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Tim Abbott ece761130c settings_config: Update general chat option strings.
- Avoid a capitalization issue in English with the first word being
  "general chat".
- Replace unclear "Automatic" option name.
- Use curly quotes.
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Configure whether topics are required in channel messages

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Administrators can configure the default for whether topics are required in channel messages (i.e., whether it's possible to send messages to the “general chat” topic).

The default configuration can be overridden for any channel. You can also configure channels to allow only the “general chat” topic.

Set the default general chat topic configuration

{!admin-only.md!}

{start_tabs}

{settings_tab|organization-settings}

  1. Under Compose settings, select the desired option from the Default general chat topic configuration for channels dropdown.

{!save-changes.md!}

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Configure permission to post to “general chat” in a channel

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

{relative|channel|all}

  1. Select a channel.

{!select-channel-view-general-advanced.md!}

  1. Under Messaging permissions, choose the desired option from the Allow posting to the general chat topic? dropdown.

{!save-changes.md!}

{end_tabs}