When an invite is sent by a non-admin member of a group to a non-site-member (by email address):

  1. Invitee receives the invite
  2. Invitee clicks the invite link and signs up to site
  3. Invitee is presented with the group but is told must wait for a group admin to approve their membership
  4. On next login a group admin is asked to approve their membership

For an open group, an invite from a non-admin member should allow the invitee to join a group without approval, just as if they went to the direct group link, or via the group directory they could join the group without approval.

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lightsurge’s picture

lightsurge CreditAttribution: lightsurge commented
Title: Open groups are treated as moderated groups in regards to inviting non-members » Open groups are treated as moderated groups in regards to inviting non-site-members
jandekezel’s picture

jandekezel CreditAttribution: jandekezel commented

Hi lightsurge, I don't get the same behaviour as you. Using 6.x-1.x-dev as part of Commons.
Steps 1&2 of your issue happen. step 3 not. My groups are set to "moderated groups", also as "private groups". I wouldn't expect the private status o interfere with this.
I've tested invitaitons to both members and non members; in my case the admin does not get a warning that a group member has invited someoneelse.

When a member clicks the OG_invite link in the email, message 'Access denied' appears
When a non-member clicks the link, they register. Once logged on, there no link or mentiongin of the group they were invited to. Admine doesn't get any request to approve. Group member list doesn't include the newly invited member.

Am I doing something wrong in configuration?

lightsurge’s picture

lightsurge CreditAttribution: lightsurge commented

My groups are set to "moderated groups", also as "private groups"

The described behaviour only occurs for open groups, not moderated groups which work as expected for me...

The problem is likely with the destination parameter... Check this post for help (my last link at the bottom is where I found my solution) #1347636: Access Denied or Page Not Found Error with Privatemessage