Hiding new registrants

[kimmie-99]

We go thru a verification process when someone registers and often it's someone that is just lurking/spamming or whatever else (past banned people) where they'll get deleted.

But when someone registers there is the "Welcome to our newest member:" message at the bottom. HOW can I prevent that from showing up if possible. Currently I have new registrations go into a special usergroup until they are approved.