# Mailing list features

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-features/59717>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [22.Март.2017 21:31:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-features/59717 "2017-03-22T21:31:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![wakama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wakama/32/69868_2.png) [@wakama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wakama)\
**Post date:** [22.Март.2017 21:31:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-features/59717/1 "2017-03-22T21:31:04Z")

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Hello,

I have got a hard time getting my head around the mailing list features of Discourse. I have read the FAQ, the Features list, a series of posts on the forum including [this one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-mailing-list-mode-respect-monitoring-level/55996) and can’t figure out how it works.

# Context

I work at a small NGO, we have been using mailing lists (Mailman) and are considering switching to Discourse.

Our NGO work on environmental issues, we have :

- a public mailing list, discussion@, where people can discuss about non-specific topics ;
- a series of public mailings list, topic specific (ie. green-energy@) ;
- a series of private mailings list ;
- a public “mailing list” that we use as newsletter (no one can post/answer except our bot).

Note: in this context, private = non public, accessible (read, write) only to people that we have specifically authorized.

# Questions

- would it be possible to transpose this behaviour to Discourse ?
- can people “subscribe” to specific categories/tags and interact by email exclusively (receive the content of every new post in a chosen category/tag, answer it, create a new topic,…) ?
- is it possible to create private/invisible categories/tags (see above for definition of “private”) ?
- is it possible to hide users form the /users page or from the editor (suggestions following a “@”) ?
- is it possible to disable the /users page as a whole ?
- is it possible to register without a nickname ?

Thank you in advance for your help 🙂

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