# How to enable 'Mailing list mode' **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [November 21, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167 "2021-11-21T08:50:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/1 "2021-11-21T08:50:33Z")
**How to enable 'Mailing list mode':** Click the user icon at the top right of the page, click the user tab, click Preferences, select Emails, then tick 'Mailing list mode'. You can choose a daily digest, or individual emails. User icon and tab: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/de8e8866d0c4512f5f14fcd48b52b38e1827e7fd.png) User tab and Preferences: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/ecb01f7a668011230b85408d4c4bed81eea52de9.png) Select Email preferences ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/bfb2494940c6c09c5b466cd31f1b521908106af6.png) Enable mailing list mode: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/d695859be84203bf508ecd1ed3fc39e382258e60.png) Daily digest or every email: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/d9f5fdc6c835be4f802c16613ee68a68eec0173e.png) Save changes: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/18fbbd055fd244ca12b65cc717ef022f96ea5f69.png) Email [racket@discoursemail.com](mailto:racket@discoursemail.com) to post to the **[General](https://racket.discourse.group/c/general/12)** category. ---
**Author:** ![dominik.pantucek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/dominik.pantucek/32/144_2.png) [@dominik.pantucek](https://racket.discourse.group/u/dominik.pantucek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/2 "2021-11-21T16:57:39Z")
It seems to me that Racket Discourse doesn't have the option for starting new topics via email enabled. When I tried just sending an email, I got a reply with "[Racket Discussions] Email issue -- Unknown To: Address" subject. A bit of searching yielded this link: [How do I use Discourse via email? - FAQs - Mozilla Discourse](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279) But no such icon is present in Racket Discourse topics. Would it be possible to enable it? ---
**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/3 "2021-11-21T18:05:05Z")
Hmm... well, I just spent five minutes searching, and I can't find the relevant setting, if in fact it exists. Let me know if you can find anything on meta.discourse.group ... Okay, yay! Found it. Down side: there are some things to configure, and some gotchas. One fundamental issue is that by default, users must be at trust level 2, "member", in order to start new topics. Thinking harder, this is probably a foundational pillar of spam prevention, and I'd be leery about adjusting that. Second, it looks like there's some configuration work to do around choosing email addresses and even a possible authentication server, ugh. > **[Configuring authentication checks on incoming email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-authentication-checks-on-incoming-email/134358)** > > As of this commit, Discourse now supports parsing the Authentication-Results header of incoming emails. This header contains information about whether we can trust that an email is actually coming from the person who claims to be sending it. At the... It's not yet clear to me whether this is required or simply available. Further investigation required! ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/4 "2022-04-25T12:39:17Z")
Just a quick note - you should be able to start new threads(aka topics) by emailing [racket@discoursemail.com](mailto:racket@discoursemail.com) - new users can email in. No need to be at ‘trust level 2’ Bw Stephen ---
**Author:** ![bremner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@bremner](https://racket.discourse.group/u/bremner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/5 "2023-01-05T17:41:52Z")
This used to work, but now when I mail [racket@discoursemail.com](mailto:racket@discoursemail.com) I get > We're sorry, but your email message to ["[racket@discoursemail.com](mailto:racket@discoursemail.com)"] (titled using brag as a submodule) didn't work. > Your account does not have the privileges to post new topics in that category. If you believe this is an error, [contact a > staff member](https://racket.discourse.group/about). ---
**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/6 "2023-01-05T20:55:39Z")
I find it amusing that the auto-spam-checker flagged this as possible spam. Clearly discourse is determined to keep you quiet! The text of the message appears to suggest that this might have something to do with categories; maybe something about categories changed since we set up the "anyone can start a new thread" option? ---
**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/7 "2023-01-05T20:58:35Z")
Yeah okay, I see an unchecked setting called "allow uncategorized topics". It would seem that this would have to be checked in order to allow posting via email... @spdegabrielle , before I mess everything up by checking this box, do you have any insight here? Like maybe we unchecked this box at some point in the not-too-distant past? Or maybe this setting is a new one for discourse? ![Screen Shot 2023-01-05 at 12.56.46](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/1X/14edcc04d8f3473d5dbc313e5f5575324796a305.png) ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/8 "2023-01-05T21:13:42Z")
Sorry I missed this @bremner got categorised as a new user - I think that’s what triggered the spam filter. Can you try again? @jbclements i think we need to check this before changing it. Give me an hour. ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/9 "2023-01-05T22:40:23Z")
the mailing address is a setting in the category setting 'Custom incoming email address' If you email [racket@discoursemail.com](mailto:racket@discoursemail.com) it will get posted to the **[General](https://racket.discourse.group/c/general/12)** category I'm pretty sure 'Uncategorised' as a category is deprecated in the discourse software, 'General' is the new default, and I missed it when the change happened last year. My apologies. Stephen ---
**Author:** ![bremner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@bremner](https://racket.discourse.group/u/bremner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-enable-mailing-list-mode/167/10 "2023-01-05T23:41:28Z")
It seems like it succeeded now, thanks for the help. I think the "new user" think might have been triggered by an "award" in September as "New user of the month".