Community Access Restrictions
Overview of Community Access Restriction Options
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This section provides community administrators with the capability to implement a range of access restrictions, manage auto-approvals, enable profanity filtering, ensure SSL security, and adhere to government compliance standards.
Approvals Required
Member Approvals: When this setting is ON, all the new members joining the community will first require the Moderator's approval to participate in the community.
Help Article on Member Approvals
Auto Approvals: Specify trusted email domains and IP address whose users will be automatically approved as new members, bypassing the standard moderator review and speeding up access for known organizations.
Help Article on Auto Approvals
Blocklist
Auto Block domains: Members of specified email domains will be automatically blocked from registering or joining the community, preventing users from those domains from viewing or participating in any community activities.
Profanity Filtering: The profanity filtering feature allows the community admin to block certain abusive words or emojis from the community.
Help Article on Profanity Filtering
Last Updated: February 18, 2026