Originally Posted by Gizmo
you can, but if they belong to any group which allows pm's then they will be able too pm.


Not correct Gizmo... If you enter a -1 for any specific permission, then a user will not have that permission even if they belong to other groups that do have it set.

Musky, disabling PM's is done by setting the Control Panel > site permissions > Total # of private topics allowed to zero (or -1).

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