Hello Philip,

I am sorry but I not sure if I understand your issue here. What do you mean by:

Is it possible to turn off the check for message content before posting?

Do you refer to this: http://screencast.com/t/H2iDtvQNeGVF ? If this is not the issue, perhaps you can explain more and provide us with appropriate screenshot so that we will be able to understand the issue well and able to help you fix it.

Please be advise.
Thanks.

We're using this mostly to share attachments, so often Categories and Tags will suffice.

Hello Philip,

Sorry for late reply to this,
That error message shown out in your screen is because you didn't type any text in content area.
By default the system should be check this before publish the discussion post.

If you would like to remove this checking, the file is located -> JoomlaFolder\components\com_easydiscuss\controllers\posts.php

// Remove LINE 1217 until 1422

		// quick_question_reply_content is from the module quick question

		if( (!isset( $post[ 'dc_reply_content' ] ) || (JString::strlen($post['dc_reply_content']) == 0)) && (!isset( $post[ 'quick_question_reply_content' ] ) || JString::strlen($post['quick_question_reply_content']) == 0) )

		{

			$message    .= '<li>' . JText::_('COM_EASYDISCUSS_POST_CONTENT_IS_EMPTY') . '</li>';

			$valid	= false;

		}

Hope this help.