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Originally Posted by Syxguns

Antique Swords,
Turn off the moderation option in SOM.
Go to User Registration Options and find a line that says, "Email Address to Notify About New Members" and place your e-mail in there.

@Antique-Swords

I agree with Syxguns, BUT you also need to tick 'yes' to Moderate New Members and tick 'no' to Verify Email address in User Registration Options.

You will receive an email for new registrations and you can validate the new registration from the ACP and send a manual approval or denial letter to new registered member awaiting approval.
Also go into usergroups/Users Awaiting Moderation and setup the group to allow user his/her permissions until approved by you.

I've used this setup before with SOM and it works fine. SOM would have to be recoded in order to do what you want it to do, so this is the best work around fix for what you are wanting to do.

Good luck...