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Su,

My confusion is from the fact that un-approved members are listed as
having "joined" on the dates that they pressed the "+Join the group"
button.

If you have un-approved members then your group must be set to Restricted Membership. In which case the button on your group's home page should read "Apply For Membership in This Group", not "Join the Group".

Does this mean that they can already view the message archives, but
cannot post? Or is a member only able to view them after being
approved? I have assumed it is the latter. Hope I'm right.

It is the latter. In particular I believe that pending members have the same access as public (non-members).

However, your question suggests that the date column on that list ought to have the heading "Applied" not "Joined".


Shal


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