# Redirect / convert post from Pending Approval to Direct Message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** approval\
**Created:** [2015 年 11 月 19 日午前 5:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781 "2015-11-19T05:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 11 月 19 日午前 9:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781/2 "2015-11-19T09:43:15Z")

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What do you mean by “redirect the post to direct message”? Wouldn’t you be achieving the same thing by PMing the user directly from that topic?

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