# Email sent to my for my own posts
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sent-to-my-for-my-own-posts/351
**Category:** Meta Elastic
**Created:** [May 7, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sent-to-my-for-my-own-posts/351 "2015-05-07T18:04:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sent-to-my-for-my-own-posts/351/1 "2015-05-07T18:04:02Z")
When I post on the forums I get an email from the forums containing my post. I suspect this is because I've ticked "Do not suppress email notifications when I am active on the site". I do want email notifications of things that happen just after I've gone but I don't want notifications of my own actions.
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### Author:  [@Sam\_Saffron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_Saffron)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sent-to-my-for-my-own-posts/351/2 "2015-05-07T22:59:50Z")
You have
"Send me an email for every new post (unless I mute the topic or category)" checked ... aka mailing list mode.
We have a plan to allow you to address this with an additional setting. You can follow some discussion at meta
> **[Should not receive emails for your own messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-not-receive-emails-for-your-own-messages/16499)**
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> Over at Specifiction, we’re experimenting with using Discourse to replace archaic W3C mailing lists. However, many of us still prefer a primarily email-based experience, with Discourse serving as a delightful browsing interface instead of the primary...
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-sent-to-my-for-my-own-posts/351/3 "2017-07-06T13:47:55Z")