# Pushing critical messages to emails

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pushing-critical-messages-to-emails/71655
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pushing-critical-messages-to-emails/71655 "2017-10-09T05:50:44Z")
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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pushing-critical-messages-to-emails/71655/4 "2019-11-06T15:37:41Z")

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Category watching defaults are now historically set by changing the `default categories` site settings.

> [@(Obsolete) Set category tracking level defaults historically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-category-tracking-level-defaults-historically/53165):
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> warning Following the release of Discourse v2.4.0.beta7 (or if you have [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b2f682f35eba0cc3f09588356ecf8d1dd824542f)), admins now have the option to set the category tracking levels of all existing users when setting the default category tracking levels in their site settings: Add a category to one of the following site settings, then select the green checkbox button. A modal window will pop up with the following options: play_button The old way using the console

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