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Receive Open edX Platform Announcements by Email
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The `Open edX Portal`_ is the destination for learning about hosting an Open
edX instance, extending the Open edX platform, and contributing to the Open edX project. In
addition, the Open edX site provides product announcements and other
community resources.

All users can view content on the Open edX site without creating an account
and logging in.

To receive and share product and release announcements by email, you can
subscribe to announcements on one of the edX portal sites.

#. Create an account on the `Open edX Portal`_ as
   described above.
#. Select **Community** and then **Announcements**.
#. Under **Subscriptions**, select the different types of announcements that
   you want to receive through email. You might need to scroll down to see
   these options.
#. Select **Save**.

You will now receive email messages when new announcements of the types you
selected are posted.


**Maintenance chart**

+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| 2025-04-01   | Sarina Canelake               |  Sumac         |   Pass                         |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+