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Global vs Community Email Notifications

Email notifications can be controlled on a Global level or on a per community basis.


Note that email notifications are set on the web; email settings are not available via the app.


Global Level


If you want to configure all communities that you are a part of to have the same exact email settings, this can be done on Locals.com


  1. Go to Account Settings (found by clicking on the hamburger menu in the lower left)

  1. Go to Notifications block on the Account settings page

  1. Click the expand icon to open up all the notification setting toggles under Global Email Notifications

  1. Set the settings you want for each type of notification, it should save each change automatically on the page
  2. Once you've made the changes you want, under the Community notifications section, click the "Reset all community settings to Global Email Settings"

  1. Confirm the reset (Resetting means that all email settings in all of your communities are reset to the current settings shown on the global level)


New Followers and Posts from Members You Follow email settings are only from the global level and are not configured per community


Community Level


If you want to defer from the Global settings for a community in particular you can override global settings under the Community Notifications section:


  1. Click the expand icon to open up a list of your communities to manage

  1. Click on the Manage link next to the community you want to edit

  1. This will open a pop up to edit the settings just for this community, make sure to toggle off Match Global settings

  1. Once match settings toggle is off, you will see the full list of notification settings for that community

  1. Make you changes and make sure to click Save changes


If you want to switch back to Global settings, you can either do a total reset as mention above or simply toggle the "Match Global Email Settings" back on in the specific communities.


If you unsubscribed from an email from a specific community, your settings will automatically switch into a custom community setting - unsubscribing you from that particular email on the community level while keeping the rest of the settings the same as you had on a global level. Any new changes made on a global level moving forward will not be reflected on this community.



Community Level settings can also be configured within each community website (communityname.locals.com) as well, the same rules applying

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Updated on: 13/08/2024