# 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:** [2014年二月18日 15:18 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:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月17日 18:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notified-of-new-topics-but-not-posts/12809/66 "2016-08-17T18:20:03Z")

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I’ve taken a look through the code (thanks for your PM with extra information) and unfortunately I can’t see anything that would cause this behaviour.

If you’re comfortable with the command line you could run this in a rails console:

```ruby
topic = Topic.find(12345) # your id goes here  

topic.category_users
     .where(notification_level: CategoryUser.notification_levels[:watching_first_post])
     .pluck(:user_id)

```

It should return a list of the user ids who will get an email if they are watching the first post in that topic’s category.

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