# Watching group PMs by default **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [January 6, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285 "2017-01-06T16:44:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![rriemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rriemann/32/115238_2.png) [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann) #### Post date: [February 2, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285/4 "2017-02-02T13:37:52Z")
This problem has already been addressed at least twice, but there is not yet a solution. I would pretty much be in favour of a setting in the admin board to make people watch per default groups right after they joined. > [@Have everyone watching the group inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-everyone-watching-the-group-inbox/53252): > > Hello, I just found out that group inboxes are tracked by default and not watched. I thought messages are treated like personal messages and thus, watched by default. Is there a setting to change the default notification settings for group inboxes? How can I make everyone watching its groups that already got an account? Thank you! Robert > [@Mailing list mode vs. group inboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-mode-vs-group-inboxes/46202): > > When mailing list mode is enabled, some of my users believe that they will also get an email for every new message in a group inbox, which is not what actually happens. I think this is not an unreasonable expectation. Would it make sense to change that? If no, maybe we can clarify the messaging on the settings page? Also, Discourse itself is spreading that rumor: On messages, Discourse is showing You have mailing list mode enabled, so you will be notified of replies to this topic via email. … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285)._