# How does one subscribe to ALL posts/categories?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [6월 13, 2017, 12:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423 "2017-06-13T12:31:52Z")
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 12:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/1 "2017-06-13T12:31:53Z")
Is there a way to subscribe to all posts/categories? I’ve noticed that if I subscribe to a parent category I only get notifications for posts in the parent category and not any of the sub categories. Is there a way to set it to that I would get notifications from all sub categories? Similarly is there a setting for the user to get notifications for all new categories automatically?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 12:50오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/2 "2017-06-13T12:50:21Z")
If you get a notification for everything, notifications then mean nothing.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 1:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/3 "2017-06-13T13:16:18Z")
Well that’s my choice right? I _want_ all notifications - is there a way to get it? As the moderator (atleast in the beginning) I want to see all posts across the forum, is there some setting I can enable to see all posts?
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 1:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/4 "2017-06-13T13:21:49Z")
In your profile/options/categories add all the categories and sub-categories in the Watching box
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 1:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/5 "2017-06-13T13:48:29Z")
I did that for the parent categories hence my question. It doesn’t subscribe me to the sub categories and it’s too many to put in individually.
Looks like there no setting so I would like to request a setting to allow users to subscribe to ‘all’ which them subscription to all categories (within permission rights) and possibly and option to subscribe to all sub categories. So I can pick a category and then I want to see all activity within the category and sub categories. I know this feature would be loved my many users who wants to track activity within a section of the forum.
For that matter I know if atleast 4 users on the SmartThings forum that would love the all option as they track EVERY post.
@codinghorror would it possible for either of the two options above?
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 2:05오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/6 "2017-06-13T14:05:29Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> As the moderator (atleast in the beginning) I want to see all posts across the forum
> [@RBoy](#):
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> It doesn’t subscribe me to the sub categories and it’s too many to put in individually.
I know this is not what you asked, but why do you have so many sub-categories? It’s recommended to start with only a limited number of categories in order not to confuse people. I mean, if you have too many sub-categories to be able to enter them manually into your tracked category preferences, then you really have heaps, right?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 3:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/7 "2017-06-13T15:34:43Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> I want to see all posts across the forum, is there some setting I can enable to see all posts
You can look at [https://meta.discourse.org/new](https://meta.discourse.org/new) and see all the posts you haven’t read. That’s what I do. And it’s tons easier than the notifications interface.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 3:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/8 "2017-06-13T15:35:13Z")
> [@tophee](#):
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> why do you have so many sub-categories
Migrating a discussion forum and these were required to keep it manageable/organized. Will revisit over time and adjust as required.
That aside, as I had mentioned I know many folks who wants to track everything on the forum or ATLEAST want to track a category and all sub categories to it, there should be an easier way to track all sub categories.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 3:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/9 "2017-06-13T15:37:48Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> You can look at [https://meta.discourse.org/new](https://meta.discourse.org/new) and see all the posts you haven’t read
H’mm good point, would that be all new posts or just new posts to categories I’ve subscribed?
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/10 "2017-06-13T16:00:00Z")
What does this option do?
> default email mailing list mode
> Send an email for every new post by default.
Is this for every new post or just categories that folks have subscribed to? If it’s categories wouldn’t this happen by default if they’ve subscribed to those categories? It’s not very clear what’s the scope of this option.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/11 "2017-06-13T16:03:38Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> It’s not very clear what’s the scope of this option.
“Every new post” is literal every. All the posts :allthethings:.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/12 "2017-06-13T16:08:19Z")
Great so this would be the next best solution is to enable mailing list mode to get eMail on every new post, but it won’t include replies right?
I still wish Discourse had an option to subscribe to all sub categories, would make life so much easier.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:10오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/13 "2017-06-13T16:10:37Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> Great so this would be the next best solution is to enable mailing list mode to get eMail on every new post, but it won’t include replies right?
Every post is, like, **EVERY**. ~~Batteries~~ replies included.
> [@RBoy](#):
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> I still wish Discourse had an option to subscribe to all sub categories, would make life so much easier.
Well, we have a shit ton of options already on user interface and admin, and this is the first time I see this request. Maybe in the future, maybe not.
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/14 "2017-06-13T16:13:58Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> why do you have so many sub-categories
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> Migrating a discussion forum and these were required to keep it manageable/organized. Will revisit over time and adjust as required.
Have you considered turning ~~some~~ most of these sub-categories into tags? (tags can also be watched, but have the advantage of being more subtle, not obstructing new visitors to the forum)
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:15오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/15 "2017-06-13T16:15:40Z")
One suggestion would be a simple check box next to the watching/tracking/muted categories input boxes:
`Include sub-categories`
It would be simple enough not to clutter the UI but gives a very powerful feature to let users access sub categories.
Straight and clear to the point
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/16 "2017-06-13T16:18:34Z")
> [@tophee](#):
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> Have you considered turning some most of these sub-categories into tags
Yes, we have a whole separate set of tags setup, the cross matrix is enormous and discourse has been very useful in allowing the flexibility to create categories, sub categories and tags to organize the information/users/posts. The previous forum was a total disaster because we couldn’t do this.
I’m still trialing this but so far I’m very impressed with the ability to organize information. Just a few tweaks needed
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [6월 13, 2017, 4:20오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/17 "2017-06-13T16:20:56Z")
It’s all new posts you can see.
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### Author:  [@MicahZoltu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MicahZoltu)
#### Post date: [8월 18, 2017, 4:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/18 "2017-08-18T04:02:30Z")
I also want this feature. I am a participant in Discourse with low volume. I do not plan on manually checking in daily (the volume is low) and new categories may be created by the admins. I would like to be notified of anything that happens but at the moment (from this thread) it sounds like my best option is to subscribe to all categories and hope that the admins don’t add any new categories. This doesn’t seem like a very scalable solution to me and kind of suggests that Discourse is _not_ a good choice for low-volume discussion forums?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [8월 18, 2017, 1:34오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/19 "2017-08-18T13:34:55Z")
Have you considered mailing list mode?
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### Author:  [@MicahZoltu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MicahZoltu)
#### Post date: [8월 18, 2017, 5:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-subscribe-to-all-posts-categories/64423/20 "2017-08-18T17:33:03Z")
Ah, I didn’t know about that option. It feels like it should be in Notifications, rather than email? Though, I can see how it has some overlap. As a user, when I went looking for details on how I could receive more notifications, I looked in the notifications settings, not in the email settings.
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