# Restricting categories that I get emailed about **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 29, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096 "2023-08-29T18:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PeterM7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/peterm7/32/2095_2.png) [@PeterM7](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PeterM7)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/1 "2023-08-29T18:46:03Z")
I am using Gramps 5.1.5 on Linux Kubuntu 22.04 and getting emails on Thunderbird. What I would like to be able to do is filter the emails that Discourse sends me by Category. I am not interested in all the development discussions, so is there a way to block discourse emailing those to me? ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/2 "2023-08-29T19:48:29Z")
> [@PeterM7](#): > > filter the emails that Discourse sends me by Category Evidently, you have to approach it from the other direction. Instead of using the Mailing List mode and muting categories, use the “Watching” option for the categories in which you _ **are** _ interested. Sounds like you have to be a lot more proactive … as new categories are added, you have to start Watching those too. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/7/74e13f40fcf85966e4e3647071d20998522e229c.png) > **[Apply "mailing list mode" per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-mailing-list-mode-per-category/47772)** > > I have multiple users who want to treat some categories within Discourse as “mailing lists” meaning they want emails for ALL activity within these categories. But they only want emails outside these categories under certain conditions (“Send me an... ---
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/3 "2023-08-29T20:41:09Z")
What happens if you just mute a category? ---
**Author:** ![PeterM7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/peterm7/32/2095_2.png) [@PeterM7](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PeterM7)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/4 "2023-08-29T20:44:59Z")
We’ll find out. I have just muted the ‘Development’ category and we will see how it goes. Peter ---
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/5 "2023-08-29T20:50:52Z")
OK. I’ve just posted to the ‘Development’ category. Did you get anything? ---
**Author:** ![PeterM7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/peterm7/32/2095_2.png) [@PeterM7](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PeterM7)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/7 "2023-08-30T06:50:52Z")
Hi Nick, yes I unfortunately did get it, and all the responses, about Window width too narrow for default. Peter ---
**Author:** ![PeterM7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/peterm7/32/2095_2.png) [@PeterM7](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PeterM7)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/8 "2023-08-30T06:57:30Z")
I have now on the categories item, selected the development boxes and hit enter and the development category seems to have disappeared for me on-line. We will see. Thanks for all the good work. Peter ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/restricting-categories-that-i-get-emailed-about/4096/9 "2023-09-29T06:58:03Z")
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