# Was bewirkt „Kategorie spiegelt eine Mailingliste"?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [11. Januar 2018 um 22:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787 "2018-01-11T22:34:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![sjmscott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sjmscott/32/198290_2.png) [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)
#### Post date: [11. Januar 2018 um 22:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/1 "2018-01-11T22:34:07Z")

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I was having trouble finding documentation on the tick box for “Category mirrors a mailing list” in category settings.

I wondering if this sends an email to everyone who has digest mode turned on. I have a special category in my community called Essential in which we rarely post.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [11. Januar 2018 um 22:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/2 "2018-01-11T22:51:32Z")

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@gerhard should answer this, I am not sure. It is experimental and new, so .. beware!

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [11. Januar 2018 um 23:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/3 "2018-01-11T23:09:29Z")

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No, “Category mirrors a mailing list” doesn’t have anything to do with digests.

Essentially it allows you to subscribe to a [mailing list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_mailing_list) and have every email that is sent to that mailing list also appear in that category. In order for this to work you’d normally need to change a bunch of email related site settings. “Category mirrors a mailing list” applies those changes only to the category.

See [Mirroring a read-only mailing list in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-read-only-mailing-list-mirror/77990) for more information.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [11. Januar 2018 um 23:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/4 "2018-01-11T23:14:48Z")

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In case the “like” wasn’t enough. . . This sounds great! I’ve got a use for it already and have a couple clients that I think can make use of it as well. I can’t wait!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [26. März 2020 um 16:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/5 "2020-03-26T16:34:42Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2. April 2024 um 08:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787/6 "2024-04-02T08:39:25Z")

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