# Forums Are Now Live at http://discuss.elastic.co **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 4, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forums-are-now-live-at-http-discuss-elastic-co/23544 "2015-05-04T16:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forums-are-now-live-at-http-discuss-elastic-co/23544/14 "2015-05-05T08:25:36Z")
I might have found the conflicting setting. On May 5, 2015 9:43 AM, "Ivan Brusic" [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > I am watching a few select categories with email notifications, but I > still received notifications for other categories, Logstash in my case. > > Ivan > On May 4, 2015 6:12 PM, "leslie.hawthorn" [leslie.hawthorn@elastic.co](mailto:leslie.hawthorn@elastic.co) > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > We took in feedback on moving to a Discourse based forum for about a > > month, and it sounds like most of the folks who thought it might not be > > optimal were people who preferred to interact with mailing lists instead of > > forums. > > > > We're pretty confident the email functionality of Discourse will work > > well for our community, so we've gone ahead and rolled out the forums. You > > can visit them now and sign up for a user account at > > [http://discuss.elastic.co](http://discuss.elastic.co). Registration is one time only and you can do > > so with any email address or authorizing via Facebook, GitHub, Google > > Accounts or Twitter. > > > > Once you've created your account, you can set up your preferences to > > receive email as often or as rarely as you would like. > > > > For those who'd prefer to interact solely via email, you can start doing > > so as soon as you've set these preferences. You can find full documentation > > on interacting with the forums solely via email here.[0] > > > > Some anticipated FAQs: > > > > 1. Should I ask for help using the forums on this mailing list? > > You're welcome to ask for help on this list, on IRC (#elasticsearch, > > #logstash or #kibana on Freenode) or within the forum in the Meta Elastic > > category. > > > > 2. Are you going to stop answering questions here? > > No, we're going to leave the mailing list active for at least 30 days so > > our entire community can kick the tires. Quoting our internal company FAQ > > for this very question: > > "If our community members find Discourse to be suboptimal, we may make > > the choice to use the forums only for certain tasks and preserve the > > existing mailing lists." > > > > However, our goal is to provide a single source of truth for information > > on our products, so we're hoping the Discourse based forums really work for > > people. Our employees will be answering your questions with a pointer to a > > forum thread to encourage people to actually interact with the new > > resource, too. > > > > 1. So let's say that the forums work for people. What's the plan? > > We'll set these mailing lists to read-only ~30 days from now (June 1, > > 2015). We're still working with the creators of Discourse to do a full > > import of our mailing list archives, so once that task is complete the > > read-only archives will still be preserved, but you can search through all > > that collective knowledge in one place at [http://discuss.elastic.co](http://discuss.elastic.co) > > > > 2. Is there an FAQ for using the forums? > > We feel like the user interface for Discourse is pretty intuitive, but we > > have a short Notes on Using This Forum document [1] available to help you > > get started. > > > > 3. Where do I direct praise and pain points for the forums? > > Feedback on the forums should be posted to the Meta Elastic category. [2] > > You can update it via email using address discuss-meta [at] elastic [dot] > > co once you've set up your user account. > > > > 4. I have another question that you have not answered. What should I do? > > Please post a note in the Meta Elastic category, ping in IRC (I'm lh on > > Freenode, though anyone with ChanOps/Voice in #elasticsearch, #logstash and > > #kibana can help) or post a note in this thread. > > > > [0] - > > [Email-Only Interaction with the Forums](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-only-interaction-with-the-forums/106) > > [1] - [Notes on Using These Forums](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/notes-on-using-these-forums/118) > > [2] - [Meta Elastic - Discuss the Elastic Stack](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/meta) > > > > Cheers, > > LH > > > > Leslie Hawthorn > > Director of Developer Relations > > [http://elastic.co](http://elastic.co) > > > > Other Places to Find Me: > > Freenode: lh > > Twitter: @lhawthorn > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c879411-ee8a-44ac-9e91-54843561baa8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c879411-ee8a-44ac-9e91-54843561baa8%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c879411-ee8a-44ac-9e91-54843561baa8%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c879411-ee8a-44ac-9e91-54843561baa8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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