DudleySmith

I'll do just that. It still doesn't excuse such a leak. Most people will assume their emails are safe from abuse from admins.

Simon W. Moon

dude, its your fault

user control setting are you job, not the admins

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DudleySmith

Of course I did. Giving admins permissions to send members notifications is not 'screwing up'.

No, it isn't.


I didn't judge the poster capable of higher level conversation, or you either, so bite me, troll.

Simon W. Moon

Please read carefully rude person I am trying to help you.
This is not the setting that is at issue.
at issue is the setting about receiving emails when you get a private message

Simon W. Moon

There is no leak

You have told the site that you would like to receive email notification when you get a private message

You received a private message and the site sent you an email notification

If you do not wish to receive email notification about private messages, then go to your user control panel and make the change.

Being rude and calling names says a lot more about you than the people you call names.

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Zyphlin

Dudly, there was no "leak".

Upon signing up for debate politics you provide an email. Along with that, you are able to click a setting to have administrators, in this case an automated response from the forum, contact you at that email. YOU apparently had that option clicked to "accept". This means that when you recieve a PM of any kind the software AUTOMATICALLY, because of your choice, sends you an email stating that you recieved a PM.

The person in question was banned, and a member turned him over to the authorities for some of the links provided. The staff can do no more than that.

I highly doubt Vague is going to remove the option of people having the software alert them when they recieve a Personal Message. MANY posters like his feature, have it enabled, and use it. It is an OPTIONAL feature to my knowledge, one that you can set to "no" if you'd like.

No admin "gave out" your email, YOU choose the option to have the system send you notifications of PM's. There is no feasible way that an administrator can check every message the software sends along with checking every PM that is sent that initiates such messages. Your request is not feasibly possible nor is it something that any other major forum does to my knowledge.

Furthermore, I would strongly suggest your use of insulting uncivil personal attacks to cease. I understand your anger...MANY were angry about these PM's, including the Administrators and Mods who ended up banning this person for his spam...but your anger does not excuse your insulting tones to other members.

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DeeJayH

Navy is banned??????

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No, someone named "Navv Pride", not "Navy Pride"

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DudleySmith

Not quite. I checked a box stating I wanted to be notified about recieving PM's, not actually recieving the PM message by email. Quite a difference. Here is the option checked:

'Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages '

Grasp the meaning yet? Bold added by me, of course. There is nothing stating your emails also send along the spam.

I use the feature extensively, on several boards, and none of them send the message in the notification email. Example:

Now, do you see contents of the PM I'm being notified about contained therein? And, this board is the only one I've ever received such a message coming with the notification email. Are you claiming that can't be fixed???


Glad he was banned, and you can certainly edit your software to not include the message with the notification email.

Has nothing to do with what I received, and, I like the feature, too, which is why I enabled it. See above as to what email message almost all other boards send as a notification.

Yes,it is feasable, and your lack of knowledge is neither here nor there. I posted the common one in use on every other board I've ever registered on.

I strongly suggest you rein in your pet trolls from calling posters liars and lose the baiting tactics your regulars routinely indulge in, moderators or no. You might actually improve the board, if not the post count.

Now, are we clear on what notification means to most people?

Reverend_Hellh0und

i suggest you all just ignore this guy. He is just looking for a fight.

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