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Topic: Mods can read PMs
Posted By: Scotty32
Subject: Mods can read PMs
Date Posted: 03 May 2004 at 1:32pm

i was thinking if it was possible to add the ability for mods (or just admin even) to beable to read users pms?

since we can see there topic-subscriptions

i know that there PRIVATE messages but we need to beable to moderate them too

i was thinking of moddin the forum my self to do this, but i thought it'd be a nice feature for V8, but i dont want to add the the deadline so V8.1 would be fine

wot do others think?



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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 03 May 2004 at 1:57pm

Change the name then from Private Messages to Personal Messages. I would be highly annoyed to find out that something represented as private - wasn't.

In the US at least, I'd be careful about having the ability to monitor PM's. Starts opening you up to liability for the content of the PM's. If you miss a couple of PM's where your members are discussing kiddie-porn, you could find yourself shut down because you had the ability to prevent it, but didn't.

Why do you feel that you need to moderate them?



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Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 03 May 2004 at 2:00pm

spammers

umm and the example you gave above  id rather not have that

anyway on my rap site, they tend to be more along the lines of "hay you wanna join our crew" or sumthing like that

anyway it was just an idea



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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 03 May 2004 at 2:31pm
someone here probably has a better idea, but there's a forum setting for spam that limits the time between each post, and the total number of posts in a given time period.
Perhaps that could be extended to cover PM's as well?

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Posted By: weppos
Date Posted: 03 May 2004 at 4:18pm
Times ago some users used PM to spam pub or simply sites to a users of a forum where I was part of the administration.

I think it could be usefult to prefent this kind of behave.

It's also true that if someone has some problems could notify it to the admin that can check PM directly in the Db.

Anyway a simple feature to show PMs in admin section may be useful to someone.


Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 04 May 2004 at 3:03pm
good idea!

Scotty where can I find your rap site? I like rap..


Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 04 May 2004 at 3:10pm

umm i dont wanna advertise (so if borg wants to he can edit this)

but since it is a pritty well modded WWF i'll link to it

http://www.lyricalassault.co.uk - www.lyricalassault.co.uk

i built a battle score system and a "crew" system, since i couldnt use the "Group" thing, since sum crew members are moderators and it wouldnt work out

soon i plan to add a "pay system" so you pay to upload avatars and i'll put other features in the "paid account" but its just cose sum members upload LOTS of avatars



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Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 04 May 2004 at 3:25pm
cool.. will visit this site some more!


but let's get to topic now.. sorry for interrupting!


Posted By: Sxar
Date Posted: 19 May 2004 at 9:08am

I also agree. A user should have the ability to view Private Messages sent between users. The Kiddie Porn Example certainly shows why Private Messages should be monitored. And this way we could warn users about the messages they send.

If the Administrator or Moderators have the ablity to read PM's then it should also be Displayed on the Private Messages page. "Messages that you send to other users may be monitored for security purposes!"

Borg what do you think? Would you be able to implement an Administration of Private Messages for v8?



Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 19 May 2004 at 1:09pm
Personally I would just go for a 'Let moderators and administrators read this message' checkbox, that way private messages stay PRIVATE but offencive etc. messages can be reported and moderated.


Posted By: T50webmaster
Date Posted: 12 January 2007 at 2:01am
Bringing this back up from the dead
I would GREATLY like to see this MOD in action since I want to know what people are PMing to each other
You NEVER know what they are saying
IT could BE a terrorists threat or kiddie pron like you said


Posted By: Ninjai
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 5:30pm
I know if you have an access database they are there to be read (download a copy, then read the database otherwise unusable by board).

Would like this feature also but would edit registering t&c's to say so.


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Posted By: T50webmaster
Date Posted: 15 January 2007 at 5:46pm
umm
In simplier terms please



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