Read PMs

[CoolSwede]

hi,
just a fast question:
how unleagal is it to read members pm´s

[derfelix]

Actually there is nothing unlegal about it...
It is YOUR board.. It is YOUR server.. Other users come and register at YOUR server.. I think you can do what you want.. You could have a server called: insult-me.com and insult your users on it..

It is different if you ask users to pay for registration.. and you promise them that they will have absolute privacy in your privacy policy.. If you read the PMs, stating in your terms of service that you dont.. and ask money for it.. I think they can sue you for not respecting your terms of service.. (Like giving a faulty description of the product you sell)

What I do.. I included a paragraph in my Terms of service: "In our fight against child pornography, our administrators have the possibility to check Private Messages for abusive content..."

I think that the important is, that in your TOS you let users know that you have the ability to do it..

But again.. i dont live in the US, and my server is not in the US.. so maybe law is different there.. I think US government is allowed to read your mails.. what governments in europe are not yet allowed to.. (but they are preparing laws for that)..

F.

[Mark.B]

Why do these threads ALWAYS turn into a debate about the legality/morality of reading PMs?

It's an available feature for those who need it, those who don't need it don't have to use it. The thread itself should be for support with the actual modification.

[deezelpope]

Isn't that something? Heh.:rolleyes:

I don't use this specific mod, but I DO have the 'Admin Log-in as User' mod installed, which gives me access to more things, including PM's. But reading PM's isn't why I was interested in it. And I've never used it for that, but I would in a heartbeat if I thought there was something fishy going on...ALL in the interest of my members safety.:)

[ahmadatom]

very good
Thank you

[alster]

What's the address I write in the browser so I can put the userid of the username? I had save it to my favorites but now i don't have it anymore...

[LilSniper]

Hi. Is there anyway to delete private messages of other members?

Thanks in advance.

[deezelpope]

I believe this only works for SuperAdmin, and you should only have one SuperAdmin acc't. Other Admins wouldn't be able to use this.

[gsk8]

I'm running vBulletin 3.6.8 Patch Level 2.

Uploaded but get a blank white screen after clicking on "Read PMs" link. Did I do something wrong?

[Subah]

I hope this work with 3.7 becuase it is great hack :)

[Solari]

How do I uninstall this? Nothing wrong with it, just need to get back to a clean install for testing.

Thanks,
Ray

[Dream]

just delete both files

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

Any updates for 3.7.0. ??

[kellyandmark04]

i have this installed and it works great only prob i have given my admins 100% permission for everything and they still cannot use it, it says access denied, any help would be appreciated thanks

[mpoorrajab]

is there some version for 3.6+ ???

[sbarbz]

Thank you very much my brother

[johnfl68]

I have been using this in vB 3.7.0 Beta's (up to 6 now) without any problems.

John

[Phr34q]

i have this installed and it works great only prob i have given my admins 100% permission for everything and they still cannot use it, it says access denied, any help would be appreciated thanks

yes indeed, i have the same problem and would love some help on the subject :)

[PE_DVB]

You don't have permission to access this page.

3.6.8
way???????????????????

[PenPusher1000]

3.7.0 ?

[omgwf]

i have that now with the 3.6.10 version when i click on ReadPms

FUNCTION EXPIRED!!!!
and is was still fine some days ago
any ideas?

thank you

[PenPusher1000]

Anyone using this on 3.7.0?

[mrhobby]

i am trying to upload this to 3.7 it says the xml file is invalid. is this not working with 3.7 yet?

[transparent]

This is working on 3.7.0 (Gold) and also 3.7.1 perfectly. Keep in mind the XML file is not imported but simply uploaded to your server. See install instructions.

If you are having problems with this hack then try disabling your other addons as there is prolly a conflict. I have quite a few and all worked perfect for me.:)

[letsjoy]

awesome make ... do it coooll

[Gsm Mod]

Good, thank you.

[King Justice]

Been running this on the latest version of vBulletin for a year now...works great.
Can someone please update this mod though, make it secure, and make it more controllable? I want my mods and admins to be able to read the PMs as well...for some reason, this plugin only allows superadmin to read pm.

[King Justice]

Been running this on the latest version of vBulletin for a year now...works great.
Can someone please update this mod though, make it secure, and make it more controllable? I want my mods and admins to be able to read the PMs as well...for some reason, this plugin only allows superadmin to read pm.
Bump..

[ujai]

Quote from vBulletin message

Sorry, you are not allowed to edit administrator permissions.

If you think you should have permission to access this page, you will need to edit the $config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] variable in the includes/config.php file.

To allow the administrators to access this page, edit the variable to include the user IDs of those administrators should have access, separating each user ID with a comma, like this:

$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1,25,57';

To allow only a single administrator to access this page, simply add that user's ID with no commas, like this:

$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';

That should solve your issue, good luck!

[thompson]

works good for 3.7.3.

thanks.

[fulviods]

It works like a charm on 3.7.3 :)

[Yellow Slider]

Quote from vBulletin message



That should solve your issue, good luck!

Thank You !

[Chance4Today]

Nice works great of 3.7.3 ;)

[oldfashionedfam]

I am getting this now:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/oldfashi/public_html/forums/includes/config.php on line 140

With no access to my site or cp?

Can someone help me please?

[kronnos]

Anyone try this on 3.8?

[Danny_HR]

Cheers. Useful mod.

[darknusens]

Anyone try this on 3.8?

Yeah I'm using it on v bulletin 3.8.1, and so far so good. ;)

[almqdad]

hello I read some where that by removing this

// ########################## SUPERADMIN CHECK ############################
if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], preg_split('#\s*,\s*#s', $vbulletin->config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY)) ) {
rpm_print_stop_back("You don't have permission to access this page.");
}__________________

all admins can read pm

where is this phrase

thanks

[e@sy]

@almqdad

This is no phrase. It stands in read_pns.php Line 22 ~

[PakFuse]

Thanks for this mate. Works for me in 3.5.3.

Just one thing as posted above: Other Admins should not be able to see the menu. I tested on my forums and it does show the menu, though they have no access. But It would be better that other admins dont get to see the menu.very nice post G :D

[sparklywater]

How can I get smilies to appear in the display? the following code doesn't work:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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[lycheepassion]

Does this work in 3.8.4 I installed but I don't see it anywhere in the admincp? thanks

[lycheepassion]

Also, does anyone know how I can put a note below all pms that they will be read by admin to monitor for (colluding practices-nature of my board) would like to disclose this.

[M-Tuning]

I can confirm it works in vB 4.0

[mescalin]

It doesnt work with vbulletin 4.0.1 :S

[Dream]

someone said on the other thread it did I think. if it doesn't, poke the new developer of this mod on the 3.8.x mod forum.

[HRCHOSTING]

The page loads if you type in teh URL but it won't install via Product Manager, just gives "Product invalid". Hoping to get this one going again

[Dream]

you dont import, just upload files.

[aaronrand]

I can confirm it works in vB 4.0

does this work in 4.0.1?
has anyone seen a similer product for 4.0.1?
i seem to be having an issue with pm spammers.

[Biker_GA]

does this work in 4.0.1?
has anyone seen a similer product for 4.0.1?
i seem to be having an issue with pm spammers.

Works very well with 4.0.2. Just installed it. :D

[Spika]

Don´t work in 4.0.3 PL1.

I cannot import xml file "Invalid file especified" :(

[bensterzback]

Don´t work in 4.0.3 PL1.

I cannot import xml file "Invalid file especified" :(

*edit - read instructions properly*

[Spika]

*edit - read instructions properly*

Sorry I´m stupid!
Works fine!

Thanks

[VoltageKing]

Ive tried for one hour to follow your instruction an apply this to the Admin Control Panel (vBulletin 3.8.3) and I can get it to work.

It keeps saying invalid file. I have imported like you said the following:

Installation
- Upload "read_pms.php" to your admincp folder
- Upload "cpnav_rpm.xml" to your includes/xml folder

So now what do I do? Where do I find the menu for the PM's? What am I doing wrong here? Thank you for any help. Im new to this.

[Meestor_X]

Hi,

open admincp/read_pms.php

go to line 183 or search for:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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replace:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Ideas taken/stolen from MarcoH64 ;-)


Kind Regards,

Stoebi

Looks like the product now has similar code added by the author.
Line 210-212:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Even with that code in there, I still see the gobbledygook before and after the username on the "To:" line. e.g. (red highlight):
To a:1:{s:2:"cc";a:1:{i:1701;s:5:"Bravo";}}

I am using 4.1.3 (and it still works perfectly except for that stuff on the To: line). Worked the same from 3.6.3 all the way to 4.1.3.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

[teach1st]

Works for me with 4.1.5. I've used it since 3.5, so I don't know if there are installation issues now.