# Email-in topics are mailed to users although they are hold for approval
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937 "2021-12-02T21:41:41Z")
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### Author:  [@paradeiser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paradeiser)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937/1 "2021-12-02T21:41:41Z")
We run a Discourse instance in mailing-list mode, “review every post” is turned on.
Hence, (email-in) topics/posts are hold back for approval, before they are pushed to the according Category.
But: **All Email-in posts are immediately sent to all subscribers, even before they get approved.**
Is this the expected behavior? Shouldn’t the approval process also hold back out-bound mails to mailing-list subscribers as well?
Thanks for your hints,
paradeiser
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### Author:  [@paradeiser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paradeiser)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937/2 "2021-12-03T08:37:41Z")
Addendum:
If “_approve unless trust level_” and “_approve new topics unless trust level_” are set to a high level, email retention works as I would expect:
Notification mails to mailinglist subscribers are hold back until manual approvement.
Why does “_review every post_” not achieve the same behavior?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937/3 "2021-12-03T10:53:42Z")
I think because those other settings are explicitly for overriding `review every post`.
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### Author:  [@paradeiser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paradeiser)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937/4 "2021-12-03T11:37:11Z")
But still: If I want to review **every** post, this setting (“_review every post_") also should work and hold mail notification back. Right?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-topics-are-mailed-to-users-although-they-are-hold-for-approval/210937/5 "2021-12-03T12:26:18Z")
> [@paradeiser](#):
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> If I want to review **every** post, this setting (“ _review every post_ ") also should work and hold mail notification back. Right?
Well, you just said:
> [@paradeiser](#):
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> If “ _approve unless trust level_ ” and “ _approve new topics unless trust level_ ” are set to a high level, email retention works as I would expect
. . . so you’ve solved your problem, but it looks like these settings are somewhat conflicting. Without thinking carefully, I think it would make sense to remove `review every post` since those other two settings accomplish that and that the “approve” settings don’t make sense if `review every post` is set.
