# How to have setting presets for new accounts

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**Created:** [January 23, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-setting-presets-for-new-accounts/215718 "2022-01-23T16:56:33Z")\
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I have set up a instance for internal use only of our non-profit (\<15 people with only 4 categories, with very few posts in a month, invite only).

Now I need to get them onboard with paritcular user settings set by default instead of immediately trying to coach them on how to change these.

I need for all new users to receive emails for all topics/posts in all categories by default as they are made as we intend to use mostly email (I have email replies and email new topics operational). **In essence I need to set up an opt-out (unwatch a category) instead of opt-in for emails.**

So I set up a new user for testing. I set their email and notification/categories per images below and that user is getting emails for each new topic or post to a topic as they are made.

**So is it possible to set defaults like these so when a new user is created (via invite) these will be their settings?**

**If not I see it’s possible for the admin to manually create accounts (rake?), then maybe impersonate, and change settings, then send that “Account Created” template? Can’t find any more details on how to do that except what is here.**

> [@Customizing specific system email templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-specific-email-templates/88323#what-each-template-gets-used-for-1):
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> Customizing specific system email templatesbookmark This guide explains how to customize the individual email templates that Discourse uses for account notifications, invitations, admin alerts, and other system emails. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse sends a variety of emails — account confirmations, password resets, notification digests, invitation messages, and more. Each of these is built from an individual email template that you can customize. This…

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