[jelliott2014]

I have lately been notified several times that obviously fake emails have evidently “subscribed” to my Forum. I thought that only approved users could see or subscribe to the forum, or at least I could approve anyone who subscribes. Is there a setting that prevents spammers from subscribing? Thanks.

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[Robin W]

I have lately been notified several times that obviously fake emails have evidently “subscribed” to my Forum.

sorry, could you say how that works -who or what notified you?

[Robin W]

you might want to make your forums ‘private’ several are public, I found some by using

https://www.saanichsommeliers.ca/forums/

[jelliott2014]

Thanks, Robin

My site was designed such that approved users must sign in to have see the user-only main menu which has the “Forum” link, but Google search thinks otherwise. I’ve been working with Yoast to resolve this, with obviously limited results.

So how do I make the Forum private? Will this allow only approved users to access it?

[jelliott2014]

To answer your first question, my site notifies me via email whenever someone signs up for the forum.

[Robin W]

Dashboard- forums and edit the forum on right hand side it will show visibility amend as required

[jelliott2014]

This may do the trick. Thanks. Fingers crossed…