# Approving a reply/topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793 "2020-02-05T23:09:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![lbenisano14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@lbenisano14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lbenisano14)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-reply-topic/140793/1 "2020-02-05T23:09:06Z")

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Hello all,

I am new to Discourse. I created a mailing list for my committee. I work for a nonprofit organization.  
If they want to answer a question on a topic I posted, how do I filter that out first before it gets seen by other members? As the moderator, I would like to be able to filter out a question or a response before it gets posted publicly on our forum.

Thank you!

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