Hello, I have seen this problem in older posts and older versions, but no solutions, and seems to be still an issue (have not tried CBB 4 Alpha).

So, has anyone fixed this yet? The recap:

Setting the Can start new topic permission to user requires admin to approve topic

problem: reported topics are not listed in admin cp, so admin cannot approve topics.

solutions?

I have same problem with X-forum 4.06... so hopefully this is not a bug but some wrong config???

Quote:This is a common mistake: the reports function in NewBB admin (/modules/newbb/admin/admin_report.php) is not for approving waiting posts, but for handling posts that users reported, because they found them in contradiction with the forum rules. For this a button for reporting is showed in every post between Reply and Go To Top, if the function is enabled in the preferences.

For postings with approval, you need to be a moderator of the forum and has the proper rights to admin the forum.
If you look at the index, a category or a forum, you have a link below the list to Admin (at the right or below the legend).
When you click on it you will see some new links besides the main menu. There is a lookup function for the pending posts and they can then be approved from a list.

Yay! Very excited to discover that this is not a bug! Thanks for clarifying this to me.