Private Messages & Email Log
 

Features:

1. Log all PM and Emails, sent via forum forms.
2. Keep logs in separate table with automatic rotation of old records.
3. Add new menu items in topics and profiles for fast access.
4. Have nice dynamic menus in search results for cross-searches
5. Managed access for administrators (except superadmins)

How to install

1. Upload files to your server
2. Import product xml
3. Go to ACP
4. Select required settings in ?Vbulletin options → Private Message Log?
5. Set access ?Can view PM logs? to necessary members in ?Usergroups → Administator Permissions?. Super administrators can be skipped.

Notes:

This mod uses full scan for text searches, that can affect SQL-server load at really big boards. Fulltext indexes are not used intentionally, because whose can't produce sharp results and not compatible with innodb. I suppose, that if you really need this mod, you know exactly, what are you doing and what are you going to search. In my practice, ONLY exact matches were useful.

One of tradeoff to reduce SQL-server load ? make log size shorter (1-2 months instead of 6). When vB 4.0 provides refactored search framework, search method can be rewritten.

If you install this mod on your server, i recommend to clarify forum rules, and add text, that your project doesn't provide the ways of confidential communication ? only public and non public.

PS. This mod is independent. Since could't find one, that satisfy my requirements to functionality and usability, the new one was done from scratch. Code is reuseable. If you can do things better - i'll be glad to install your branch and spend my efforts to another things :)

PPS. Should work with 3.7.x (checked at 3.7.4)

This mod is developped here http://github.com/rcdesign/vb-pm_log . Patches are welcome.

history

2.2
- Redesigned database to improve search/paging in some cases
- Should fix conflicts with other mods, that where reported in this threads
- Sources repo is now @ github

... (not public)

1.9
- Ups... another broken link (from message list to user profiles)
- Fixed access for non superadmins, who had "Read PM Log" privilegies.

1.8
- fixed broken link in ACP popup menu
- workaround to show smiles and bbcodes

1.7
- fixed some sql-error

1.6
- first public release

Can you make quoted text also availaible, please?
The path to the smilies is not correct (admincp/images/smilies)

Thanks for note about smiles. I'll check, what can be done with relative paths.

About quote - don't know yet. Those were not deleted intentionally, but parcer for APC-executed scripts eliminates bbcode. I've checked, the same parcer call on general pages produces correct results. And other similar products also delete quotes. Need time to investigate.

Nie mod thnx for share buddy :)

installed ...thanks

Anyway to make this save already sent pm's that are in people's boxes?

Separate convertor should be implemented and that conflicts to my principles. If you didn't annonced, that admin can read user's pm, it's impolite to collect previous messages :)

You can try this mod https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123166

I really needed this due to a situation on my site. Thanks so much!

Hi, im getting database errors on this since installing :

This Error comes when a new member has just signed up and received a welcome PM

Any Ideas? ... i've disabled the mod for now.

Thank you :)

Thanks for report.

1. Is it a sigle error, or constantly repeats with any try to sent pm (even after registration)?

2. Is pm sent via some addon or via standard vb feature?

Hi,

Its only on the Welcome PM that comes standard with vb, I don't get any other db error emails about your mod ... just the one after registration :)

Thanks Vitaly :)

sorry message posted twice ..

This is good
tnaks
marked as installed

DjEddie, thaks for detailed bugreport.

Try update to attached XML. Uploaded files were not changed.

No Worries and Thanks Vitaly, imported now, will let you know either way if any problems over next soo long :)

Cheers

Working Perfect now... no problems ... thanx Vitaly :)

Nice mod
*Installed*

Great addon. This is the perfect tool to stop troublemakers. Rarely needed but IF then you will love it
Did you include this file already in PM 1.6?

Not yet. If you don't use "registration autopm", that doesn't make a sense. Mod works 2 months at my production site sinse migrated to vB, with no problems.

Update will be in 1-4 weeks. That depends, if new changes will be added or not. Have some ideas to improve usability even more.

Works correctly.. thanks for this fix :)

-removed-

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1740003&postcount=14" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...3&postcount=14</a>

I apologize, I hadn't seen that post until after I had posted, thank you.

Is there a way to get this to grab old PMs before I installed this mod?

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1739110&postcount=7" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...10&postcount=7</a>

I've changed archive to contain fixed XML file from this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=14

Next version is a bit delayed. Planned to add time filter for search, because it's a typical use case: to check messages only for last 7-60 days.

I'm having a error myself.

I tried installing Cyb - Paypal Donate System. Everytime you try to donate money. It takes you to a page where you select how much to donate. Then when you click donate. This error happens.

I removed my email and ip from the above mentioned database error.

I disabled the Pm Logs and now the Paypal Donate works.

Have you read previous posts? Do you have fixed PM Logs or not?

I did download the fixed pm logs and uploaded it over the old one. I still have the error.

Have you reimported product? Only XML file was updated. Your error looks exactly as with not fixed product.

Try to reimport XML from this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=14 .

I downloaded it again, and re-imported again, this time though it seemed to fix the problem. Thanks Vitaly. Great mod by the way.

Any way to get this only available to the super-Admin and not regular administrators?

You could always read previous sent PM's as long as they are in the database still. They are stored in plain text. An importer for previous PM's still in the database would be appreciated if you have free time.

Is the log erased after the Logs keeping time (days) number or should we have a way of deleting the log at any time.

I don't understand your question. All log records, older than defined count of days, are deleted automatically.

If you wish to delete all - you can uninstall mod, and log table will be destroyed.

That's what i was wanting to know, :up: but would be good if we had a way to manually delete the log at any time like a prune feature.
Also when viewing the log we have the option to click on a username to view profile, the link is wrong for my forums as i use www.myforum.com/forums/ and /forums is missing from your link so i get page not found error. :confused:

Thank you for the mod. 3.8.1 here

1 question please. I'm a superadmin and don't see the setting in Admin usergroup to allow viewing PMs for admins.

Thanks

Can i also delete PM message with this mod ?
Of not, will there be some option in the future ?

You have to set admin permissions first, as described in setup instructions.

Usergroups → Administator Permissions → Can view PM logs

Sorry, no. This mod is not for PM management.

Personaly, I don't see reason to add such feature. That's qute specific use-case. As wokraround, you can set prune time to 0 and run clearing task manually. Though, I don't understand situation, why you can need to prune log table but keep mod installed.

Try new version.

What's new:

• Fixed some links
• Workaround to show smiles, quotes and so on.

PS. Everybody welcome to fix my horrible english in that mod :)