# Would like to be notified when a new user registers when 'must approve users' setting is on

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-like-to-be-notified-when-a-new-user-registers-when-must-approve-users-setting-is-on/15129>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Abril 28, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-like-to-be-notified-when-a-new-user-registers-when-must-approve-users-setting-is-on/15129 "2014-04-28T18:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [Abril 28, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-like-to-be-notified-when-a-new-user-registers-when-must-approve-users-setting-is-on/15129/6 "2014-04-28T21:41:44Z")

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> [@neil](#):
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> But I still think that creating a notification for every new signup could fill up moderators’ notifications lists and send way too many emails on a busy site.

It sure would at a busy site.

We were getting around 2K registrations a day before we put anti-bot measures in place.  
Now it’s more like around a hundred a day.

A hundred is a lot less than two thousand but I sure wouldn’t want that many emails in my inbox to deal with on a daily basis.

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