PM Block by BOP5 (Private Message Block Lists per User)
 

New Version - 1.0 - No manual file edits required!

This mod allows your users to setup their own personal private message block lists. No one on their lists will be allowed to PM them. (You can optionally specify immune usergroups such as admins and mods that can't be blocked.)

You can also optionally enable 2-way blocking so if one user adds someone to their block list they can not PM that user either. (Recommended)

This mod requires you to create 1 multi-line user profile field via your Admin CP. Detailed instructions for doing so are included in the installation instructions in the .zip.

LIMITATIONS OF THIS MOD:

• If a user changes usernames the block list will need to be updated with the new username.

Notes:

• When adding a username to the block list capitalization of the letters do not count but all other punctuation such as spaces DO count.

This mod adds 2 phrases in Error Messages:

• pm_blocked - This is the error shown when a user has been put on the recipients block list.
• pm_denied - This is the error shown when 2-way blocking is enabled and a user tries to PM a recipient on their own block list.

Current Version: 1.0 - No file edits required.
0.9 - Stable Beta / Initial Release

This has been tested on 3.8.7, 4.0.8, and 4.1.2 and is expected to work on all 3.7/8, 4.0/1 versions.

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Am I the only one not seeing the zip file? Seems very promising though, thank you for the post.

Whoops!! :eek:

It's there now. :D

Looks like a great mod. One request please. Will it be possible to have only certain usergroups use this?

I could probably fairly easily edit the code so that it would only work for some usergroups, but being it is a user profile field it will always show for all users, so I don't know if you'd want that.

So I guess it will not be possible to only have those usergroups see the profile field?

No, not without some more custom coding on profile page unfortunately which isn't on my agenda.

Is it possible to only let certain usergroups use this mod?

This thread isn't even 10 posts long and that question was already asked and answered.

Updated to 1.0- I moved the exact code into a hook and only had to add 1 line.

No file edits required. Not sure why I couldn't see the solution when I first released it. Must have been a long day. :)

Please remove the file edit if you are upgrading from version 0.9.

New installations will require no edits at all.

My apologies, I missed that.

Would you be able to make the change or a version that allows only certain usergroups the ability to use it?

I'm assuming you mean you'd want some usergroups to not be able to block anyone? That would be possible but as I said earlier they would still see the profile field so it would be confusing. You would have to explain that some people without permission to use the mod and their "block lists" would be ignored.

Working great on 4.1.4. Thanks for sharing :)

Hello,

Is there a version of this for vb 3.8.x?

This version will work on VB 3.8

I don't see this "PM Block Lists" when i click on edit profile. vb version 4.2.1

You must setup the profile field yourself via the User Profile Fields in the Admin CP. The step by step instructions are included in the instructions in the .txt file.

I already did that

I've never heard of vBulletin not showing a custom profile field if it was created in the Admin CP. Are you sure you are looking on the correct page for it? Some fields show up under the profile and some on the settings page depending the location you choose.

Ah got it on general settings! Thanks man! Anyway this is a great mod and i can confirm it works with 4.2.1

Is it possible to have it so that when someone tries to PM you, but they are blocked, the person gets a notification that "Member X tried to PM you but was blocked"? :confused:

IMO that would be silly, may as well just let them pm you then.

Not at all. On our forum we have trouble makers. I mean real trouble makers who do illegal activities like post children's pictures, post members name/addresses, etc. Knowing what these trouble makers are "trying" to do is actually important information for law enforcement. Like they say, information is power.

Ok, but what you asked would not show what they tried to send.

But you DON'T need to know what any message would say, just that there is a record that they tried to contact you (or keep trying to contact you). The message isn't important at that point :)

If it is a know member pming people then ban them. You would meet the info the person tried to send for law enforcement.

Yes we do ban them, but we both know there are ways around IP banning, and it is more than just one person, it is a group of trouble makers.

Not with this mod. Sorry.

I installed this on 4.2 and followed the instruction to the letter. No problems installing or creating custom field. However, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to block someone.

Edit: Found it! Thanks again for a great mod! Just what i needed!

In v3.8 it's "UserCP>Edit Options" and on mine I chose position #5, it appears under "Login and Privacy" heading, right under the "Allow vCard download" option.

EDIT: Solved.