Phantom PM

[sechs]

I received an e-mail message from the website yesterday at about 12:14p that I had a private message. When I came to the website this morning, I had the note on the toolbar that I had one new message, but there was no message.

Better yet, the message that I had received previous to that, as well as the reply are not in my message lists.

Did something happen to the site last night?

 

[Handruin]

I went through and deleted a bunch of spam-like accounts and non-posting ones which I felt were spammers. We get so many these days I've become a bit trigger-happy. I'm guessing one of them PM'd you and I deleted the account. I will be more careful from now on.

 

[sechs]

I suppose that's fine, but items in *my* account shouldn't disapear when *another* account is nuked.

 

[Handruin]

I won't disagree...I didn't design the forum, I just try to keep it running. The account deletion feature takes care of the workings in the database, I have no control over that aspect.

 

[P5-133XL]

Rather than deleting the account, can't you de-activate. That way, the posts and PM's remain but the account can't be accessed. If there are no problems after X amount of time, then delete.

 

[Handruin]

Yes, I can do that from now on.

 

[sechs]

I won't disagree...I didn't design the forum, I just try to keep it running. The account deletion feature takes care of the workings in the database, I have no control over that aspect.

As Captain Miller said in Saving Private Ryan, “Complaints go up, not down.”

 

[LiamC]

Doug,

you may want to look at our new registered user.

 

[LiamC]

Geez, if I wanted a 12" d1k I'd fold mine in half. There must be more to life...
:mrgrn: :eekers:

 

[ddrueding]

Geez, if I wanted a 12" d1k I'd fold mine in half. There must be more to life...
:mrgrn: :eekers:

LOL

 

[Handruin]

They've been nuked.

 

[Hancat]

Too early...

 

[Will Rickards]

I wouldn't waste time deactivating them.
If they are clearly spam accounts why not nuke them?