LOL

Still around, had to work on another site. Now maybe time to play an old favorite StarCraft to wind down.

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I wish that was the case Even when I'm sick I still work, just from my laptop instead of my desk I'm the hardest working man in the discussion board biz

Well the security rules and authentication would stay with UBB. but it would be nice to store user data at least login and PW in LDAP or some other enterprise authentication method should the need arise. It would be an extension script if anything.

No I'm not thinking of LDAP that is overkill to me.

Rick, still sick?

nt; you said you wanted security

Yes I do, but from the MySQL not LDAP which almost no one will ever have unless they have their own server and have set it up, so I don't see that really ever happening.

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I could use the ability to read PMs (easier). Unfortunately, we can get some pretty nasty people on our site -- some of which HAVE caused personal problems in real life. It takes continual monitoring to be keep the site clean. At the same time, our site notes in the registration that "Private Messages may be monitored if necessary to protect board members.". Of course, we only read PMs when there is a problem.

Threads makes it very easy, in the extreme cases where you'd need to review another member's private messages...

Hi there, I don't exactly know what you mean by threads making it easier to read PMs.

I'd like to be able to check my entire community of PMs weekly to ensure a cleaner environment.

I've already experimented and know that I can go to:
cp-->member mgmt-->enter a display name & submit-->click the username link-->click "Become This Member" button-->click "My Stuff"-->click "My Messages" and then view the users mail messages and delete whatever I feel needs to be deleted.

Is there a faster way? Indeed, using this method would take multi-hours to complete even if the community was small.

I read in one of the ubb forum posts that an admin could view the PMs using phpadmin. I will try this today and see if I can view a bulk of PMs for the community instead of for each user.

I'm listening close if you have any suggestions or information to help here. Thanks.

This is the only way of doing that, however it can be seen as a large security/privacy issue.

Myself I'm pushing for "notify an admin"/"report spam" features for PM's for just this type of thing, as it'd ensure user privacy.

Also, your members will know you read their pm's if unread pm's come up as read

also, viewing pm's via phpmyadmin is a waste of time; nothing beneficial, and it'd actually take longer.