# Publish group read state

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927 "2020-02-28T20:15:36Z")
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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927/7 "2020-04-24T20:56:53Z")

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Is there any possible way (theoretically) to have a world where this was updated when group members read the message via email? I had an announcement where I wanted to get a handle on whether or not someone had read it, and only a handful of the recipients showed up in the count; while I know others read it via the email notification.

I know [users don’t read](https://blog.codinghorror.com/teaching-users-to-read/) and it’s probably safer to use something like the [Discourse Policy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-policy/88557) plugin to get a positive confirmation, but it sure would be nice to have a more comprehensive count, if possible.

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