# Get notified of new topics, but not posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notified-of-new-topics-but-not-posts/12809
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 18, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notified-of-new-topics-but-not-posts/12809 "2014-02-18T15:18:52Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notified-of-new-topics-but-not-posts/12809/51 "2016-06-22T04:50:22Z")

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Can this new notification level not be exclusive of Tracking?

If I am understanding this correctly, if I choose to follow a category, I’ll get a notification (and thus an email) for every new topic, but will not receive further emails, nor will I see unread counts on the topic. I would very much like to receive an email for the first post only, while still seeing an unread count when I visit the site, without needing to track each topic after I get the first email.

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