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Otsikko: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: kathisharpe - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 08:12:59 AP
We were majorly spammed overnight by a porno-queen  >:(

I'd like to delete all 100 or so of his posts and the pm's he sent before I bring my forum out of maintenance mode. They're pretty slimy and my forum members won't be amused by it all.

Is there a way to do this? (other than one at a time - he posted in 100 different threads, and then to 300 different members!!)

Thanks.
Otsikko: Re: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: Red-Omni - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 08:17:44 AP
when you delete the account you will be given the option to remove all the post the user has made .
Otsikko: Re: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: kathisharpe - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 08:45:38 AP
Good! Yippeee!! :D

Do you know if it deletes all of their pm's also? :::crosses fingers:::
Otsikko: Re: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: Red-Omni - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 08:54:02 AP
im not sure about ... if you delete the account and once you find out if it deletes the PMs then i would like to know myself .. so please post your results .
Otsikko: Re: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: Ben_S - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 09:03:59 AP
It only deletes posts rather than PM's mainly because notifications will have been sent out already so would confuse people.

Yours best bet would be to run a query to update the body of the messages he sent with something like "Spam Message deleted by admin" or similar.
Otsikko: Re: Is there a way to delete ALL of a member's posts and pm's?
Kirjoitti: kathisharpe - heinäkuu 26, 2006, 09:17:00 AP
Thanks! You've made my life SO much easier!!