# Require email activation before Admin approval

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-email-activation-before-admin-approval/41843
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-email-activation-before-admin-approval/41843 "2016-03-31T20:46:43Z")
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### Author: ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-email-activation-before-admin-approval/41843/3 "2016-04-01T07:38:22Z")

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I don’t think that _automatically_ ensures the email address is verified before Admin approval is requested.  
As admin I must (i) manually force email verification for each user, or (ii) check and approve the user.

In my case (ii) is a bit of work (checking a non-disclosure agreement is in place for that user) and I would like to avoid it if the email isn’t genuine.

Practically, (ii) is a bit slicker from the new-user perspective, because s/he doesn’t have two wait periods (one before email activation is forced, then before approval is granted).

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