Administrative and Maintenance Tools - 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

[DjEddie]

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

[DjEddie]

sorry message posted twice ..

[Alexey?]

This is good
tnaks
marked as installed

[Vitaly]

DjEddie, thaks for detailed bugreport.

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

[DjEddie]

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

Cheers

[DjEddie]

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

[dmknights]

Nice mod
*Installed*

[Rene Kriest]

Great addon. This is the perfect tool to stop troublemakers. Rarely needed but IF then you will love it

Originally Posted by Vitaly

DjEddie, thaks for detailed bugreport.

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

Did you include this file already in PM 1.6?

[Vitaly]

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.

[Namaless]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

DjEddie, thaks for detailed bugreport.

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

Works correctly.. thanks for this fix