I’m trying to configure a restricted membership Discourse instance to allow observers to observe but not otherwise interact with the forum. This seems basic but I cannot find the correct settings. I want a potential member to be able to observe the forum but not to be able to interact with members, send emails, or download anything. Is this possible?
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The discussion is about restricting access to non-members in a Discourse forum. sturdy2 wants to allow observers to view the forum without interacting with members, sending emails, or downloading content. IAmGav clarifies the definition of a non-member and suggests modifying settings to achieve this goal.
IAmGav provides a solution, recommending settings that allow anonymous users to read content but prevent them from registering or contacting members via DM or email. The only remaining step is to specify how to become a member. sturdy2 will retry implementing these settings.
There are ways in doing this and would require a few settings to be changed.
What is a non-member? is it someone that has not signed up for the forum or someone that has signed up for the forum, but have not “paid” their membership fee?
@IAmGav thanks for the reply. My forum is restricted to invited member accounts so a non-member is someone who might be observing and may want to ask for an invitation. A non-member may have unlimited (or limited - how?) access to observe but not otherwise interact with members, emails, downloads, etc. Sort of “look but don’t touch.”
Hmm, thought I tried that. But thanks, I’ll give it another shot.