# Should direct messages be approved?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** approval\
**Created:** [5월 13, 2015, 12:05오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735 "2015-05-13T00:05:42Z")\
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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:** [5월 13, 2015, 2:24오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-direct-messages-be-approved/28735/6 "2015-05-13T02:24:58Z")

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Agreed, I should be up to date, but because many of the changes I need can’t be done in /admin, I’ll have to keep self-hosting for now.

That said, I’ve updated to `v1.3.0.beta9-dirty` and have repro.

Because [I don’t know the best way to enable the feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-posts-are-being-held-for-moderation/28039/7), I’ve done this:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/e/ee6fc0e4d182aa4de1b5e22c87009347bfa7301c.png) 

I suspect it’s the approve post count overriding the fact that I’m admin/moderator

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