]

저도 이 기능에 대해 강한 관심을 표명합니다.

링크된 플러그인들은 특수 처리되는 경우이며, 여기서 제안된 대로 사용자 목록을 내보내는 것은 실시간 솔루션이 아니며(자동화되지도 않습니다).

사용자가 "자동으로 감시(auto-watched)"하는 카테고리를 만들 수 있는 사용 사례를 강력히 지지합니다. 예를 들어, 저는 다른 많은 분들처럼 Canvas/Piazza 대안으로 제가 가르치는 수업을 위해 Discourse를 사용해 왔습니다. 저는 모든 학생에게 “공지사항(Announcements)” 카테고리를 읽도록 요청하지만, 그들의 이메일 주소를 수집하여 별도의 이메일 목록을 만들지 않는 한, 중요한 공지사항을 이메일로 전달할 방법이 없습니다(Piazza는 이 기능을 제공했습니다). 자동 구독된 사용자가 스스로 구독을 취소할 수 있다면 그 정도는 괜찮을 것입니다.

현재 이용 가능한 유일한 대안은 모든 사람에게 이 카테고리를 감시하도록 요청하는 것입니다.

[JammyDodger]

관리자 설정에서 카테고리 알림의 기본값을 설정할 수 있습니다:

태그 알림의 기본값도 설정할 수 있습니다.