Hello, I was wondering if the must_approve_users site setting still affects existing forum accounts or if it only sets new registrations from that point on to approval. We are using Discourse version 3.3.0.beta2-dev and the site setting option for that no longer has the revocation warning in the des…

Hey @deeann :wave: Welcome to Meta! All existing users are be marked as approved when you turn on that setting. FIX: Better handling for toggling `must_approve_users` committed 07:56PM - 16 Apr 19 UTC (UTC) …

Does changing ‘must approve users’ effect existing users?

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Moin June 13, 2024, 11:55am 2

Hey @deeann Welcome to Meta!

All existing users are be marked as approved when you turn on that setting.

Though sometimes this does not work

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Does changing ‘must approve users’ effect existing users?

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