Pandiyan, an admin, seeks help enabling default email notifications for all users in specific scenarios: notifying everyone when a new topic is created in a category, when a moderator creates a topic, or when a topic is created for a specific group (e.g., ‘XYZ’). Heliosurge suggests using Discourse’s built-in controls for category and tag tracking, including custom group settings. Moin recommends creating restricted (sub-)categories where only authorized users (like moderators) can create topics, and limiting visibility to intended recipients. Moin also advises setting the default notification level for those categories to “watching first post” to ensure users receive emails. Helpful resources include guides on groups and category permissions and configuring default notification settings. This approach allows admins to tailor notifications by category, user role, or group membership.
Hi All,
I am the Admin for my discourse site, now I want to make the ‘notification & email settings’ to enable by default.
Scenario 1: If I am creating a new topic under one category, I want to notify all the user by sending the email with created topic details.
Scenario 2: If I make one of the user as Moderator and he/she created a new topic under the category, I want to push he email notification for all the users.
Scenario 3: If I have created a group ‘XYZ’ with set of people and moderator has created the topic under one category, and it should push the email notification only to that group members.
How to achieve all these scenarios, Can someone help.
Thanks!
You can create (sub-)categories, in which you limit, who is allowed to create (and reply to) topics. So you only allow topic creation for those, who should be able to create a notification. And you limit “see” to those who should be able to receive the notification Understanding groups and category permissions
Then you change the default notification level for these categories to watching first post. Configuring Default Notification Settings for Users