Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Private Messages & Email Log

Port of vb.3.8 version

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.

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

history

3.1
- fixed specialchars in SQL search request. Thanks to mplode

3.0
- refactoring + some fixes
- separate fields for nick & text in search form

2.5
- ported to vb4
...

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

[Alphaforums.com]

Great, another way to incarnate Big Brother onto my boards. Just kidding, nice work

[goran424]

This allows admin to read other member PM's too?

[Vitaly]

Originally Posted by goran424

This allows admin to read other member PM's too?

guess

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

guess

hehe

Thanks mate installed
Am flicking tho your mods you have some good ones ive not seen

[onehost]

very cool. I recommend a delete option beside each log in any event we
want to delete as we go..of course I can not catch all of them, but
if there are ones we can toss, we should be able to delete them.

would also like to see an email option to send a daily PM report
to admin on a daily basis' of course with option to disable.

[Vitaly]

IMHO, partial deleting conflicts with log concept. Log should be cleared only on time basis, when outdated. Such option already exists.

I'd better spend time for more useful things. Search filters can be improved, and need my care.

[Lone Gunman]

you can read pms without this mod, too. this just makes it easier. go into your mysql database manager and view the private message tables. some spammers dont post the spam, they pm it. this mod can be useful for investigating pm spam. great work vitaly!

[donal]

This gives me log of PM only. What about email logs?

[Vitaly]

Will check later, what's up with emails.