# Disable email notifications for own posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-notifications-for-own-posts/28769>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** notifications, email\
**Created:** [13 במאי,‏ 2015,‏ 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-notifications-for-own-posts/28769 "2015-05-13T15:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dictoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dictoon/32/47968_2.png) [@dictoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dictoon)\
**Post date:** [22 במאי,‏ 2015,‏ 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-notifications-for-own-posts/28769/9 "2015-05-22T08:46:06Z")

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Hi @DeanMarkTaylor, thanks for chiming in!

Honestly, I find all this needlessly complicated. Maybe I’m not representative of most users, but my needs are pretty simple. I want to be able to enable email notifications:

( ) Every time someone mentions me (in any topic), replies to my post (in any topic), or post in a topic I created (optionally: unless I’m currently active on the site).  
( ) For every _foreign_ post (optionally: even my own posts).

I understand that you need to cater to a wide audience with varied needs, but maybe this area could use some compromising for the sake of simplification…

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