# Notification behavior with replies **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [November 8, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-behavior-with-replies/132920 "2019-11-08T13:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-behavior-with-replies/132920/2 "2019-11-08T14:47:17Z")
The descriptions of these settings are already exhaustive I believe: > ### Categories watched > > You will automatically watch all topics in these categories. You will be notified of all new posts and topics, and a count of new posts will also appear next to the topic. > > ### Topic watched > > You will be notified of every new reply in this topic, and a count of new replies will be shown. * * * > ### Categories tracked > > You will automatically track all topics in these categories. A count of new posts will appear next to the topic. > > ### Topic tracked > > A count of new replies will be shown for this topic. You will be notified if someone mentions your @name or replies to you. > [@MarcP](#): > > does this mean that users will get spammed for all new replies? For **watched** categories and topics users will always receive **notifications** for each replies. By default emails will also be sent **only** if the user is **not active** on the site for 10 minutes. Each user can modify this behavior from its user profile. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/c/dc21af9b59f08339a720e5132714bd0101554011.png) The most relevant site settings to check are: - `email time window mins` for topics - `personal email time window seconds` for PMs - `max emails per day per user` (100 by default) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-behavior-with-replies/132920)._