# Watching category mandatory

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-category-mandatory/313246>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 23, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-category-mandatory/313246 "2024-06-23T06:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-category-mandatory/313246/6 "2024-06-23T10:16:14Z")

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> [@pkoevesdi](#):
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> Now we move to discourse and still want to make sure, certain messages (= first posts) are delivered to their E-Mail-Account.

Then forcing the users to watch the category is not sufficient since they can also disable receiving emails in their preferences.

> [my/preferences/emails](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/emails)
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> Email me when I am quoted, replied to, my @username is mentioned, or when there is **new activity in my watched categories, tags or topics**

So you would have to ensure no one changes that as well.

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