# Is there a link to watch a topic I can add to the email footer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2016年四月15日 06:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595 "2016-04-15T06:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月15日 06:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/1 "2016-04-15T06:57:54Z")
In the default email footer, there is a link to unsubscribe from a topic, which turns the volume down on a topic from “Watching” or “Tracking” to “Normal” (or from “Normal” to “Muted”), eg: ```plaintext https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-email-notification/40444/unsubscribe ``` ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/8/e8701e81896e93091d24b66328763fe58b30e1ea.png) Is there a similar route/link to set a topic status to “Watching?” I’d like to experiment with adding a link so users who visit the site infrequently can easily follow a topic after they are mentioned or replied to directly. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月15日 07:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/2 "2016-04-15T07:26:38Z")
Eh, this is adding another choice that will Make Me Think. I am already unhappy we present three links there, though we did amp up the “Visit Topic” to a full blown blue button (you showed a deeper nested reply here for some reason) to make it clear that’s the default action. ---
**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月15日 13:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/3 "2016-04-15T13:52:47Z")
People don’t read the footer **unless** they **want to think** about what the receive. (Or don’t receive.) ---
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月15日 14:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/4 "2016-04-15T14:12:19Z")
Footers are customizable now, right? I think I can try some things there and report back so we don’t have to debate it here. I’ll just need a route to change the tracking status to watching for a topic. Is that something that would be `pr-welcome`? ---
**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月16日 02:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/5 "2016-04-16T02:31:14Z")
Am I right in thinking that you would only get this email in the first place (as default) if: - you were mentioned in a post - you were watching a category - in mailing list mode So unless it’s that you’ve been mentioned, it seems like you are “watching” / going to receive email for the topic anyway? ---
**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月16日 02:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-link-to-watch-a-topic-i-can-add-to-the-email-footer/42595/6 "2016-04-16T02:41:39Z")
That’s a correct assumption: > [@mcwumbly](#): > > adding a link so users who visit the site infrequently can easily follow a topic after they are mentioned or replied to directly