# Forcing email context - input requested

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-email-context-input-requested/25577
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [February 23, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-email-context-input-requested/25577 "2015-02-23T18:08:13Z")
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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: [February 26, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-email-context-input-requested/25577/67 "2016-02-26T01:05:18Z")

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OK! @sam changed this so **the new email context default for all Discourse instances** is

- no “extra” reply context will be shown
- the email will **include the post this was in direct reply to** , if it was indeed a direct reply (vs. a @name mention or a blockquote)

You can find this setting in your user prefs:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/f/af32166a28539f95541a53bdda04e5817ad3fd2d.png)

> Include previous replies at the bottom of emails – [never]  
> Include an excerpt of replied to post in emails – [checked]

So if your argument was

> [@lake54](#):
>
> They want to see what post something was in reply to

and

> There’s too much stuff in the email, which makes it confusing!

This is win-win because

1. We now include **no extra email context** by default, so there’s less to be confused by, _but_

2. We **always include the thing this post was in reply to** , if it was a direct reply

Based on the year long discussion here and elsewhere, I strongly feel this is a better default for Discourse.

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