# Watch category on bulk invite **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-category-on-bulk-invite/21456 "2014-10-23T16:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![blau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blau/32/34145_2.png) [@blau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blau)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-category-on-bulk-invite/21456/7 "2014-10-29T10:52:14Z")
@evantill, the #groupname syntax where you write a private message and then add #groupname to the recipients does not work in my setup. I tested several combinations (@#groupname, #groupname, from an admin, from a group member). The nearest think to the mass email sent to all parents in the class is to publish a Topic or Message containing @ notifications for all the parents in the class. There is a defalt 10 notification limit that you can configure in [www.example.com/admin/site\_settings/category/posting](http://www.example.com/admin/site_settings/category/posting) ``` max mentions per post Maximum number of @name notifications anyone can use in a post. ``` However, a large notifications limit may lead to abuse, and it is cumbersome to write such a mass-CC Topic. In a class with 27 children you may easily end up with 40+ parents (both fathers and mothers). --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-category-on-bulk-invite/21456)._