In SP 2007 when I enable incoming email to list I had the following option:
Post Publishing
Choose whether posts received by e-mail are published immediately or saved as drafts.
Accept all emails as draft?
- Save all posts received by e-mail as drafts
- Publish posts received by e-mail if users have permission
I had content approval checked in the list.
In SP 2010 I can't find that option to save it has a draft first before publishing.