# 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:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735/11 "2015-05-13T16:09:59Z")

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Looks like replies to PMs were handled slightly differently than creating PMs. I’ve fixed it:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5fdbc6c4b22eab4f06e8d0c6dda1d5b08b94b1c9](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5fdbc6c4b22eab4f06e8d0c6dda1d5b08b94b1c9)

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