# How to follow categories and get email notifications of new topics

**URL:** https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/how-to-follow-categories-and-get-email-notifications-of-new-topics/243
**Category:** HOWTO
**Created:** [2 December 2015 18:05 UTC](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/how-to-follow-categories-and-get-email-notifications-of-new-topics/243 "2015-12-02T18:05:21Z")
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### Author: ![stephen](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/user_avatar/chat.nlmc.co.uk/stephen/32/367_2.png) [@stephen](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/u/stephen)
#### Post date: [2 December 2015 18:05 UTC](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/t/how-to-follow-categories-and-get-email-notifications-of-new-topics/243/1 "2015-12-02T18:05:21Z")

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By default the forums will send you a weekly summary of the most recent posts. You can also follow certain categories so that you will receive an email when someone adds a new topic.

To follow a category, go to the [categories page](http://chat.nlmc.co.uk/categories) and then select the category you want to follow. Once you are in the category, you will see a menu in the top right with a circle in it:

![](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/uploads/default/original/1X/090de03919135b44d758860239a708d7fd8704d1.png)

If you click on this menu you can choose from several levels of notifications for the category:

![](https://chat.nlmc.co.uk/uploads/default/original/1X/1fc9159b21e1bde9768ed2794a1df69d9784ad5b.png)