# Migrating old forum to Discourse - concern about digest mails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-old-forum-to-discourse-concern-about-digest-mails/48821>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** activity-summary\
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-old-forum-to-discourse-concern-about-digest-mails/48821 "2016-08-18T18:56:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-old-forum-to-discourse-concern-about-digest-mails/48821/3 "2016-08-18T19:04:51Z")

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You definitely want to consider setting ` Disable summary emails for all users`.

You could also deactivate all users (so that they must validate their email address). This would ensure that you’re not sending mail to the ether.

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