# Review and approval

> How a draft moves from written to published, and the emails approvers get along the way.

Source: https://docs.use-mark.com/docs/concepts/review-and-approval

Nothing publishes until it is approved. That is the loop Mark is built
around: draft, in review, approved, scheduled, published — or changes
requested and back to draft. By default a person approves each post. A
channel whose **Approval policy** is **Auto** approves posts with no claim
flags on its own. See
[Connect social accounts](/docs/connect-social-accounts#set-publishing-rules).

A draft that cites an unconfirmed claim gets flagged, and the flag blocks
approval until someone confirms the source. It gets better with each review
and approval.

Who reviews depends on the workspace. In a client's tenant, that client is
the approver — the UI names them (`Waiting on Verdella`), not a generic
pending state.

## Emails approvers get

Mark emails workspace members when a post in review needs attention. Each
post in an email has a **Review post** button that opens its review page.

* **Posts waiting for review** is a daily digest. It says
  "Verdella has 3 posts in review." and lists each post by channel with its
  scheduled time, or **No time set**. When a post is due soon, the list
  starts under **Due within 24 hours**.
* **A post needs your review** covers one post that's due within 24 hours.
  Some workspaces get this in place of the daily digest.
* **A post missed its scheduled time** means the post was still in review when
  its time passed, so it didn't publish. Open it to decide what happens next.

The member who submitted a post doesn't get the digest or the due-soon email
about it. A missed post emails every workspace member, including the person
who submitted it.