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In my default setup of phpbb, a person cannot post until I (as administrator) manually allow the post. I would like the posts to be automatically allowed.
I have looked everywhere in the ACP and I have found nothing that works. I have also searched on the web and found nothing that works. This is very very very frustrating because this should be something easy to do. Does anyone know?
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Welcome to phpBB.

You’ve probably got the ‘Newly Registered User’ group active. What setting do you have in ACP> General> User registration settings> New member post limit?
New member post limit: wrote: New members are within the Newly Registered Users group until they reach this number of posts. You can use this group to keep them from using the PM system or to review their posts. A value of 0 disables this feature.
Also, check what role is set in ACP> Permissions> Group permissions for the ‘Newly Registered User’ and ‘Registered Users’ groups.

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hee wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 3:39 am a person cannot post until I (as administrator) manually allow the post
Just a small correction to that - approving a post is a Moderator action not an Admin one. It is because you installed the board you automatically have moderator permissions as well as admin permissions.
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Mick wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 6:35 am Welcome to phpBB.

You’ve probably got the ‘Newly Registered User’ group active. What setting do you have in ACP> General> User registration settings> New member post limit?
New member post limit: wrote: New members are within the Newly Registered Users group until they reach this number of posts. You can use this group to keep them from using the PM system or to review their posts. A value of 0 disables this feature.
Also, check what role is set in ACP> Permissions> Group permissions for the ‘Newly Registered User’ and ‘Registered Users’ groups.

See Knowledge Base - phpBB3 Permissions

If that’s not it please fill out the Support Request Template and post it back here to enable us to assist you better.
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The new member post limit is 3.
Newly Registered User Role: Newly Registered User Features
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Set new member post limit to 0.
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And then remove everyone from the Newly registered users group.
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stevemaury wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 5:06 pm And then remove everyone from the Newly registered users group.
Won't they be automatically removed next time they log in?
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Steve wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 4:28 pm Set new member post limit to 0.
Thanks. That worked.
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david63 wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 7:58 pm
stevemaury wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 5:06 pm And then remove everyone from the Newly registered users group.
Won't they be automatically removed next time they log in?
Not unless they have three approved posts. It's not retroactive (I think).
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stevemaury wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 6:12 pm Not unless they have three approved posts. It's not retroactive (I think).
I thought that if you changed it from one value to a lowere value then any member who either exceeded that value, or equalled it would be removed from the grou. The check is done in real time and uses the current value.
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You may be right. You're old and have nothing to do. Test it and report back. :)
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