Here is a mod that does that:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=106889

How can I installit, so I can use it from the menu as you said, I upload it but how can I make it apear in teh menu?.

Thank you, I appreciate you sharing this.

From what posters are saying though it doesnt work with 3.6.4.

Doug

Works fine on 3.6.4 and other people are using it on that as well.

Well then i guess ill have to look into this further then. Maybe i just misunderstood them.

Thanks

Doug

Does anyone know of a way to make sure only Super Administrators can view the "Read PMs" option? I would like for only the Super Administrators to be the only ones able to see the option. Right now they're the only ones that can edit it, but it's important that neither Administrators or other Moderators who can access the Admin CP will be able to see it.

They can't as stated above

Only Super Administrators can use it.

Just a little bug - smilies dont work, lol

Come up as broken links on my board :(

EDIT: Working now :p

doesn't work on mine...:(

There are no super admin on my board aND THAT USERGROUP DOESN'T EEVEN EXIST ON MY FORUM, ONLY admins exist, I have 3.6.5

Its not a usergroup
Its a simple add user ID to super admin

On your webhost cpanel, go to your forum dir.

now go to includes dir.

edit config.php file

look for the "is super admin" line of code.

should look like this. it is default user #1

--------------------------------------------------------------------

// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,2';
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just add a coma when adding other userids.

above example, user 1 and user 2 are super admins, they have full access to all forum settings.

I have installed this mod and the files have been uploaded to the correct paths.

I have also changed the config file to include my user id as a super administrator.

Problem is, no matter what I do, I cannot see the option in the Admin Control Panel under Users.

I can however go to the PM Mod interface and use this feature by typing the directory directly into my browser, e.g. www.myforum.com/admincp/read_pms.php

Could somebody help me find out what I am doing wrong?

I am using 3.6.4

Thanks,
Storm

Great hack. Smilies show as a broken link for me as well but other than that its working fine.

Is there a way to log PMs? Or save them like we can save our own PMs as txt or xml?

If a member deletes a PM, admin has no way to retrieve it?

Thanks.

Right now you can only copy/paste the PMs you want to a text file by yourself.

If a member deletes a PM, it gets totally removed from the database, so no way to retrieve it.

you can do nightly database backups or even have a slave database that has no delete attributes

Thanks My Friend

Hello,
Thanks a lot 4 this great script !

Question: What i have to change to run it for the Super Moderators in the Mod Panel?

Best regards

Duran26

There's no way to do that in this version, you would have to edit the code and upload read_pms.php to your modcp folder.

Great Add-On Dream!! :up:

If you could add the Edit PM and also the Delete PM Options, Then the Set of Options Could be Complete for PM Moderation!! :up: ;)

I hope you can add those Two Options (Edit a PM and also Delete a PM) for Complete Moderation Purposes!! :up: ;)

My Best Regards Dream... It Works Real Good on 3.6.5!! :)

:)

Just edit the User ID and add the User ID from the Super Mods?

What part of code i have to modify?

Best Regards!

Try removing this code from read_pms.php

And uploading to the modcp folder. Then mods need to use the full url to read_pms.php to use it.

edit: this will allow all mods to see this, not only super mods

I'm not sure if I'm asking this in the right place...forgive me if I have...but does anyone know of somewhere (a pay site, of course, not looking for a freebie) I could ask to install this in my vB forum for me? I don't have the foggiest clue how to do it despite the detailed instructions and would prefer to have a more experienced person do it. Please PM me with whom to contact please.

Thank you very much,
Kristen

thanks...like the mod ;)

Glad you do :)

666 installs :eek:

now I screwed things up....I tried to do "a shout box thing" after I did this. I messed up my whole board and my server set it back to yesterday for me. Well I lost this in the process...I can't get it back. Please help me.

When I do this:
Upload "read_pms.php" to your admincp folder

it says "failed" and it won't install it. What am I doing wrong? I have tried several times. I liked this too this am prior to my mix up.

Failed to FTP the file to your admincp folder?

Nice to see you joined the thread again, Dream :)

Any plans on releasing a new version for fixing the most important bugs? Correct BBCode parsing for messages (fix for example the missing quotes), wrong "to" array parsing due to the new vBulletin system of this and remove the wrong htmlspecialchars for the pm title. The latest one is very easy to fix, just remove the htmlspecialchars (htmlspecialchars is already ran by vBulletin itself before it's being stored in the database).

And ... some small new features to make management more efficient: link the user name on the read page to the /admincp/user.php?do=edit&u=xxx page (!)
A bigger feature suggestion: add BCC support to the mod, which has been added by vB 3.6.

Thanks for the hints RS_Jelle, I'll get to this mod again sometime, right now I'm kinda busy with my other mods.

Your suggestions are nice, I'll take them in consideration.

What do you expect the mod to do with BCC? Just show the list of users on BCC in the PM view page? Thinking about it I don't think this list is stored anywhere, the system should just create multiple PMs for different people.

You are right, I just checked it and there is no BCC field. So -1 feature request :)

yes..that was where.

I don't know when I messed thing up earlier and they reset it to yesterday's stuff what hapened??

Sorry I can't understand... Your host used yesterday's backup to recover your site? Maybe you should talk to your host and ask if there's a problem with your FTP service.

okay....thanks

Other interesting Feature could be to be able to Edit the PMs!! :up:

I hope you could include that Feature too, Dream!! :up:

My Best Regards!! :up:

:)

it is working fine..thank you.

i like this a lot... while some people will take issue with possible confidentiality... as admins.. our sites should be protected from "recruiters" and if we feel we need to look in on what suspect people may be trying to pull.... then we should have that right...

good job.... love it!!

I almost Forgot, I'd be very Interesting if you could include a Delete PM Feature, to be able to Delete de PM that is being consulted, an also a List of PMs, perhaps for an Specific User (if a Range of Time is Possible could be Great), for Specific Numbers of PMs, and any other Delete Options!! :up:

Sometimes is Necessary to Delete Some Private Messages from Some Users!! :up:

I hope you can Include that Feature Too, Dream!! :up:

My Best Regards!! :up:

:)

I am new and having trouble installing this. Could someone walk me through it, not quite sure how to install them into the directories

That's all :)
Just upload them to the correct directory, and the Read Pm's option will apear in your users admin.

i like this ;)