# Discourse as a mailing list

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [October 20, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57 "2016-10-20T05:33:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vchuravy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vchuravy/32/8_2.png) [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57/1 "2016-10-20T05:33:22Z")

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Some people are used to working with a mailing-list and luckily Discourse can be configured in a way that this use-case is still possible.

1. Sign-up to discourse (sorry you still have to do that)
2. Head to your user preferences and activate `Mailing list mode`
3. Mute any categories you don’t want to get e-mails for.
4. In order to create a new topic, write to `julialang+dev@discoursemail.com`, where `dev` is the short name for the category you want to post in.

Let the `@admins` know if you are running into any difficulties.

### List of Categories with mail-in enabled

- **Usage** : `julialang+general@discoursemail.com`
- **Development** : `julialang+dev@discoursemail.com`
- **Internals** : `julialang+dev-internals@discoursemail.com`
- **Site-feedback** : `julialang+site-feedback@discoursemail.com`

Let one of the `@admins` know if you want us to expand that list.

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ihnorton/32/26_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57/2 "2017-01-04T03:10:59Z")

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