# Mailing list question

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-question/69657
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [8 Settembre 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-question/69657 "2017-09-08T18:33:02Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [8 Settembre 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-question/69657/2 "2017-09-08T20:46:40Z")

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We handle this in our community by using the category watching settings, which we can set for other members using the following howto. Basically you’d set the mailing list category to WATCHING and the rest to NORMAL. We stay away from mailing list mode altogether.

> [@Edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-a-user-setting-for-all-discourse-users/25162):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access is required. If you need to update the user preference for all of your users or a large subset of users, you can do so via the rails console. Summary In this guide, you’ll learn: How to access the Rails console for making bulk changes Examples of modifying user preferences How to identify se…

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