Hello,
today, i discovered a false positive of spam: a message from latex.org that i received a private message. I saw only its subject in the email, and the link where i could read it. But the link does not open anything¹, and i have no PM in my account. Is this possible? Why i am not the only person who can delete my PMs?
¹ The link open a page that says "Private message could not be found."
Community talk ⇒ Can a private message be deleted before i read it?
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Johannes_B
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Can a private message be deleted before i read it?
Hi dedec0,
Yes, a PM can be deleted by a team member by deleting the user account, that sent the private message.
On Friday, a user sent spam via PM to many (all?) users of LaTeX.org. The user was deleted along with all the spam.
I am sorry for the confusion.
Johannes
Yes, a PM can be deleted by a team member by deleting the user account, that sent the private message.
On Friday, a user sent spam via PM to many (all?) users of LaTeX.org. The user was deleted along with all the spam.
I am sorry for the confusion.
Johannes
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Stefan Kottwitz
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Can a private message be deleted before i read it?
Hi dedec0,
I confirm, we sometimes get spam and delete that as soon as we see it. We delete the whole spam user account with the setting to automatically let the forum software delete their posts and messages. Moderators don't have read access to private messages, even I as admin don't have it by this software but would have to use a database tool if really needed such as based on a serious complaint.
Stefan
I confirm, we sometimes get spam and delete that as soon as we see it. We delete the whole spam user account with the setting to automatically let the forum software delete their posts and messages. Moderators don't have read access to private messages, even I as admin don't have it by this software but would have to use a database tool if really needed such as based on a serious complaint.
Stefan
LaTeX.org admin
Can a private message be deleted before i read it?
Ok, maybe that was my situation. Thank you both for your attention.
Thank you for your explanation, Stefan. (:
Thank you for your explanation, Stefan. (: