# Yikes. Hundreds of PMs sent after category change

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/yikes-hundreds-of-pms-sent-after-category-change/240515>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yikes-hundreds-of-pms-sent-after-category-change/240515 "2022-09-30T20:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yikes-hundreds-of-pms-sent-after-category-change/240515/2 "2022-09-30T20:27:44Z")

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This is the first time I’m hearing of this scenario.

> [@ncaming215](#):
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> And because I was the one who initiated the change, it looks like the personal message was sent from my username.

Is there a standard message being sent? It isn’t clear to me how a personal message is resent, but looks like it’s from you; were you the original sender of the PMs?

When you go to `/admin/email/sent`, what is the “Email type” for the messages going out?

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