# Email notifications for a topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-a-topic/64866
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-a-topic/64866 "2017-06-21T10:06:41Z")
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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: [June 21, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-a-topic/64866/2 "2017-06-21T10:16:14Z")

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Set the notification level for the topic to “watching” via the notification control at the bottom of the topic, or in the right gutter of the topic (on desktop).

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/1/b1d2a402dba8f166857b29e8ee7a5210f00c6ba1.png)

Note that emails will only be sent if you are not active on the website at the time of the notification.

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