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

[Harley D]

I get this error when searching using the TEXT option:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/rcd_pm_log.php on line 312

VB 4.08

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Hi,

Is there an option to delete the PM's that are in the separate table at this moment. This would decrease the size of the DB a lot I assume.
I think, would be great to have an option to delete all PM's & emails ( not of the users, just the ones in the seperate table ).
Also when un-installing this mod, this option to delete all other data, should also been shown, so there is nothing left behind and have a nice cleanup of the DB .

Thanks.

[Vitaly]

This mod have setting, how long to keep logs. I guess, that's enougth.

[scottct1]

Is there any way to cache the rcd_log_pm_link template?

[davidg]

working fine with 4.0.8
is very god addon

[MaemoMeeGo]

This is great! Works well on v4.0.8!

[SouthEastSxS]

Here is a funny one. I just looked at the log and it show me replying to a PM but does not show the PM that was sent to me by the user?

Any ideas?

[SouthEastSxS]

Ok so for me this mod doesn't really work well. The log doesn't display message the registered user group send between themselves.

So, registered user to admin = logged
Admin to registered user = logged

registered user to registered user = nothing in log.

Can anyone shed any light on this. It's a great hack and helps you to understand if other forum owners are trying to poach your members however if I won't show PM's between anyon without elevated permission it makes it a little redundant.

Would love this to work properly.

Thanks

[TimesOut]

Hi,

I installed and it was work fine but now I get this error:
Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_rcd_pm_log.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(1280) : eval()'d code on line 223

My forum now is not work and I tried to disable the plugins for config file but it's not work

[Britmovie]

I get

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Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_rcd_pm_log.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/member.php(609) : eval()'d code on line 7

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/cariad00/public_html/britforum/includes/functions_rcd_pm_log.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cariad00/public_html/britforum/member.php(609) : eval()'d code on line 7

using latest stable vb