i want to be sure if one enable this option, would it break the access of previous members or not?
Interestingā¦ I wonder, without must approve users enabled, do you see the approved status in a userās admin page:
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Without testing, Iād guess that when you enable āmust approve usersā, youāll need to go approve everyone with the button which shows up.
No you do not need to do this. However switching this on later in the life of a site leaves earlier users in an indeterminate state ā were they approved to access your site, or not?
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somehow, i missed this answer. thanks for the answer.
just to be sure; this means, if in our live forum i activate the āmust approve usersā; it does not delete previous userās access to our site (previous sign ups). is it correct?
what will happen to those users then?
in our invite-only forum, we need a request an invitation button. and i guess this option can do the job. is it correct?
The old users will have an indeterminate approval state. They can still get in, but they will ālookā unapproved to you. If you approve them, they will all get a redundant email.
It is generally a bad idea to change this setting during the life of a site.
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thanks for the information 
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and sure weāll look for another way.
Apologies for the superman necro but didnāt see anything more recent.
Has this behavior changed since last comment and does anyone know how this affects accounts that were active, and then deactivated before the big revocation button is pushed?