# Sudden increase in emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-increase-in-emails/279777>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-increase-in-emails/279777 "2023-09-22T10:04:10Z")\
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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:** [September 22, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-increase-in-emails/279777/3 "2023-09-22T10:57:04Z")

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I think, by default, email logs are only kept for 90 days so this will restrict how far back in the history you can reach.

Having a glance down your `/admin/email/sent` page may shed some more light on exactly what kind of emails may be generating the excess. I think if you’ve set any categories to be `default watching` that can sneak up on you, or possibly a change in activity summary frequency? You can also use the filters at the top to narrow the list down, particularly the ‘email type’:

 ![/email/sent](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/e/5/2e58f5097f51d150a855b44109b13732377363b1.png)

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