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janneke
02-04-2008, 10:40 AM
Sorry if this has been posted before (did a search but found nothing) or may sounds verry stupid (I am verry new to vbulletin since I used xmb before) but is there a way for me to delete personal messages from certain member's their inbox?? without installing any mods.

Thanks.
nexialys
02-04-2008, 10:43 AM
this is not possible directly, you will have to request someone to code that kind of feature...
janneke
02-04-2008, 10:53 AM
:( ow pitty, thanks for the info anyway. :)
snakes1100
02-04-2008, 10:53 AM
Yes, you can edit the user in question, from the drop menu(quick user links) select delete all users pm's or just their sent ones, mind you the first option deletes ALL of their pm's, not just the inbox, but inbox, sent etc...
janneke
02-04-2008, 11:02 AM
Yes, you can edit the user in question, from the drop menu(quick user links) select delete all users pm's or just their sent ones, mind you the first option deletes ALL of their pm's, not just the inbox, but inbox, sent etc...


Ow you mean that I have to login into their account?? I do not want to do that. I have tried what you just said from my account and it's not working.
snakes1100
02-04-2008, 11:03 AM
No, you need to enter the admincp, and search for the user, then edit that user, then use the drop menu i posted above.
toonysnn
02-04-2008, 11:06 AM
You can do this from the Admin CP.
ACP > Users > Search for Users
Enter the user's username and the rest is basically explained in the pic.
janneke
02-04-2008, 11:09 AM
ah got it, messages deleted :) thanks.
Boofo
02-04-2008, 12:14 PM
All these years and I never knew that was there. But then I never went looking for it. :)
snakes1100
02-04-2008, 12:54 PM
Thats been there since 3.5.x if i recall right, not sure about 3.0.x, to long ago to recall.
nexialys
02-04-2008, 01:39 PM
All these years and I never knew that was there. But then I never went looking for it. :)

i'm the same here... that's aweful... SORRY for my first comment...

damn, i'm ashamed now!
Lynne
02-04-2008, 02:11 PM
Thats been there since 3.5.x if i recall right, not sure about 3.0.x, to long ago to recall.
It was there for 3.0.12 which is what I running up until about a month ago. :D
Videx
02-05-2008, 01:50 AM
I'm sure the user will really thank you for deleting all their PMs! Not.
Lynne
02-05-2008, 02:38 AM
I'm sure the user will really thank you for deleting all their PMs! Not.
Have you never had anyone join your site and then go spam all your users? I've had that happen once and I was able to delete all the PMs through the admin panel. Believe me, people would not have wanted to see what he was sending. :cool:
Videx
02-05-2008, 02:46 AM
Oh, I suppose that could be useful if all your members aren't already used to getting 100 spams a week. But that's not what this thread is about; it's about deleting all a user's PM's, not all PMs sent by a user.

Then again, maybe it was just a badly phrased question.
Lynne
02-05-2008, 02:56 AM
Oh, I suppose that could be useful if all your members aren't already used to getting 100 spams a week. But that's not what this thread is about; it's about deleting all a user's PM's, not all PMs sent by a user.

Then again, maybe it was just a badly phrased question.
I just reread the first post. I guess I took it to mean delete all of them *from* a user, because, um, I can't think of why I would delete all of a users PMs. :D (But I'm sure there must be a reason since vb put it as an option!)