SQL Query to view Private Messages

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Originally Posted by ARLreborn

See private pm's - a user is taking members away from the forum... Have no proof, we only want to check his messages as we respect privacy... But when it's been reported in one PM, we want to see if it's occurring elsewhere.

You have a flagged (reported) such PM, and that's not enough proof?

When I suspect poaching I handle it with any one of several staff decoy accounts. A poacher typically won't PM a staff member since most boards have those accounts identified, but will PM active members it sees, or in reply to a PM from another member that isn't a staffer.

Use of decoy accounts catches poachers in the act, every time it is tried.