How do I get email notifications when a particular user makes a post?

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The discussion revolves around receiving email notifications when a specific user makes a post in a Discourse forum. proot initially asked how to set this up, but despite having the “follow” feature enabled, they weren’t receiving email notifications.

JammyDodger suggested checking the Notifications and Email settings, but after testing, discovered that the “follow” notification doesn’t trigger an email. pfaffman mentioned that email notifications for follows depend on a specific user preference, but JammyDodger and proot reported not receiving emails despite having the preference set to “Always”.

Merefield suggested that email notifications for the “follow” feature might not be implemented yet, recommending posting on the Plugin Topic for further discussion.

Additionally, manton asked if it’s possible to send an email to all users when a specific user posts a thread, but this question remains unanswered.

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I want to receive an email notification when a particular user in my discourse forum makes a posts. I currently have it set to “follow” them, but I am not getting emails when they make posts.

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Hello and welcome @proot :slightly_smiling_face:

Have you ticked the box on your Preferences/Notifications page?

[YourSite]/my/preferences/notifications

Preferences Notifications Follow
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(and it might be worth checking your Preferences/Emails settings too :+1:)

Edit:

Having said that, I now can’t remember if I’ve ever received an email for a Follow notification. :thinking: I shall go and test.

Update: It does not look like that is a notification that triggers an email.

Hopefully someone will correct me if I’m mistaken…

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That depends on this user preference:
Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic

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That’s what I initially thought, but I set both to ‘Always’ and Followed a test user to check. I got the notification of when they posted, but no email. And no email was sent or skipped. I may have fluffed the test somehow. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@JammyDodger, I have the same experience as you. I am not receiving emails when someone I am watching makes a post, including when I have the preference Jay mentioned set to Always.

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I’ve tried it again a few times, and I’m not getting an email generated for that notification. :man_shrugging:

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Pretty sure email notifications aren’t implemented in the Plugin yet.

Suggest you post on the Plugin Topic.

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Is there a way to send out an email to all users when a specific user posts a thread?

I have an RSS feed setup to a moderator account and I want that to also email the forum users.