# Send email notification only when @mentioned

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-notification-only-when-mentioned/294668>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** notifications, mentions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-notification-only-when-mentioned/294668 "2024-02-08T10:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-notification-only-when-mentioned/294668/2 "2024-02-08T22:39:06Z")

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I could see it being useful to split most (if not all) of the various actions listed there into their own separate options, something like this:

- Email when I am:
  - Quoted [always|…]
  - Replied to [always|…]
  - My username is mentioned [always|…]
  - When there is new activity in my watched categories, tags, or topics [always|…]

(I grouped those last three because I would expect people who are watching things _probably_ want the same notification settings for all three types of watched collections, but I may be wrong about that)

As a user, I think I might be _slightly_ annoyed if I had to change each one of those separately, but since nobody has stormed the LinkedIn HQ over their egregious notification option mess, perhaps it’s not a huge deal for people to have to change four settings. It would be possible to have a “change all” mechanism, too, but I can’t think of a way off the top of my head to make that UX not be potentially confusing.

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