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HakunaMatata · Post by **HakunaMatata** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:50 pm

Just wondering- is it only the people who are involved in the PM conversation that can read them, or can board staff read them too?
I'm asking purely out of curiosity cause it occurred to me I didn't know the other day and has just bugged me since! Lol.

mithz · Post by **mithz** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:05 am

Hmm, I read somewhere that admins can access them too. Not sure.

mallie · Post by **mallie** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:00 am

Admins definitely can't access anyones PMs, only their own inbox.

Chimera · Post by **Chimera** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:29 pm

Reading PM's is something that can only be done by working directly inside the database itself, and the admins don't have that level of permissions. When it comes to PM's, the stuff that admins can do is exactly the same as the members- we can send and receive PM's and view what's in our own Inboxes. We do have access to the admin panel for BUS, which allows us to make changes to the boards and to members' accounts and permissions, but there isn't any part of the admin panel that gives us access to PM's. We can turn them off if a user is using the PM feature abusively, but we can't read or see what anyone is sending or receiving.

Jessica

troubles undone · Post by **troubles undone** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:32 pm

i got scared about this because on another SI support forum im on, the staff can read all your PM's and stuff...

but tis reassuring to know

Chimera · Post by **Chimera** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:19 pm

Wow. That would freak me out.

NobodyToYou · Post by **NobodyToYou** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:29 pm

yeah, here only Deb has that kind of power, and I can't see her using it...the whole point of PMs is that they are private. Not really anyone else's business.
It would freak me out also if I thought I was talking privately to someone and then found out other people could see it...even if it wasn't anything important, it would still freak me out.

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