# Triggering alerts when topic not solved/handled/replied

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-alerts-when-topic-not-solved-handled-replied/68865
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [27 Agosto 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-alerts-when-topic-not-solved-handled-replied/68865 "2017-08-27T07:49:48Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [28 Agosto 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-alerts-when-topic-not-solved-handled-replied/68865/2 "2017-08-28T14:21:45Z")

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Similar requests have come up before, and they’ve very valid. Item #0 on this list however is to ask users to mark their questions as solved:

> [@Notify a question's author with request to choose and mark a solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-feature-for-the-accepted-answer-plugin-send-a-letter-to-a-questions-author-with-request-to-choose-and-mark-a-solution/36069):
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> I see the feature in the [Lithium Forums](http://www.lithium.com/products-solutions/online-communities/forums) software: it send a letter to a question’s author in a week after the question to engage him to choose a solution: Your topic recently received a reply. Topic: … Date: … Did it solve your problem? Click here to view the reply and mark one as an Accepted Solution. This helps others find helpful answers in the community too!

We’d be happy to sponsor this work if anyone wants to take it on.

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