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  • 24-07-2020 12:55am
    #1
    abellew
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi I received an unsolicited explicit private message and sure what to do with it can you advise please
    Thanks


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,710 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Thank you for reporting this. We are aware of a high volume of spam PMs to members tonight and will be working on removing them.

    A few thousand bot accounts were active tonight and have been dealt with between Ronan in HQ who's doing trojan work and me.

    It looks like there will be very few further PMs of this nature but in the even that you do get one, please report the PM and then delete it. Reporting PMs is done on the main site by pressing the report.gif button, as with posts.


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    Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee


    Hi abellew,

    Thanks for highlighting this and sorry for the disruption.

    If you (or others reading the thread) have received a NSFW spam message, please report it as hullaballoo has pointed out. Do not click on any links contained within, and delete the PM once you've reported it.

    Edit: If you have a notification that you have a new Private Message, but there's nothing in your inbox, send a message to yourself and open it; that should clear up that notification.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    skaface
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭skaface


    Hi, sorry if I'm in the wrong thread.
    I also received an email saying that I received a PM, but I am unable to open, any help would be appreciated


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    Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee


    Hi skaface,

    If you're trying to access the PM via the link in your email, it means that the message has been nuked and is no longer available.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    skaface
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭skaface


    Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »
    Hi skaface,

    If you're trying to access the PM via the link in your email, it means that the message has been nuked and is no longer available.

    OK, thank you.
    It's just annoying to see that you have 1 new PM every time I open up Boards


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    Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee


    If you send yourself a message and open that message, it should clear up that notification. Hope that helps.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    von Smallhausen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭von Smallhausen


    Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »
    If you send yourself a message and open that message, it should clear up that notification. Hope that helps.

    This worked for me, thanks Mark


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    seagull
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭seagull


    Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »
    If you send yourself a message and open that message, it should clear up that notification. Hope that helps.

    I sent myself a PM, and it's cleared the notification, but my mailbox still shows that I have one mail stored.


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