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David 
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: the edge of the deep green sea
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Hi mods,
What happen to PMs after they disappear from your inbox? I know they have about a 12 month shelf-life or thereabouts, but are they kept in some perpetual archive or just permanently erased?
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Nick - Pie Man
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Original phpbb programming deleted the messages from the database
If they are retained here, it is because some sneaky admin is keeping them for his own purposes |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
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| Nick - Pie Man wrote: | Original phpbb programming deleted the messages from the database
If they are retained here, it is because some sneaky admin is keeping them for his own purposes |
So have you hacked this BB yet to give yourself Mod status? 
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Nick - Pie Man
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| I have no ambitions in that direction |
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Black_White 
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| I know for a fact that your PM's are accessible by the mods/owner of the site. |
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WhyPhilWhy?
WhyPhilWhy?
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The mods have no access to them once deleted.
Whether they can be accessed by site administrators I cannot say. |
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Black_White
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| Thanks for the clarification that our PM's are not "private" in any sense of the word. |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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| Black_White wrote: | | Thanks for the clarification that our PM's are not "private" in any sense of the word. |
Spot On There Mate
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Joel 
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Black_White wrote: | | Thanks for the clarification that our PM's are not "private" in any sense of the word. |
Spot On There Mate |
What do you guys have to hide? Surely it's better that mods have access so that they can look into abuse etc that might occur via PMs. |
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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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^ FWIW it doesn't really bother me either way. I just wanted to know if I could read stuff I wrote (and was sent) years ago. I guess it seems like a no.
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luvdids 
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| Black_White wrote: | | I know for a fact that your PM's are accessible by the mods/owner of the site. |
Really?? So why call them "private messages" - why not call them "messages that can be read by moderators and the recipient"??
I must say I'm a little disappointed in that. Can't there just be a 'forward' function, so that any distressing/abusive messages can be forwarded to mods??
That sucks. And I have nothing to hide, I would have just expected a "private" message to be, well, private.  |
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Bucks5
Nicky D - Parting the red sea
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| The owners of the site need the ability to produce them (or the logs) as evidence if they're subpoenaed or a criminal investigation takes place..... |
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Kingswood
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Black_White wrote: | | Thanks for the clarification that our PM's are not "private" in any sense of the word. |
Spot On There Mate |
lol @ you two nincompoops. |
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| luvdids wrote: | | Black_White wrote: | | I know for a fact that your PM's are accessible by the mods/owner of the site. |
Really?? So why call them "private messages" - why not call them "messages that can be read by moderators and the recipient"??
I must say I'm a little disappointed in that. Can't there just be a 'forward' function, so that any distressing/abusive messages can be forwarded to mods??
That sucks. And I have nothing to hide, I would have just expected a "private" message to be, well, private. |
Cmon guys get with it. As administrator of any site; of course you will have access to any data created by your site, PMs included.
However, in my experience I know that it is not such a simple task to retrieve any member's PM, and certainly not to read them on a regular basis.
Just like your gmail, hotmail etc... the owner can always access the info - doesn't mean that they do. |
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Nick - Pie Man
Joined: 04 Aug 2010
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Unless you're posting on the forum I administer.
I read people's 'P' Ms just for kicks
It is very very easy for any webmaster to do
Whether it is right or proper to do so is another matter |
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