read member PM

[tinjon]

i'm not an evil admin or some pervert that goes on reading members inboxes. lately i've noticed a lot of spammers flooding my users inbox with ads. got few reports.

thats basically the reason. would it be possible to get a plugin or a hack that will allow only admins to read members PM?
thank you.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

There is a (or maybe even more then 1) hack around that will allow you to read them.

Personally i would instruct your members to "report" such a pm by forwarding it to you. I am not a big fan of reading pm's.

[tinjon]

not for vb350b2. :)

there are two problems with your suggestion.
1) sometimes user don't report even though we think some suspicious member are sending PM ads.
2) sometimes people will forward false image/messages with names of an innocent user. I can't verify.

That's why its best if the admins view the PMs. after all, its not for some other purposes, just to maintain a healthy community

[TrentTech]

...And the ability to delete them would be nice...

[Andreas]

2) sometimes people will forward false image/messages with names of an innocent user. I can't verify.

This yout be preventd with a "Report PM link", which just takes the PM from the database: No user input, so no chance to manipulate anything.

[tinjon]

...And the ability to delete them would be nice...
yeah. totally. forgot to add that option. :)

[TrentTech]

Yeah, because I mean, what's the point of having such a hack if you can delete spammy/inappropriate/etc. PMs?