# Using Discourse as a mailing list

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/53
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/53 "2019-01-21T14:47:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/cory.quammen/32/6751_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/53/1 "2019-01-21T14:47:39Z")

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Instructions adapted from [https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list)

1. Click your user icon, then the gear icon to go to your user **Preferences**

![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/b3e5daa5a63d5cb721c728f14f933ec199a34bee.png)

1. From the left pane, click **Emails**

![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/a84dce40c28563eda9ca3b9cc742adde22744018.png)

1. Click **Enable mailing list mode** , and select the frequency of emails:

![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/1f8406e84e8a1eb344bd2735f677799d097ba52e.png)

1. By default, you will be subscribed to posts in all categories. To disable notifications for a category, visit the category page:

![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/b7fdc574e6680870d51a8a6969f7e912df3cfaba.png)

and select the “Muted” option in the notification preference menu:

![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8f5c08a7e319ac6359fe8b3ea702b8645a2e3824.png)

To respond via email, simply click “Reply” in your mail client, and reply as indicated in the email footer.

To create a new topic in one of the categories via email, send a message to one of the following addresses:

[vtk+announcements@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bannouncements@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+support@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bsupport@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+web@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bweb@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+vrar@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bvrar@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+development@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bdevelopment@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+sitefeedback@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bsitefeedback@discourse.vtk.org)  
[vtk+dashboards@discourse.vtk.org](mailto:vtk%2Bdashboards@discourse.vtk.org)