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24 February 2021 at 09:25 #27997
Lynne
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24 February 2021 at 09:25 #529768
Lynne
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Is there some way that PM's can be saved?. I believe they will be lost when the

site has it's re-vamp. Regards, Lynne
24 February 2021 at 09:52 #529772
Oldiron
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Apart from copy & pasting to a txt file any that you want to keep I think they will all disappear unfortunately.

regards
24 February 2021 at 10:04 #529775
JasonB
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As Old iron says copy and paste them somewhere else. Should not be too much in the 6 pages of PMs that you have unlike the 220 plus pages I have though to be honest I don't think there is anything there that I'll be saving, can always ask someone again for an e-mail address if they want something sending.

Edited By JasonB on 24/02/2021 10:08:31
24 February 2021 at 10:18 #529780
not done it yet
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@notdoneityet
Is there a re-vamp coming up. Missed that.
24 February 2021 at 10:28 #529786
John Haine
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I wonder if there's a way that a messaging app such as Signal can be "integrated" with the Forum?

Signal is almost exactly the same as WhatsApp except not controlled by Facebook.

It has much better functionality for messaging anyway, the ability to back up messages (I think), end to end encryption, is free, can also support phone and video calls, and supports both p2p and group messaging. It would be much better to reduce the number of messaging apps one has to use, at the moment I have email (4 accounts), sms, WhatsApp, Signal, this forum, and a couple of other forums. People also sometimes send me messages on Instagram. Crazy!
24 February 2021 at 11:09 #529802
ega
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Posted by JasonB on 24/02/2021 10:04:50:

As Old iron says copy and paste them somewhere else. Should not be too much in the 6 pages of PMs that you have unlike the 220 plus pages I have though to be honest I don't think there is anything there that I'll be saving, can always ask someone again for an e-mail address if they want something sending.

Edited By JasonB on 24/02/2021 10:08:31

Does this mean that moderators can read members' PMs?

I ask because you apparently know how many pages the member concerned has.
24 February 2021 at 11:30 #529805
Ady1
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Standard net "upgrades" always result in a loss of data
24 February 2021 at 11:30 #529806
Graham Titman
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On another forum i am on the moderators have just admitted that they can go into the archive if there are complaints of bulling and abuse for the integrity of the forum and as is often said think twice before you press the send button if you would not like your grand mother to see it do not send it.
24 February 2021 at 11:31 #529807
Journeyman
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Posted by not done it yet on 24/02/2021 10:18:10:

Is there a re-vamp coming up. Missed that.

Yes, see this ** thread ** link to last page (it's quite long).

John
24 February 2021 at 12:11 #529818
JasonB
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Posted by ega on 24/02/2021 11:09:16:

Does this mean that moderators can read members' PMs?

Yes, I've said it before and also said that I don't read the messages unless its needed, in this case I simply looked to see how many the member had.

But in a case like yesterday where another member thought that 3 PM's were dodgy I did look at those to see what was being said as well a looking a the three "offenders" accounts to see if they had done the same to anyone else.
24 February 2021 at 13:24 #529835
Nick Clarke 3
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As the long time manager of a system in a different context, both forum and eMail, professional administrators usually work to three key concepts which I suspect may well line up with what Jason has said:-
1. It is not normally any of a moderator's business what is said in a PM or eMail so in general GDPR and site terms and conditions would apply
2. If it is made my business to look at PM or eMail as an administrator it is done in a professional and in as limited a manner as appropriate, and as permitted by GDPR and T&C.
3. Thirdly, and most importantly, apart from either of the above life is just to short to read anything one doesn't have to!
24 February 2021 at 13:38 #529836
not done it yet
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Posted by Journeyman on 24/02/2021 11:31:43:

Posted by not done it yet on 24/02/2021 10:18:10:

Is there a re-vamp coming up. Missed that.

Yes, see this ** thread ** link to last page (it's quite long).

John

Thanks John,

I looked at the first postings on that thread and realised it was just a moaning thread, so of no interest whatsoever.
24 February 2021 at 14:04 #529843
ega
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Posted by JasonB on 24/02/2021 12:11:25:

Posted by ega on 24/02/2021 11:09:16:

Does this mean that moderators can read members' PMs?

Yes, I've said it before and also said that I don't read the messages unless its needed, in this case I simply looked to see how many the member had.

But in a case like yesterday where another member thought that 3 PM's were dodgy I did look at those to see what was being said as well a looking a the three "offenders" accounts to see if they had done the same to anyone else.

Thank you for this illuminating reply; I missed your earlier statement and have not noticed anything in the "small print" about it.

I don't doubt that the ability to read messages is used responsibly and it causes me no personal concern. I think, however, that if supposedly "private" messages are read, the moderator should make the fact known in the same way that moderator's edits to posts are shown.

It seems that there may be a positive aspect to the forthcoming loss of everyone's messages!
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