# How to handle announcements

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [29 أغسطس 2016، 3:44م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-announcements/49390 "2016-08-29T15:44:46Z")\
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> [@alehandrof](#):
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> I’d like to generate an email notification as that’s how most users get notified about what goes on in the site, at this moment.

That’s typically handled by having an “Announcements” category that only Staff can post to, which all users are Watching Category. You then “Global Pin” the topic so it shows up for everyone that visits the site, until they read it.

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