Super Admins can Read Private Messages

Important: version 1.7 alpha 1 is for 3.7.3 PL1 and not meant as a stable build.

Admins who don't want to hide their plugin from other admins can import the product .xml file and then put the cpnav_readpm.xml in the includes/xml/ folder so their left menu has a link to pm.php

What does this do?

This allows a super admin to read the private messages (all folders) from any registered member through the admin control panel.

This was really the first hack for version 3 of vBulletin, and now upgraded to 3.5 because of many .. many .. many requests. ..many.

Documentation: Read the pm.php file.

Installation: Upload to admincp/

Usage: admincp/pm.php?userid=x (where x = userid)

Author: Scott (the ninja code):ninja:

Moral: Don't use this pm.php to read your member PM because you can or because you are curious, but to find evidence of PM-spam or in case of scams, fraud, court order related issues or because the bunny has to get it.

Disclaimer: No stuffed animals were hurt, repeatedly.

Support: No

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by minifhncc

Does this work for VB3.5 ?

Thanks!

Please read 1 post above yours.

[SnowBot]

Hi Guys

If you go to the sent items box and read a PM it does not tell you who they sent it to anymore

***** sent at 1:25 on 19th October 2005

I am sure it used to say

***** sent at 1:25 on 19th October 2005 To *****

Can we have this added please ?

[biggjoe]

Floris, thanks for the great hack! I can confirm that it works with vB 3.5 with no probs what so ever!

Then last week, I did a full upgrade to vB 3.5.1 and worked perfectly afterwards. I thought that I might have had to do some slight post-upgrade tweaking, but it wasn't necessary.

Thanks again!

Joe

[TOZ]

Can anyone tell me how to make the text appear on the pull down menu that suppose to say View users PM. Everything works it just appears blank.
I know you can edit this, but where exactly is it ??

now create a new phrase in "Control Panel User Management" as follows:
varname: view_users_pms
text: View Users PM's

[Marco van Herwaarden]

AdminCP->Languages & Phrases->Phrase Manager->Add New Phrase

[TOZ]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

AdminCP->Languages & Phrases->Phrase Manager->Add New Phrase

Help, is not working. I went exactly where you pointed. I`m entering as you can see on the attached pic. It saves it, but when I go back to my User manager and pull down the menu in any of my members, the text for View Users Pm still not showing, please advice.
Thanks

[scottreeve]

It says that only Super Moderators can use the admincp/pm.php?userid=x

- My account is an administrator -- how can that membertype use the feature?

[kurtbarker]

when reading PMs in the 'sent' box, it says the sender is the person that recieved it, any way to show the 'actual sender'?

[scottreeve]

(I'm running version 3.5.3, if someone could point me in the right direction.)

Thanks

[Smoge]

To add this to your User Edit Panel, do this:

1) add a new phrase in "Control Panel User Management" with the varname of "read_user_pm" and the text of "Read Users PMs"

2) Edit /admincp/user.php

Around line #285, find :

"usertools.php?" . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "do=pmfolderstats&u=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid']
				=> $vbphrase['private_message_statistics'],

After this, add :

"pm.php?" . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "userid=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid']
				=> $vbphrase['read_user_pm'],

Smoge