Moving old posts to a different category triggers email notifications for anyone watching that category. I need to do a bit of re-organization at my site, but it’s going to be confusing to folks if they receive notifications for these old posts. Is there I way I can temporarily disable this behavior…

I haven’t tested it but the disable category edit notifications setting looks promising.

i think you looking for this setting create revision on bulk topic moves

That didn’t work for me? I turned it off, moved a topic, and the ‘watching first post’ user still got a notification. Is there anything else I needed to do? Edit: I had a brainfart, and didn’t do a bulk move. I’ll try again. :slightly_smiling_face: Update: It still sends the watching first post no…

[image] Simon_Manning: I haven’t tested it but the disable category edit notifications setting looks promising. I forgot that existed. :slightly_smiling_face: I’ve just tested it, and it does not send a notification. :+1: (bulk move, or regular recategorise)

That sounds like the right setting, thanks!

You might want to mark @Simon_Manning ’s post as the solution, so the answer shows up properly in the OP. :+1:

Moving old posts triggers email notifications

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alehandrof (Alex Armstrong) November 5, 2021, 10:59am 4

Same here. I had create revision on bulk topic moves disabled when email was triggered.

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Moving old posts triggers email notifications

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