# Using Discourse instead of an email mailing list

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-instead-of-an-email-mailing-list/54298
**Category:** Site Management
**Tags:** explanation
**Created:** [15 december 2016 om 13:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-instead-of-an-email-mailing-list/54298 "2016-12-15T13:52:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [15 juni 2023 om 06:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-instead-of-an-email-mailing-list/54298/22 "2023-06-15T06:14:38Z")

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> [@MikeNolan](#):
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> you might not even notice when things change.

This. The biggest tell-tale of email problems is when the new Signups report on the Dashboard flat-lines. A couple of times it has taken me days to realise there has been a problem! 😅 (and yes I appreciate my monitoring infrastructure could do with a boost, but my sites are minnows).

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