# Send only system emails when disable email setting is on

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-only-system-emails-when-disable-email-setting-is-on/104077
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-only-system-emails-when-disable-email-setting-is-on/104077 "2018-12-12T05:27:14Z")
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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-only-system-emails-when-disable-email-setting-is-on/104077/5 "2018-12-12T05:55:06Z")

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That setting isn’t intended for running Discourse with email shut off, it’s there for sites who are migrating across users and data so that they aren’t bombarded with unwanted notifications during the migration.

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