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Correct conflicting instruction regarding `Restrict membership by email` field

Chantal Lawrence requested to merge chantalskye-confirm-allow-list-for-namespace into master

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Corrects conflicting instruction regarding Restrict membership by email field

Current instruction:

You can prevent users with email addresses in specific domains from being added to a group and its projects. You can define an email domain allowlist at the top-level namespace only. Subgroups do not offer the ability to define an alternative allowlist.

To restrict group access by domain:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your group.
  2. Select Settings > General.
  3. Expand the Permissions and group features section.
  4. In the Restrict membership by email field, enter the domain names.

Proposed instruction:

To ensure only users with email addresses in specific domains are being added to a group and its projects, define an email domain allowlist at the top-level namespace. Subgroups do not offer the ability to define an alternative allowlist.

To restrict group access by domain:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your group.
  2. Select Settings > General.
  3. Expand the Permissions and group features section.
  4. In the Restrict membership by email field, enter the domain names.
  5. Select Save changes.

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Edited by Chantal Lawrence

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