# Should direct messages be approved?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** approval\
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735 "2015-05-13T00:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735/10 "2015-05-13T05:28:30Z")

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It is nowhere close to the maximum for an integer. Setting a value high is valid.

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