# Watching group PMs by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2017年一月6日 16:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285 "2017-01-06T16:44:59Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [2017年四月15日 20:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285/18 "2017-04-15T20:44:30Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> what if I turn the default volume up for now and default to watching, it seems less bad than the alternative of people confused why groups don’t get emails.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Sure there seems to be consensus here.

Unless I missed it, I don’t believe this happened. The concern about missing emails just came up again:

> [@Notify about flags after Bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-flags-after-bug/61034/5):
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> Instead of sending an email to the contact email address, we changed it so it sends a private message to all admin and staff.

> [@Notify about flags after Bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-flags-after-bug/61034/5):
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> If you want to get emailed about every staff message like that, you should change your notification level from “Tracking” to “Watching”.

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