# Notify about new new update being available - but "programmatically"?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-new-new-update-being-available-but-programmatically/398871
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-new-new-update-being-available-but-programmatically/398871 "2026-03-20T10:18:57Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-new-new-update-being-available-but-programmatically/398871/3 "2026-03-20T10:29:26Z")

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If you have SMTP configured, and you’ve configured a ‘contact email’ in the site settings, then you should receive an email notification for new versions:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/2645d89f9b94b0bc2dc78acc08367de7b3368b0b/app/mailers/version_mailer.rb#L6C2-L26C6>

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