[Resolved] Email activation and 'pending' new member status

Hi

I am a newbie and wanted to ask if it is possible to do the following

1. New member completes registration form and is sent an activation email to confirm email address
1.2 New member clicks email msg link to confirm email address
1.3 New member is sent an auto email to advise that their new registration is pending and requires admin approval

My goal is to ensure the email address is confirmed and then for admin to approve membership before account login can be undertaken. At present I can set new registrations to ‘pending’ and the new member is sent an email to advise:

‘Your account is under review. You will be able to log into the site after an admin approves your account’

But in the standard pending process the new member never has to confirm their email address via an email msg link and the burden is on ‘admin’ to activate a pending member and has no way of knowing if the email address is valid and if they have many members pending (for free accounts) this is a risk, as all the new member has to do, with a fake email address, is wait a period and do a test login to see if admin has approved the registration.

I want to give free access to protected pages on my wordpress site but I want the new member email address confirmed via a link sent by email and once the link is clicked registration to be then placed under ‘pending’, at present the only email activation link emails that can be sent auto activate a new account once clicked on and this is not helpful for me.

Thanks
P