Control who can join my forum

[EricJ (Eric)]

I’m researching forum software. I would like to be able to limit who can join my forum. Basically, a way to approve users or only allow certain domains.

Can Discourse do this?

[david (David Taylor)]

It sure can! When you set up your Discourse site, the wizard will guide you through the options for authentication:

There is also a setting to restrict access by email domain, if you prefer.