# 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:** [19.Ноябрь.2015 05:55:32 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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**Post date:** [05.Декабрь.2015 05:59:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781/5 "2015-12-05T05:59:40Z")

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> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> Wouldn’t you be achieving the same thing by PMing the user directly from that topic?

I could, there’d be no direct correlation/link back to the approved post.

But yes, in absence of being able to convert the post to a DM, I should just copy & paste the subject & body into a DM.

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