# Receive emails for any post to a category?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833 "2020-05-08T15:19:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![kgreed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kgreed/32/168602_2.png) [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/1 "2020-05-08T15:19:30Z")

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Is there a way to set up to get an email if any post is made to a particular category?

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### Author: ![tomtjes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tomtjes/32/131271_2.png) [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/2 "2020-05-08T15:32:12Z")

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Yes, in your preferences. Here in Meta, that would be at [Discourse Meta - The Official Support Forum for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/categories). Add the particular category to `Watched`. If you have not been active on the site for ten minutes, you should get an email notification for any new post.

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### Author: ![kgreed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kgreed/32/168602_2.png) [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/3 "2020-05-08T15:50:42Z")

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I thought that but it is not working for me.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/8/084d00c93b314e9059fc5c86a2848bceae8f853e.png)

Does notified mean send an email?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/4 "2020-05-08T22:08:20Z")

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Out of the box, notification emails are only sent if the user’s web browser hasn’t been seen by the website in 10+ minutes. You can adjust this in your user preferences.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/5 "2024-07-12T08:17:58Z")

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receive-emails-for-any-post-to-a-category/150833/6 "2024-07-12T15:29:07Z")

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