# Email digest should include a brief overview of unread topics (or total amount)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-should-include-a-brief-overview-of-unread-topics-or-total-amount/16679>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** activity-summary\
**Created:** [Junho 19, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-should-include-a-brief-overview-of-unread-topics-or-total-amount/16679 "2014-06-19T15:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Junho 20, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-should-include-a-brief-overview-of-unread-topics-or-total-amount/16679/4 "2014-06-20T04:00:16Z")

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No, not true. If someone replies directly to you in a topic, you will be notified via notification panel, and email (if you are not active on the site when it happens). Only exception is if you have explicitly muted the topic, or otherwise disabled email notifications.

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