# 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. November 2015 um 05:55 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:** ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Post date:** [5. Januar 2016 um 04:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781/8 "2016-01-05T04:42:48Z")

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Hm, didn’t think who the PM would be “to” was the question.. and given the following workflow, that answer could be edited before sending:

- User posts to a discourse, and due to its settings, the message is held for approval.

- Admin/moderator reviews the list of messages pending review, decides not to allow this post

- Admin/mod chooses “convert to PM”

- the message is converted into a PM from that admin to the user who posted it

- the subject is `re:` the [the initial subject line]

- the body is the posted message, wrapped in a markdown quotes bracket \>

- the admin/mod has the opportunity to edit the To, Subject, and Body as needed.

- If the admin/mod hits send, it becomes a PM for real, and the post is removed from the queue.

- If the admin/mod his cancel, the post goes back to the queue.

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