> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paperzilla.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email digests

> Set up and control Paperzilla email digests for each project.

export const AiAgents = ({path}) => <Tip>
    <b>AI agents</b>: This page is available as <a href={path + '.md'}>markdown</a>. See also the <a href="/llms.txt">docs index</a> and <a href="/llms-full.txt">full docs</a>.
  </Tip>;

<AiAgents path="/guides/email-digests" />

Email digests are one way to consume project results. Your project feed remains the source of truth in app, RSS/Atom, and CLI.

Changing **Email frequency** affects only the emails. Paperzilla still evaluates papers continuously, keeps your feed current, and creates digests you can browse in the app.

## Set up digest delivery

During project setup:

1. Add a project name.
2. Choose **Email frequency**.
3. Set maximum papers per email.
4. Add your email when prompted.
5. Save project.

## Choose daily, weekly, or paused delivery

### Daily

Choose **Daily** when you want email soon after new relevant papers are ready.

* Daily is event-driven, not a guaranteed every-day blast.
* If no new papers qualify, no daily email is sent.
* Your feed and app digests continue as normal.

### Weekly

Choose **Weekly** when you want one scheduled checkpoint instead of email throughout the week.

* Your feed stays live and continues updating as papers are processed.
* Paperzilla still creates digests in the app during the week.
* The weekly email includes the best-scoring papers from the past week, up to your max-paper limit.
* Stronger matches are prioritized ahead of weaker related papers.

### Pause

Choose **Pause** when you want zero digest emails but still want discovery to continue.

* Your feed stays current.
* Digests are still created for browsing in the app.
* No digest emails are sent.

## Change digest volume

To reduce inbox volume, you can:

* lower **Max papers per email**
* switch from **Daily** to **Weekly**
* turn off **Include adjacent papers**
* pause email delivery entirely

## Weekly timing and timezone

Weekly delivery runs on the weekday and time you choose in delivery settings.

Paperzilla schedules that weekly email using your **Preferred time zone** in [Account settings](https://paperzilla.ai/account/settings). If you want the digest to arrive in a different local timezone, update **Preferred time zone** there.

## Pause email delivery

To stop digest emails without stopping your project:

1. Open delivery settings.
2. Set **Email frequency** to **Pause**.
3. Save.

Papers keep being discovered and digests are still created for browsing in the app, but no emails are sent. These digests show a **Paused** status badge.

This is different from [pausing the entire project](/answers/pause-project), which stops discovery altogether.

## What digest emails contain

A digest email includes a selected set of papers from your project, up to your max-paper limit.

What that means depends on the schedule:

* **Daily**: recent papers that are ready for that project, up to your limit
* **Weekly**: the best-scoring papers from the past week, up to your limit

If your project excludes adjacent papers, the email only includes **Must Read** papers even if related papers exist in the app digest.

## Common controls

* Edit project delivery settings
* Pause or resume project
* Tune keywords to reduce low-value matches

## Related answers

* [Should I choose daily or weekly digest emails?](/answers/daily-vs-weekly-digests)
* [How do I pause email digests without stopping my project?](/answers/pause-email-digests)
* [How do I get less email?](/answers/less-email)
* [How do I change max papers per email?](/answers/change-max-papers)
* [How do I pause a project?](/answers/pause-project)