# Email notifications, the Discourse App, and PushOver

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-the-discourse-app-and-pushover/372191>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 29, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-the-discourse-app-and-pushover/372191 "2025-06-29T22:12:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![GeoffSchultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GeoffSchultz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GeoffSchultz)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-the-discourse-app-and-pushover/372191/1 "2025-06-29T22:12:43Z")

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At this point, I must admit that I have myself very confused as how notifications work when using email, the Discourse app, and how PushOver interacts with all of this.

Right now I am “tracking” posts on a forum that I host. I get email notifications as expected.

I have a PushOver account which I have configured to issue push notifications (I think), but have never received any notifications via their app.

I also am using the Discourse app on ios. I get push notifications on my iPhone when someone posts something to the forum, but I’m not sure if that’s coming directly from the app or if PushOver is somehow involved. Can someone clarify that for me?

And finally, if someone is running the app, is it possible to configure the notifications to be purely through the app such that they don’t get the emails notifications?

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