what does this mean if a registered user is waiting to be authenticated? this option appeared when i turned email mode on. i currently have a list of 2 users waiting to be authenticated. i have email validation set to on and also require unique email set to on. could someone please shed some light...!
This means, that you have also turned "Restrict Registration" turned on and a Admin needs to allow the registration of the users.
It may also happen that your users have not validated their email address, by clicking the link in the email message sent when they completed their registration. Until they click the link, they are not "validated".