Can administrators read PMs?

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Nerval

Dec 12, 2006, 10:43:47
Following a comment from Max, it seems that Moderators can't read our PMs on this forum.
Would somebody who knows pse say whether those further up in the hierarchy can?
Thank you  :D

maxping

#1
Dec 12, 2006, 18:10:17
I cannot read your PM's and seriously doubt anyone can.
The forums  i used were free and  nothing like the forums we see today (I'm going back a few years) .
To be honest i only use PM's  when i have been sent a PM, are you saying things in the PM's that would be embarrassing ?

Nerval

#2
Dec 12, 2006, 18:49:03
Quote from: maxping on Dec 12, 2006, 18:10:17
, are you saying things in the PM's that would be embarrassing ?

Certainly not  :laugh:
But I do like to know who is reading what I write. 

I don't really think your approach of "If you're doing nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear" works.  That's what Blair says about ID Cards.

I'd hoped somebody who knew would answer. :laugh:

maxping

#3
Dec 12, 2006, 19:29:16
Quote from: Nerval on Dec 12, 2006, 18:49:03


I'd hoped somebody who knew would answer. :laugh:

I know im not bothered  ;D

Bill

#4
Dec 13, 2006, 00:15:54
If somebody with appropriate access privileges  goes in with a suitable disk access program they can read anything they like...

but in general, access to private messages is usually restricted to top-level bbs administrators only. They have to have access in case of legal problems or abusive messages.
Bill
BQMs-  IPv4  IPv6

Adam

#5
Dec 17, 2006, 18:30:34
Just some clarification here;

There is no simple method to go in and read someone's PMs. However people with SQL access on the server could access the raw data, which while difficult and time consuming to interpret is possible.

People with SQL access may well be: IDNet Staff/Server Admins and myself (I am not aware of any other IDNetters admin/moderator with the SQL details).

For my part you can rest assured that I have no interest or time to go looking through such data. The only reason any such raw data may well be accessed is due to any legal requests for the data.

I also believe such private information is protected in our forum privacy policy, if it is not I will look into having such a clause added for users' piece of mind.

Regards,
Adam
Adam

Nerval

#6
Dec 17, 2006, 20:05:47
Thank you.
That's what I wanted to know.

Rik

#7
Dec 18, 2006, 12:24:44
Quote from: Adam on Dec 17, 2006, 18:30:34I will look into having such a clause added for users' piece of mind.

Regards,
Adam

That would be a Santa clause, presumably??? :out:
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Nerval

#8
Dec 18, 2006, 12:29:26
You mean the Sanity Clause.
And there ain't no Sanity Clause, as Groucho  said. :banana2:

Rik

#9
Dec 18, 2006, 12:41:03
That's only because there's no sanity! :)
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MoHux

#10
Dec 18, 2006, 16:17:42
Quote from: Nerval on Dec 18, 2006, 12:29:26
You mean the Sanity Clause. And there ain't no Sanity Clause, as Groucho  said. :banana2:

Or should it be the Sanitory Clause??  :laugh:
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Rik

#11
Dec 18, 2006, 16:30:06
Quote from: MoHux on Dec 18, 2006, 16:17:42
Or should it be the Sanitory Clause??  :laugh:

I see you're flushed with success. :out:
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MoHux

#12
Dec 18, 2006, 16:40:36
Quote from: rikbean on Dec 18, 2006, 16:30:06
I see you're flushed with success. :out:

Or down the drain more like .......  :o

;)
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Rik

#13
Dec 18, 2006, 16:56:59
Should I call DynoRod for you???  :banana2:
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MoHux

#14
Dec 18, 2006, 21:45:04
Quote from: rikbean on Dec 18, 2006, 16:56:59
Should I call DynoRod for you???  :banana2:

                 
:jawdrop:    Only if you're paying!!
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Rik

#15
Dec 19, 2006, 10:01:14
Ah, you've met their bills too. :(
Rik
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MoHux

#16
Dec 19, 2006, 20:06:16
Only once Rik!!   ::) ::)
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Rik

#17
Dec 20, 2006, 08:12:17
Likewise. On a hot summer afternoon with sewage flowing into the garden. Not the kind of thing I list as a pleasure... :(

What really got me was that it wasn't my blockage, but one caused by a neighbour. However, I lived down the hill and guess which way effluence flows...
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Nerval

#18
Dec 20, 2006, 08:34:10
I'm sure I never mentioned Dynarod in the title!! :laugh:

Rik

#19
Dec 20, 2006, 08:36:16
A minor point. :)
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MoHux

#20
Dec 20, 2006, 13:15:19
Quote from: rikbean on Dec 20, 2006, 08:12:17
Likewise. On a hot summer afternoon with sewage flowing into the garden. Not the kind of thing I list as a pleasure... :(

What really got me was that it wasn't my blockage, but one caused by a neighbour. However, I lived down the hill and guess which way effluence flows...

Yuk! I know well how you felt.  Unfortunately it's a 2-3 times a year occurrence here.  When they built the bungalows in this road they didn't put the main sewer deep enough, so it doesn't take much to cause a problem.
After Dynarod I now pay for plumbing and drains insurance .... till they catch on!  ;)

I could have sworn Nerval said Dynarod in the title .........................  ::)
 
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Rik

#21
Dec 20, 2006, 16:20:25
Quote from: MoHux on Dec 20, 2006, 13:15:19
After Dynarod I now pay for plumbing and drains insurance .... till they catch on!  ;)

Me too.  :) It's about peace of mind as much as anything, but costs me less than one DynoRod callout. Actually, with qualified tradesmen becoming rarer than hen's teeth, I have the plumbing, including drains, the electrics and the central heating all covered.

Nerval changed the title from "DynoRod is the best drain unblocker" somewhere along the way, but he's being coy on it. ;) :out:
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MoHux

#22
Dec 20, 2006, 16:42:46
It's 'is age!  :( 'e forgets .............  :out:
"It's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot - than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Nerval

#23
Dec 20, 2006, 16:53:20
Well Dynarod sounds far more interesting than whatever I called the thread in the first place.

Now here's an idea, let's just not bother with thread titles and just have them all with non-specific content? :laugh:

Rik

#24
Dec 20, 2006, 16:54:58
Quote from: MoHux on Dec 20, 2006, 16:42:46
It's 'is age!  :( 'e forgets .............  :out:

Who are we talking about, I forget now. :)
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Rik

#25
Dec 20, 2006, 16:55:40
Quote from: Nerval on Dec 20, 2006, 16:53:20
Now here's an idea, let's just not bother with thread titles and just have them all with non-specific content? :laugh:
I thought we'd already achieved that?  ::) :out:
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