Simple Machines Community Forum

Customizing SMF => Building Your Community and other Forum Advice => Topic started by: KFDER on August 19, 2010, 05:50:37 PM

Title: How to prohibit new members from sending PMs before posting?
Post by: KFDER on August 19, 2010, 05:50:37 PM
As part of my administrative efforts to stop spammers, I'd like to restrict new members from sending more than 1 PM before they've posted on our forum.  There is a post-based membergroup for newbies who have 0 posts, and I'd set the "Max personal messages" to 1, but it turns out that regulates INCOMING PMs and not outgoing.

Is there a way to prohibit members in the 0-postcount group from sending PMs before posting?  (Or to set some absurdly long timer between PMs, or set a maximum of 1 per day.... anything would help!)  I've searched here and elsewhere online and have drawn a blank.  We are at SMF 1.1.11

Thanks.
Title: Re: How to prohibit new members from sending PMs before posting?
Post by: Looking on August 19, 2010, 05:53:09 PM
I think there should be a mod for this, try searching here: http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/
Title: Re: How to prohibit new members from sending PMs before posting?
Post by: KFDER on August 19, 2010, 06:06:09 PM
Thank you for the suggestion, but I searched through all mods with the searchbait "pm" or "message" and couldn't find anything relevant. 

Title: Re: How to prohibit new members from sending PMs before posting?
Post by: Looking on August 19, 2010, 06:09:25 PM
Create a group at a certain post count that has the ability to PM then when regular members reach that post count get them promoted to the new group. You can do this all via Admin under groups and permissions.
Title: Re: How to prohibit new members from sending PMs before posting?
Post by: KFDER on August 19, 2010, 06:35:52 PM
Thank you, I see the distinction and will give it a go.