# How to Enable Email Notifications for PMs?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564 "2025-11-15T07:50:49Z")
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### Author: ![Cate\_Soule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cate_soule/32/492770_2.png) [@Cate\_Soule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cate_Soule)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564/1 "2025-11-15T07:50:49Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out how to enable email notifications for private messages (PMs). Could someone point me to the correct settings or steps to set this up?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564/2 "2025-11-15T08:26:29Z")

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Your personal configuration is in the emails tab of the preferences.

 ![Screenshot_20251115_092319_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/2/d/92dc9f2ba28da573114962141c0c60eb3e27892f.jpeg)

The default for the preference is controlled by the `Default email messages level` site setting.

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564/3 "2025-11-24T19:04:59Z")

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@Cate_Soule were you able to figure this out? Note that by default email notifications are not sent if the user has been recently seen.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-email-notifications-for-pms/388564/4 "2025-12-24T19:05:00Z")

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