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Lead III
Jul 30, 2026 9:49 AM UTC
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Feature request: option to combine notifications in 1 email

If a topic gets 5 new replies in quick succession I get 5 separate emails.

I would like to either:

  1. receive 1 email with all 5 notifications. Of course this means there is an additional delay to save up notifications. But if it is an option I don’t mind the waiting time.
  2. Or a general email notifying me I have unspecified unread notifications that haven’t been read in x time.

 

Additionally I get multiple notifications if there is an accepted answer. Which is a separate issue, but related as it adds to the number of emails I receive from ST.

 

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Lead III
Jul 30, 2026 9:53 AM UTC

I don’t think this option works.
I get multiple emails. What counts as a visit?

"Kudo posts if you have the same problem and kudo replies if the solution works.Click ""Accept as Solution"" if a reply solved your problem. If no solution was posted please answer with your own."
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Lead III
Jul 30, 2026 9:53 AM UTC

 

"Kudo posts if you have the same problem and kudo replies if the solution works.Click ""Accept as Solution"" if a reply solved your problem. If no solution was posted please answer with your own."
Andrew Neil
Super User
Jul 30, 2026 11:34 AM UTC

This also applies to notifications within the web page.

eg, this morning I received a load of notifications in quick succession all telling me that a ‘best answer’ has been marked in the same post:

 

I guess this is because the OP kept changing his mind - but it would, indeed, be good to have a delay to filter these out.

 

See also:

 

The old forum has the same issue:

 

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
Andrew Neil
Super User
Jul 30, 2026 4:33 PM UTC

I guess this is because the OP kept changing his mind - but it would, indeed, be good to have a delay to filter these out.

Or, perhaps, misunderstood the system, and was trying to mark multiple “best” answers ?

I’ve made a separate topic for that:

 

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.