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vBulliten Help!!!

Kimbot · 2005-11-30 14:00:18

I don't know if this is the right place to post this but feel free to move it if it isn't!! Is it possible to view member's Private Messages if you are running a forum with vBulliten?? If it is possible can I have some sort of link to prove this??

30-11-2005 2:00pm

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Kimbot

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I don't know if this is the right place to post this but feel free to move it if it isn't!!

Is it possible to view member's Private Messages if you are running a forum with vBulliten??

If it is possible can I have some sort of link to prove this??

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#2 30-11-2005 2:51pm

dahamsta

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Possible via vBulletin, no. Possible via the database directly, yes.

adam

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#3 30-11-2005 3:03pm

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Ken Shabby wrote:

Possible via vBulletin, no. Possible via the database directly, yes.

adam

I thought most of the most used forum boards allowed this feature on pm's? I know invision/phpbb (With a mod) has it but e-mails remain private.

Why would you want to view members pm's anyway? There supposed to be 'Private' like....

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#4 30-11-2005 3:34pm

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smeggle wrote:

Why would you want to view members pm's anyway? There supposed to be 'Private' like....

Privacy is a myth .........

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#5 30-11-2005 3:52pm

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smeggle wrote:

Why would you want to view members pm's anyway? There supposed to be 'Private' like....

I wouldn't. Most of the posts are bad enough without reading the PMs too. But I'm not everybody.

adam

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#6 30-11-2005 6:39pm

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Ken Shabby wrote:

I wouldn't. Most of the posts are bad enough without reading the PMs too. But I'm not everybody.

adam

So true

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#7 30-11-2005 8:41pm

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jonny24ie wrote:

If it is possible can I have some sort of link to prove this??

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/juicyreadingforadmins.php?filter=thejuicystuff

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#8 02-12-2005 10:48am

Kimbot

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Well I need this info cos I am going to be starting a new forum changing over from an existing free forum to something nice like vBulliten and I was told that admin could read PM's(If it is possible I will have to notify the members of my site to this)!! I want to get true facts on this before I make up my mind so any help is greatly appreciated!

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#9 02-12-2005 11:04am

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Asked and answered in the very first reply. What help do you still require?

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#10 03-12-2005 11:23pm

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I don't believe you can read members PM's, unless you look at the DB like has been suggested above. You should get an accurate response at the VB Pre Sales Forum

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#11 07-12-2005 7:51pm

Kimbot

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Thats grand! All I wanted to know really was that there is access to the PM's and how? About DB viewing I'm not to up on that so how would you go about reading it on the DB?? Would you need their password etc???

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#12 17-12-2005 10:45pm

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jonny24ie wrote:

Thats grand! All I wanted to know really was that there is access to the PM's and how? About DB viewing I'm not to up on that so how would you go about reading it on the DB?? Would you need their password etc???

no you just need your database username and password then look up.

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#13 19-12-2005 2:41am

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jonny24ie wrote:

If it is possible can I have some sort of link to prove this??

link

you better believe it buster!

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#14 29-12-2005 3:55am

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CuLT wrote:

link

you better believe it buster!

LOL , sometimes i wonder

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#15 30-12-2005 3:52pm

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CuLT wrote:

link

you better believe it buster!

You have far too much time on your hands... also there's a misplaced </p> in that page...

Bad CuLT

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#16 31-12-2005 1:49am

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steveland? wrote:

You have far too much time on your hands... also there's a misplaced </p> in that page...

Bad CuLT

Damn. Yeah, I just tore up index.html, I didn't quite go over it with a fine tooth comb

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#17 31-12-2005 1:57am

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i wouldn't be too impressed with the design of that page Cult tbh. And as Steveland? pointed out it would fail the validator. Maybe you should read over some posts by a guy called Smeggle who frequents this forum and learn something about code validation before the W3C come spank your ass for being a silly silly boy.

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#18 31-12-2005 2:33am

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If anyone was impressed with the design on that page I'd be asking them for a six figure design contract

I'm leaving it as it is now just to spite steve ;P

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#19 31-12-2005 4:38am

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Rollo Tamasi wrote:

i wouldn't be too impressed with the design of that page Cult tbh. And as Steveland? pointed out it would fail the validator. Maybe you should read over some posts by a guy called Smeggle who frequents this forum and learn something about code validation before the W3C come spank your ass for being a silly silly boy.

He can also help you with copyright law, assuming you live on another planet. And don't click on any broken links, or the Internet Gardai will get you!

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#20 08-01-2006 4:06am

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although yes an SQL query would product the result your looking for

im pretty sure there is a mod for VB that allows viewing of PM's through the admin system

the reason for the mod

Flaming Via PM - admins can check at the request of the user a PM sent to them which is abusing or spamming and can deal accordingly

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